Sony on Tuesday announced it has sold more than six million PlayStation 4 consoles since the videogame system debuted in November.<\/p>\n
The Japanese consumer technology and entertainment titan said that the global sales figure includes 370,000 PS4 consoles snapped up in Japan since they launched there on February 22.<\/p>\n
“I am absolutely delighted that PS4 is off to such a great start in Japan,” Sony Computer Entertainment chief executive Andrew House said in a release.<\/p>\n
The long-awaited Japanese launch came after a stellar debut in the United States and Europe, offering a ray of hope to Sony after years of gloomy sales of its key consumer electronics goods.<\/p>\n
House said player response to console features for sharing game play and connecting in online matches has been “phenomenal.”<\/p>\n
Early adopters of the PS4 have enthused over its vast computing capacity and the cinematic graphics it makes possible.<\/p>\n
Industry trackers have the PS4 strongly outselling the new-generation Xbox One that US rival Microsoft fielded in November<\/p>\n
Sony’s fellow Japanese rival, Nintendo, launched its new Wii U console in late 2012. It took more than a year for the video game giant to sell 5.86 million units.<\/p>\n
PS4, Wii U and Xbox One are fighting to be at the heart of digital home entertainment at a time when consoles are under intense pressure to prove their worth as people increasingly turn to smartphones or tablets for games and videos.<\/p>\n
Sony’s gaming division has emerged as a potential saviour for the once-mighty giant, which is struggling to reinvent itself in the digital age, having been left in the dust by nimbler rivals like South Korea’s Samsung.<\/p>\n
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