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"Sony announced today at a press conference that its next-generation console, the PlayStation 4, will go on sale in select Asian territories in December this year, just a month after the American public and months earlier than Japan.\r\n\r\nThe countries included in the December rollout are Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan and South Korea, Polygon reports, though no specific date was mentioned by Sony.\u00A0The PS4 will be launched in the US on November 15 and Europe on November 29, but Japanese customers will have to wait until February 22, 2014.\r\n\r\nMeanwhile, Sony's PlayStation Vita TV will be released in Asian markets in January 2014,\u00A0a few months after\u00A0it goes on sale in Japan on November 14. Another product, the PlayStation Vita handheld console, will launch in November 2013 in Asian markets, according to CNET.\u00A0Sony has revealed the device will go on sale in Japan on October 10.\r\n\r\nNo prices were mentioned for all three products in the Asian market, as it is expected that Sony will firm up prices nearing the release date. The standard version of the PS4 will be sold for $399 in the US, \u20AC399 in Europe and \u00A3349 in the UK, while the Vita TV will cost 9,480 yen in Japan (around $99). The PS Vita\u00A0will cost 18,980 yen\u00A0\u2014 that\u2019s approximately US$190.\r\n\r\nRolling out the PS4 across Asia in December will likely give Sony an edge over its rival Microsoft, whose Xbox One will probably be released late 2014 in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, India and South Korea.\r\n\r\n\u27A4 PS4 launching in Hong Kong, other select Asian regions from Dec. 2013 [Polygon]\r\n\r\n\u27A4 PS Vita TV coming to Asia in January 2014 [Polygon]\r\n\r\nHeadline image via Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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