Sony PlayStation 4 will launch in India in January

Sony will launch their latest version of popular game console-PlayStation 4 (PS4) in the Indian market from 6 January 2014 onwards and it will be priced at Rs. 39,990.This gaming console was officially launched in November at price tag of $ 399 and they had sold more than 2.1 million units of PS4.

"After a successful launch in the U.S. and European markets, we are putting in all our energy to introduce the PS4 to Indian consumers. India launch is happening ahead of introduction in the Japanese market, which speaks about our commitment to the market here," PlayStation India Country Head Atindriya Bose told reporters here.

PlayStation is quite popular in India with an estimation of about 1.8 million users across PS2, PS3 and PSPs.

The PS4 is powered by an eight-core AMD Jaguar CPU and features Hard Drive of 500 GB, 8GB of unified memory and built-in Blu Ray drive. It also features WiFi connectivity option, an Ethernet port, Bluetooth and two USB ports.

The Indian gaming console market is estimated to be worth Rs. 750 crore and Sony claims to have over 70 per cent share.

The PS4 system would include a DualShock4 wireless controller and integrates second screens, including the PlayStation Vita system (PS Vita), smartphones and tablets to connect gamers to the PlayStation ecosystem wherever they are.

Sony said the PlayStation camera will be available at Rs 4,990, while an additional PS4 controller would be available at Rs. 4,990.

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