At Gamescom 2013, Sony answered the final big question about its next-gen console: the PlayStation 4 will go on sale November 15th in North America. The European release will follow two weeks later on November 29th. Priced at $399 / €399 / £349, the PS4 will do battle with Microsoft’s $499 Xbox One, which is also scheduled for a November release. Sony plans to release 33 different games for the PS4 by December 31st, 2013.
PlayStation 4 coming November 15th for $399
November 15th for North America, 29th in Europe
Sony has already received over one million pre-orders for the PlayStation 4, which will be launching in 32 markets in total. Last week, Microsoft announced a reduction of the number of countries set to partake in the Xbox One's global launch; the console will initially be released in 13 markets. The full details of the PlayStation 4 launch follow below.
November 15th markets:
- United States
- Canada
November 29th markets:
- Argentina
- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Chile
- Columbia
- Costa Rica
- Denmark
- El Salvador
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Guatemala
- Ireland
- Italy
- Luxembourg
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Norway
- Panama
- Peru
- Poland
- Portugal
- Russia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
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