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Sony aims to sell 5 million PS4 consoles in less than five months from launch Sep 19th 2013, 07:36 Tweet Share this Email Print Sony Corp's logo is seen at the company headquarters in Tokyo May 22, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Toru Hanai TOKYO | Thu Sep 19, 2013 12:09am EDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp aims to sell 5 million PlayStation 4 game consoles in less than five months from a launch that will coincide with the release of rival Microsoft Corp's Xbox One. It sold 5.5 million of predecessor PS3 from its November 2006 launch to the March 31, 2007 financial year end. Sony, for whom the PS4 is central to restoring profitability at its hardware operations, will start selling the console on November 15 in the United States. The Xbox One will go on sale a week later. PS4 sales in Japan will begin on February 22, giving Japan sales just over a month to contribute to Sony's end-March target, disclosed by game unit chief Andrew House in a presentation at the Tokyo Game Show on Thursday. Preorders totalled 1 million as of August. Sony, like Microsoft, has extended its latest console beyond gaming by making it a living room entertainment hub controlling movie, television and internet content. Microsoft's Phil Spencer, in charge of Xbox content, on Wednesday told Reuters the Xbox business would soon unveil television projects, following on from an agreement to produce a television series of its popular Halo game in collaboration with Steven Spielberg. (Reporting by Tim Kelly; Writing by Edmund Klamann; Editing by Christopher Cushing) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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