Tokyo Games Show: PS4 Asian Launch in December, But Japan Waits

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The gaming world is regrouping for the last battle of titans in Tokyo Japan (not Pacific Rim 2),  before the PS4 launches and Sony today revealed that a number of Asian countries will have the PS4 in time for Christmas, except for Japan as we already know. The Asian countries confirmed to get the PS4 in December are: Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan and Korea. That leaves Japan’s February 22 date two months after the initial Asian launch.Sony has jumped ahead of the crowd in a pre-emptive reveal at the start of the Tokyo Games Show (TGS) finally adding the Asia PS4 roadmap. This is still almost a year ahead of the expected November 2014 Xbox One Asian launch, giving Sony plenty of time to extend PlayStation dominance from Japan to the rest of Asia. The PlayStation 4 remains on target to launch in the US on November 15 and in Europe on November 29.

You can view Sony’s full schedule for TGS translated here.

Don’t Miss: There will be three presentations with the first starting on Thursday morning in Tokyo.

  • Presentation 1 – US, West Coast, 6.30pm Wed 18   / Europe, GMT, 2.30am Thr 19
  • Presentation 2 – US, West Coast, 6.30pm Fri 20 / Europe, GMT, 2.30am Sat 21
  • Presentation 3 – US, West Coast, 6.30pm Sat 21 / Europe, GMT, 2.30 Sun 22

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Discuss:

Japanese fans may not be happy that are getting the PS4 last, is it fair? What do you think?