During its Consumer Electronics Show press conference in Las Vegas this evening, Sony revealed the Vita has passed half a million sales in Japan.
Sony CES 2012: Gaming Highlights
Vita: Music Unlimited available day one in the US and Europe.
Netflix for Vita targeting a day one US launch.
500,000 Vitas sold in Japan since launch 20 days ago.
6.5 million PlayStation devices sold over 2011-2012 holiday season.
New Vaio laptops inbound, including a slate design.
Two new HD PlayStation certified Xperia smartphones early this year.
Chairman Kazuo Hirai said 6.5 million units of PlayStation branded devices were sold during the recent holiday season – including the Vita, which provided a nice segue to announce Netflix for Vita in the US, which is targerted for a day one launch. Sony’s own Music Unlimited will be available for Vita from day one in the US and Europe.
According to Hirai, the Vita has passed 500,000 units sold in Japan, in just three weeks.
Sony Entertainment Network push
Sir Howard Stringer kicked off the conference, reaffirming his continuing role as president in the face of a rumoured retirement.
Sony pushed the Sony Entertainment Network strongly during the whole presentation, with Stringer highlighting Sony’s plans to have 300 million connected devices over the next three years, and the company’s commitment to “building a network platform to let you experience games, music, movies and TV whenever and however”. The president said over 100 million Sony TVs are connected to the Internet.
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