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Sony’s PlayStation 4 game console arrives in China on Jan. 11 (updated with analysis)

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Microsoft and Sony’s home console rivalry is going to the largest consumer market in the world.

Today, Sony said its PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita portable gaming system go on sale in China on Jan. 11. The move heralds the opening of the potentially huge Chinese console market after the government finally lifted a 15-year-old ban on game machines. It also means that Sony will miss the critical holiday sales period and debut four months after Microsoft’s Xbox One started selling in China.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.