PlayStation 4 Sales Reaches Close to 60 Million

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Elsewhere in the interview, Sony announced that forty percent of PlayStation 4 Pro sales are from consumers upgrading from the standard model.

He revealed that Guerrilla Games' stunning action RPG Horizon: Zero Dawn sold nearly a million of its 3.4 total million units digitally, and he pointed out that this kind of shift towards digital sales "changes everything" for publishers.

Sony have also added that 915,000 of the 3.4 million sold were digital copies of the game.

Layden expects PSVR's upward traction to continue with promises that the headset will be more readily available online and on store shelves.

"We've been so proud of what that studio has been able to do", said Layden.

Sony is no stranger to providing gamers a handheld gaming experience. Other than the color, it's the same PlayStation 4 that we all have. Layden said of this: "This kind of shift changes everything".

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Like the Amazon Echo and Google Home, Apple's HomePod features built-in voice control thanks to the company's digital assistant . In addition to the iPad, Apple is launching new sleeves and accessories, like a leather sleeve for both that start at $129.

We don't know exactly what's going to be shown this year but we do know it should be exciting.

But at E3 2015, Microsoft did have some response, albeit reminiscent of when you think of the flawless thing you could've said to the jerk who took your parking spot after you've already driven home: the Xbox One would play some Xbox 360 games. It's not clear yet where virtual reality hardware like PSVR fits on that spectrum.

Fans are also expected to be treated with a new look at the highly anticipated open-world action video game "Death Stranding" at E3 2017.

"People will want it to be smaller, lighter, wireless - these are all things we're looking at from a conventional iteration process".

"I think a lot of Japanese developers lost their way chasing the mobile games yen, if you will, but they're coming back to console in a major way", he said. We're trying to find precisely what the role of the platform holder is in that value chain.

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