People attend the PlayStation 4 launch event in New York, February 20, 2013. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. President and Group CEO Andrew House presents the Sony Playstation 4 at the Sony news conference show on the eve of the opening of E3 in Los Angeles, California, June 10, 2013. REUTERS/David McNew (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS) 

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. President and Group CEO Andrew House presents the Sony Playstation 4 at the Sony news conference show on the eve of the opening of E3 in Los Angeles, California, June 10, 2013. REUTERS/David McNew (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS) 

People attend the PlayStation 4 launch event in New York, February 20, 2013. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

Irish video game developer David Perry speaks during the unveiling of the PlayStation 4 launch event in New York, February 20, 2013. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Irish video game developer David Perry speaks during the unveiling of the PlayStation 4 launch event in New York, February 20, 2013. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

Irish video game developer David Perry speaks during the unveiling of the Playstation 4 launch event in New York, February 20, 2013. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

PlayStation 4's lead system architect Mark Cerny holds a gaming control device during the unveiling of the PlayStation 4 launch event in New York, February 20, 2013. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

Sony Corp's PlayStation logos are displayed at the company's strategy briefing event in Tokyo January 27, 2011. Sony Corp unveiled a new handheld gaming device on Thursday as it battles with Nintendo Co Ltd's best-selling DS and tries to fend off rising competition from smartphones and tablets. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: SCI TECH BUSINESS) 

Visitors try out new game software on Sony's PlayStation Vita handheld gaming device at Tokyo Game Show in Chiba, east of Tokyo September 20, 2012. Sony Corp is relying more heavily on its PlayStation 3 game consoles to make money for its game unit in the year to March, as weak sales of handhelds threaten to undermine a business the company's CEO is banking on to help return his company to profit. REUTERS/Toru Hanai (JAPAN - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS) 

Visitors play a Playstation at an exhibition stand during the Gamescom 2012 fair in Cologne August 15, 2012. The Gamescom convention, Europe's largest video games trade fair, runs from August 16 to August 19. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender (GERMANY - Tags: SOCIETY) 

A promotional woman shows a Sony's PlayStation Vita handheld gaming device at Tokyo Game Show in Chiba, east of Tokyo, September 15, 2011. The game show goes on till September 18. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS) 

Sony's PlayStation 3 gaming console is displayed at an electronic shop in Tokyo August 17, 2011. Shares of Sony Corp fell 1.5 percent in early morning trade in Tokyo after the company cut the price of its basic PlayStation 3 gaming console to boost sales.
REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: SCI TECH BUSINESS) 

A visitor wearing 3D glasses plays with a Playstation game at an exhibition stand during Gamescom 2011 in Cologne August 17, 2011. The Gamescom convention, Europe's largest video games trade fair, runs from August 17 to August 21. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender (GERMANY - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS) 

Visitors play with the new Playstation PS Vita at the Sony Playstation exhibition stand during the Gamescom 2011 fair in Cologne August 17, 2011. The Gamescom convention, Europe's largest video games trade fair, runs from August 17 to August 21. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY) 

Kazuo Hirai, President and Group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment, presents the new PlayStation Vita handheld games device during a media briefing before the opening day of the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, at the Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles June 6, 2011. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS SOCIETY) 

People dance as they play the Sony PlayStation Move video game "Everybody Dance" during the Electronic Entertainment Expo or E3 in Los Angeles June 7, 2011. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS SCI TECH SOCIETY) 

An attendee plays the 3-D PlayStation Move video game "The House of the Dead Overkill Extended Cut" during the Electronic Entertainment Expo or E3 in Los Angeles June 7, 2011. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS SCI TECH SOCIETY) 

Sony's PlayStation Portable game consoles are displayed at an electronic shop in Tokyo May 3, 2011. Sony CEO Howard Stringer faced criticism of his leadership after the consumer electronics giant revealed hackers may have stolen the data of another 25 million accounts in a second massive security breach. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: CRIME LAW SCI TECH BUSINESS) 

A Sony PlayStation gaming console controller is displayed at an electronic shop in Tokyo May 3, 2011. Sony CEO Howard Stringer faced criticism of his leadership after the consumer electronics giant revealed hackers may have stolen the data of another 25 million accounts in a second massive security breach. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: CRIME LAW SCI TECH BUSINESS) 

Sony Corp's logo is seen on its PlayStation controller at its showroom in Tokyo, October 26, 2010. Shares of Sony Corp rose nearly 3 percent at one stage on Tuesday as traders cited media reports speculating that the Japanese electronics maker could be a potential acquisition target of Apple Inc. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS) 

Visitors try out Japan's software maker Sega's new game "Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity" on Sony's PlayStation Portable (PSP) at the Tokyo Game Show in Chiba, east of Tokyo September 16, 2010. A total of 194 companies and organizations are exhibiting at the Tokyo Game Show 2010, which will be held until September 19, 2010. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao (JAPAN - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS) 

An attendant demonstrates Sony's 3D game on the PlayStation 3 game console at Tokyo Game Show in Chiba, east of Tokyo September 16, 2010. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS SCI TECH) 

Sony Computer Entertainment's PlayStation 3 is displayed at a meeting in Tokyo July 21, 2005. The company on Thursday unveiled a range of development tools so software companies can develop games for its next-generation PlayStation 3 video game console. REUTERS/Toru Hanai TH/AH 

Playstation 3 consoles sit inside the Sony Style Plaza as customers wait to purchase a console in New York City November 16, 2006. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES) 

Sony Computer Entertainment unveils its new PlayStation Portable (PSP) (centre row), its first handheld game console, displayed with its Universal Media Discs in a glass showcase in Tokyo July 12, 2004. Sony said on Monday it planned to offer the PSP in Japan before year-end, and has targeted a roll-out in Europe and the United States by March 31, 2005. REUTERS/Eriko Sugita ES/TW 

Sony Computer Entertainment displays PlayStation Portable (PSP) in Tokyo September 21, 2004. Sony kept secret on Tuesday about the detail of its own handheld game machine PSP, such as its price and launch date, but it unveiled a plan to launch a new version of its popular PlayStation 2 (PS2) game console in the United States and Europe on November 1 at a price of $149 and 149 euros ($181) respectively. Following the overseas launch, Sony plans to start selling the smaller version of the PS2 in Japan on November 3 at around 20,000 yen ($182). REUTERS/Issei Kato IK/CP 

Sony Corp displays the new game machine "PSX DESR-7000", the next generation PlayStation, during the CEATEC JAPAN 2003 technology trade exhibition at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, east of Tokyo October 7, 2003. [Sony said on Tuesday it would begin selling the "PSX", an all-in-one game console and entertainment system in Japan by year-end, in a bid to boost the company's sagging electronics sales.] 

Sony Corp unveils the new game machine "PSX", the next generation of
PlayStation 2, during a briefing in Tokyo May 28, 2003, to announce the
company's management and product strategy for the 2003/04 fiscal year.
Sony Corp, under heavy pressure to cut costs and roll out hot new
products after dismal earnings last quarter, unveiled plans on
Wednesday for the new game machine for Japan and big savings. Sony Corp
vice president Ken Kutaragi said the PSX will be launched in Japan in
2003. REUTERS/Kimimasa Mayama

KM/TW 

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc's PlayStation 2 Ocean Blue colour model is displayed alongside the Zen Black model and other colour controllers in a glass case as sales of the blue model begin in Tokyo July 18, 2002. The Zen Black model is to become available on the market from August 1. Following user requests for coloured PlayStations, the latest 2002 skeleton model has been manufactured and is being sold for 30,000 yen ($256). 

Sony Computer Entertainment announced on June 8 it will launch its PSone game machine, a portable version of its older 32-bit PlaySation, in the United States and Europe in autumn this year. The new product can be connected to mobile phones, allowing users to download game programmes or exchange data with each other, Sony said. PSone, priced at 15,000 yen ($142), is one-third the size of the 32-bit PlayStation console which enjoyed runaway sales of some 70 million units in the past five years. 

SONY-VITA/ - Illustration of Sony's new PlayStation Portable "VITA" with pointers on parts and new features. Includes table comparing PSVITA from the first PSP in 2004. (SIN05) 

SONY/PSP2 - Picture with pointers to main features and technical specs for Sony's new PSP2 hand held gaming device. Accompanies Reuters Special Report SONY/. RNGS. (SIN06)