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.