Sony seeks to top console market with PlayStation 4

Sony said its next-generation PlayStation will be available for Christmas, hoping its first video game console in seven years will give it a much-needed head start over the next version of Microsoft’s Xbox and help revive its stumbling electronics business.

The new console will have a revamped interface, let users stream and play video games hosted on servers, and allow users to play while downloading titles as well as share videos with friends. Its new controller, dubbed DualShock 4, will have a touchpad and a camera that can sense the depth of the environment in front of it.

Sony, which only displayed the controller but not the console, flagged games from the likes of Ubisoft Entertainment SA and Activision Blizzard, whose top executives also attended the glitzy launch event.