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Beleaguered Sony counting on new game machine

Friday, February 21, 2014.

FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014 file photo, Sony Corp. President and CEO Kazuo Hirai reacts during a press conference at the Sony headquarters in Tokyo when Sony announced it was selling its Vaio personal computer operations and also cutting its global workforce by about 3 percent or 5,000 people by the end of March 2015. PlayStation stands out among the long list of famous Sony brands as one that hasn’t faded or succumbed to a nimbler competitor. Months after hitting global markets, the latest version of the video-game console is going on sale at midnight in Tokyo, a big shift from times when Sony was ascendant enough to launch flagship products in Japan first. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)TOKYO (AP) — PlayStation stands out among the long list of famous Sony brands as one that hasn't faded or succumbed to a nimbler competitor. Months after hitting global markets, the latest version of the video-game console is going on sale at midnight in Tokyo, a big shift from times when Sony was ascendant enough to launch flagship products in Japan first.