The PlayStation 4 will release in India in 2013, Sony has confirmed.

Speaking with IVG, PlayStation India country manager Atindriya Bose said that Sony is targeting a simultaneous launch alongside Europe, but logistical issues could cause a delay of up to a month. That’s still good enough to make a 2013 launch.

“It will be matched with the European launch; give or take a bit to account for Indian logistics. The consoles have to be shipped in advance and currently all consoles also require certification for the India market. In terms of targeting, we’re looking to synchronise with the European launch,” Bose said.

“That’s this year.”

We reminded Bose of the delays that the PS3 faced in India, and asked if that could possibly happen with the PS4.

“It’s unfair to compare the PS4 with PS3 because we have come a long way,” he said. “With PS3, first the world launches took place and then we started looking at the other markets we wanted to go into. For PS4, it will have a timeline that is more aligned with what we had on PS Vita. Being a portable, the logistics had made it easier for us to launch day-and-date [with Europe]. Once we know the European date for PS4, we will work towards that, but there will be some gap, depending on the logistics.”

How much of a gap, you ask? “One month at most, unless there is an issue at the certification level,” Bose said.

Recent rumours have suggested that the PS4 could release on 13th November in Europe, so we could see the console on Indian store shelves by mid-December. That should give the PS4 a massive advantage over the Xbox One, which will only arrive in India officially by late 2014.

Bose also discussed pricing for the PS4 console in India. We’ll have that and a lot more in our complete interview. So check back soon!

http://www.indianvideogamer.com/news/ps4-to-launch-in-india-in-2013/21066

How many PS3s, 360s and Wiis were sold in India? Just curious as to size of that market.

Also in the Middle East this year;

http://www.psmania.net/2013/06/is-sony-preparing-a-worldwide-ps4-launch-pre-orders-now-started-in-the-middle-east/

More and more evidence that the console is aiming for a global launch it seems. Now perhaps they'll confirm Japan as well in the coming days/weeks?

Before I read, I heard that it's also going to launch in the Middle East this year too.

sony is going to kill in the emerging markets if they beat xbone by a year.

Don't have hard numbers but imagine the PS2 was very popular there as i remember they were getting plenty of exclusive "India Only" games on PS2 a number of years back. 

The Middle east also has a huge huge huge huge gaming community. Majority are Playstation users. 

I can personally attest to this.

i'm quite doubtful anyone is going to be able to give you a definitive answer.  but we had ps2 undertrack by around 10 million mostly due to emerging markets.  i'd wager (guess) all console makers combined india is around 1 million last gen.  maybe more.

It's WW... even Brazil is day one launch

Sony is having a good mass production response... they expect to reach 1 million units producted per month in September.

I understand, I think these markets will grow, but not sure where they are at.  With well over a billion people even if one in a hundred was a gamer that could be significant.