PS4 Official Release Date in the Middle East Revealed (December 13)

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ethomaz on 26 September 2013

Seems like only Japan is Tier 2 (aka 2014) lol

Playstation Middle East have officially revealed during their Games 13 press conference that they will be launching the Playstation 4 in the Middle East for 1699 AED (462 USD) on December 13th, 2013.

Those of you in the region who are anxious to get their hands on it can be pre-order through Geekay or official Sony Middle East stores.

http://www.at7addak.com/article/ps4-official-release-date-in-the-middle-east-revealed

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think-man on 26 September 2013

How popular PS in the middle east? does vgchartz even track there?

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DamnTastic on 26 September 2013

isn't the middle east the reason why fifa and pes still gets ported to ps2?

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Xenostar on 26 September 2013

Your not suppose to keep adding countries !

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eFKac on 26 September 2013

Were Middle East countries already on the 34 list? Or Sony just added another region to this year's release schedule? :D

So it is happening...PS4 preorder.

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Frank_kc on 26 September 2013

Middle East generally is owned by Play station brand where PS is leading like 5 to 1 on Xbox. Xbox brand is not very well known and most people play on PlayStation.

@ DamnTastic That is not true, they would never produce PS2 games for Middle east region since all PS2 games are pirated and copies sells for as high 1.50$ for each game (Yes, you read it right. one dollar and fifty cent).

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I wonder how much it will sell there.

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ethomaz on 26 September 2013

eFKac said:
Were Middle East countries already on the 34 list? Or Sony just added another region to this year's release schedule? :D

The last count was 37 for 2013... now I don't now how many countries in Middle East are supported by Sony.... so I guess something close to 40 countries now.

Sony is going to WW release except Japan (the only country do release in 2014, these news proves the issue is not supply but no games in Japan).

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ethomaz on 26 September 2013

From 2010... NOTE: The graph is wrong for PSP (1.5m the real number found in the site)

PS3 Generates 40% of Software Sales in the Middle East

The video game market in the Middle East is a growing medium but it’s been plagued heavily by piracy. With the largest install base in the region, 5.2 million, it’s estimated that 99% of software on the PS2 is pirated. Even though almost every format suffers from piracy in the Middle East, it’s the PS3 that’s become the ray of hope in the region.

The PS3 is the only piece of hardware that’s piracy-free and thus has become the single largest source of software sales revenue in the region.

Reports indicate that the PS3 is responsible for 40% of software sales in the Middle East with ”key” titles on the system selling 5x more than they do on Microsoft’s XBox 360.

Also with the introduction of the SLIM last year the PS3 currently outsells the 360 3:1.

As a whole, software sales in the Middle East are on the increase across all platforms except the PS2 and PC.

Like most of the world the region is still recovering from the recession but the reported 10% year-to-date increase in hardware and software sales show signs of an improving market.

http://thesilentchief.com/2010/11/26/ps3-generates-40-of-software-sales-in-the-middle-east/

http://blog.livedoor.jp/gehaneta/archives/3092414.html

PS. I will try to find something more recent.