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Sony bets on pandemic gaming boom to boost new Playstation sales

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Sony's newest game console, the Playstation 5, goes on sale today in countries including the US, Canada, Australia and Japan. The Japanese company is hoping for record sales, as gaming revenues have climbed during the coronavirus pandemic. Its rival Microsoft unveiled its latest Xbox on Tuesday. Also today, we look at how the rally in global stocks has cooled, following the rally earlier this week over optimism for a coronavirus vaccine. Technology shares, which had slumped in recent days, have seen gains.

Added on the 12/11/2020 09:15:39 - Copyright : France 24 EN

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