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News from Sony, PS5 logo and PS4 numbers

Ooh, Sony has a press release, quite a rare occurrence outside of release or earnings season. It says:

"Sony announced that PlayStation Network’s December 2019 monthly active users have reached 103 million. Additionally, the PlayStation 4 console has sold through more than 106 million globally, and cumulative sales of PS4 software titles from retailers and PlayStation Store have reached 1.15 billion as of December 31, 2019."

In a related note, PS VR sales are now around 5 million, basically a third of the Vita, and yet Sony continues to support that. Also, Sony I've seen at least 20 people pick up second-hand Vita handhelds over Christmas on Twitter alone, so there could be a good few hundred users you could to the list.

In other Sony news, here's the official PS5 logo from CES, looking remarkably like the previous logos as Sony goes for strong-and-stable continuity.

Here's hoping the PS5 gets a startup sound effect, something that was sorely missing from the Vita and PS4. Remember Sony peeps, consoles are about fun for the user, not just sticking to some branding wonk's idea of design purity.

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