Sonys next console, the Play. Station 3, was released in 2. November 2. 01. 3. Sonys latest console, the Play. Station 4, was released in 2. The first handheld game console in the Play. Station series, the Play. Station Portable or PSP, has sold a total of 8. November 2. 01. 3. Its successor, the Play. Station Vita, which launched in Japan on December 1. February 2. 01. 2 has sold 4 million units as of January 2. Play. Station TV is a microconsole and a non portable variant of the Play. Station Vita handheld game console. Other hardware released as part of the Play. Station series includes the PSX, a digital video recorder which was integrated with the Play. Station and Play. Station 2, though it was short lived due to its high price and was never released outside Japan, as well as a Sony Bravia television set which has an integrated Play. Station 2. The main series of controllers utilized by the Play. Station series is the Dual. Shock, which is a line of vibration feedback gamepad having sold 2. June 2. 8, 2. 00. The Play. Station Network is an online service with over 1. July 2. 01. 3. It comprises an online virtual market, the Play. Station Store, which allows the purchase and download of games and various forms of multimedia, a subscription based online service known as Play. Station Plus and a social gaming networking service called Play. Station Home, which has over 3. March 2. 01. 3. Play. Station Mobile formerly Play. Station Suite is a software framework that provides Play. Station content on mobile devices. Version 1. xx supports both Play. Station Vita, Play. Station TV and certain devices that run the Android operating system, whereas version 2. Play. Station Vita and optionally Play. Station TV. Content set to be released under the framework consist of only original Play. Station games currently. Play. Station products also use the Xross. Media. Bar, which is an award winning graphical user interface. A new touch screen based user interface called Live. Area was launched for the Play. Station Vita, which integrates social networking elements into the interface. Additionally, Play. Station 2 and original Play. Station 3 consoles also featured support for Linux based operating systems, though this has since been discontinued. The series has also been known for its numerous marketing campaigns, the latest of which being the Greatness Awaits commercials in the United States. Beyonce B Day Itunes Torrent. The series also has a strong line up of first party titles due to Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios, a group of fifteen first party developers owned by Sony Computer Entertainment which are dedicated to developing first party games for the series. In addition, the series features various budget re releases of titles by Sony with different names for each region these include the Greatest Hits, Platinum, Essentials, Favorites this in Latin America and The Best ranges of titles.