{"id":4093,"date":"2014-11-17T07:40:40","date_gmt":"2014-11-16T20:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/?p=4093"},"modified":"2014-11-17T07:33:29","modified_gmt":"2014-11-16T20:33:29","slug":"ps4-fastest-selling-home-video-games-console-australian-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/ps4-fastest-selling-home-video-games-console-australian-history\/","title":{"rendered":"PS4 &#8211; Fastest selling home video games console in Australian history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Michael-Ephraim-Managing-Director-SCE-ANZ.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4092\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Michael-Ephraim-Managing-Director-SCE-ANZ-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Ephraim Managing Director SCE ANZ\" width=\"236\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Michael-Ephraim-Managing-Director-SCE-ANZ-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Michael-Ephraim-Managing-Director-SCE-ANZ-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Michael-Ephraim-Managing-Director-SCE-ANZ-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Michael-Ephraim-Managing-Director-SCE-ANZ-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Michael-Ephraim-Managing-Director-SCE-ANZ-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Michael-Ephraim-Managing-Director-SCE-ANZ-82x55.jpg 82w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Michael-Ephraim-Managing-Director-SCE-ANZ-75x50.jpg 75w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Michael-Ephraim-Managing-Director-SCE-ANZ.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><\/a>Sony&#8217;s Playstation 4 is now the faster selling home video games console in Australian history&#8230;and according to data from NPD Group Australia, is currently the top selling &#8216;nex-gen&#8217; console in the country.<\/p>\n<p>As Sony Computer Entertainment moves towards 2015 the Playstation brand will also celebrate it&#8217;s 20th year in Australia&#8230;along with SCE&#8217;s managing director Micael Ephraim (Pictured left). \u00a0 Earlier today I caught up with Michael to talk about the PS4&#8217;s new sales record, what&#8217;s on for Christmas and a bit of Playstation history.<\/p>\n<p>Listen below.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4093-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/PS4-Fastest-Selling-Home-Games-Console_Michael-Ephraim-IV.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/PS4-Fastest-Selling-Home-Games-Console_Michael-Ephraim-IV.mp3\">http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/PS4-Fastest-Selling-Home-Games-Console_Michael-Ephraim-IV.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sony&#8217;s Playstation 4 is now the faster selling home video games console in Australian history&#8230;and according to data from NPD Group Australia, is currently the top selling &#8216;nex-gen&#8217; console in the country. 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