Sony, under pressure to cut costs and roll out hot new products after dismal earnings news, unveiled a game machine on Wednesday, the "PSX," that puts a TV tuner, DVD recorder and game player in a single box.
It marked the second announcement in two weeks of a new gaming gadget by the world's largest consumer electronics maker, which is eager to inject some of the pizzazz of its best-selling PlayStation 2 into its languishing home electronics line-up.
The PSX, which will include a 120 GB hard-disk drive and broadcast satellite tuner, is due for launch in Japan this year and in Europe and the United States early next year as an all-in-one entertainment device for games, music and moving pictures.
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