The company plans to launch the Xbox One in one week

Nov 15, 2013 15:03 GMT  ·  By

Microsoft has congratulated Sony on the launch of the new PlayStation 4 home console, which is at the moment available on the market in the United States.

The official Twitter account of the Xbox One console states, “Congrats @Playstation. From, #Xbox. pic.twitter.com/XnQIzXIHQ9.”

The Xbox One will be offered on November 22 in 13 core territories and the rest of the world will get it in 2014.

The European launch of the PlayStation 4 is set for November 29.

The two new devices are expected to sell well before the year is over and most analysts believe that the smaller price of the PS4 will allow it to have a small edge over the new device from Microsoft.

Both new gaming platforms are at the moment facing strong competition from the PC, powered by Steam and other digital distribution services, and from mobile devices.