Andrew House , CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment , explains that Sony hopes to use the PS Vita TV to penetrate the Chinese gaming market , where video game consoles have previously been prohibited . The PS Vita TV was released in five other Southeast Asian countries and the special region of Hong Kong on January 16 , 2014 . At E3 2014 , the system was announced for North America and Europe , under the name PlayStation TV , for release in Q3 2014 . Final release dates for the western release were announced at Gamescom 2014
E3 2014
E3 2014
PlayStation TV