Here are some bits of news for Sony and Microsoft from this year's Consumer Electronics Show.

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On the Microsoft side, the company revealed that it would be officially bringing their Kinect sensor to Windows computers starting February 1st. The device will be optimised for computers with a near mode that will let you get as close as 50 centimeters to the device. All of this will come at a premium price of $250.

Speaking of Kinect, Microsoft gave the sales numbers for both the 360 console as well as the Kinect, and the 360 now sits at 66 million units worldwide and the Kinect is sitting at 18 million.

And lastly in a little bit of Dashboard news, Newscorp announced that they would be creating an free app for the 360 Dashboard that will be bringing content from their many properties. That includes the Wall Street Journal, Fox News, and our friends of at the video game site IGN. No date yet on when it is coming out, but it is slated for sometime in 2012.

http://www.gametrailers.com/side-mission/2012/01/09/kinect-for-windows-launches-february-1-with-100-price-bump/

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/09/newscorp-app-adds-fox-ign-the-wall-street-journal-and-fox-news/

http://www.1up.com/news/xbox-36-sales-66-million

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And now on to Sony’s announcements:

Sony’s focus of course is the upcoming release of their latest handheld, the Vita. The system is out now in Japan, and Sony made sure to tout their new handheld system has sold a whopping 500,000 units since it launched in Japan last month.

They also announced that Netflix would be making it’s way to the system, and it may even be there when the system launches in the US at the end of February. Along with streaming movies, they also announced that their Music Unlimited music service would also be coming to the Vita day and date when the system releases. 

But the most interesting reveal for Sony was the Play Memories Studio video editing software that will allow PS3 owners to edit and share video directly from their PS3 systems.

So while maybe not the most earth shattering news, it is some interesting bits of information, and things we will probably be hearing more about the the coming months.

http://www.shacknews.com/article/71901/netflix-available-at-vita-launch-play-memories-studio-announced-for

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