Sony on Friday began its annual "Days of Play" sales event, which includes a variety of discounts on PlayStation 4 hardware and games.

The promotion, which the company first announced late last month, will run from June 8 to June 18. It will coincide with the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the video game industry's largest annual trade event, which begins this weekend in Los Angeles, California. Sony and the rest of the industry's major players are expected to provide updates on several upcoming high-profile games at the event.

We've rounded up a few highlights of the promotion below:

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Hardware deals

Game and software deals

The PlayStation 4 has been a hit for Sony since releasing in 2013 and is by far the sales leader among the current generation of video game consoles. Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Tsuyoshi Kodera recently suggested that it will be at least three more years before the company launches a successor to the device.