Sony has announced that today the PlayStation 4 launches in another 16 countries, bringing the total number of countries around the world it is available in to 48.

The console is launching in the following countries today:

Czech Republic

Greece,

Slovakia,

Turkey,

United Arab Emirates

Saudi Arabia

Kuwait

Qatar

Bahrain

Oman

South Africa

Bolivia

Nicaragua

Paraguay

Uruguay

Venezuela

Sony say that their console is planned to launch in further countries later this year and into 2014.

Since the PS4′s launch in North America and Europe last month, the console has sold 2.1 million units as of December 1, with that figure now likely to be much higher.

Source: *EU PlayStation Blog