Digital Spy asked Sony Computer Entertainment Europe's managing director Feral Gara a few follow up questions on the recently unveiled PS4 and they dug a little deeper deeper with regards to the "holiday 2013" launch date.
DS: You can't talk specifics on a date, but it's been said 2013. Does that apply to Europe?
Gara: "We will launch it this year. Exactly what regions, what timing, is being worked through. Which regions in 2013 - is it all of them, is it some of them? Is there some degree of phasing? We'll reveal that in more detail later but we can't yet."
DS: So it's a case that one region will get the PS4 this year?
Gara: "At least. It will launch this year, but the precise details as I say for exact dates, exact regions, is it all or some of them? We don't know."
It's pretty vague at this point, but since we're not hearing "No need to worry, it will be a worldwide launch!" - there is every reason to assume Europe will get PS4 sometime early in 2014.