>>>>I've been long enough in the IT industry to know that when MS decides on a new strategy the following will be HUGE.
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>>>Like XBox...
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>>Xbox is by no means a failure. It is the #2 console. It just didn't meet Microsoft's targets. In fact I would say that the XBox is a run away success. In fact, monthly sales of Xbox are ahead of Playstation, but Playstation has more historical. http://playstation3.weblogsinc.com/entry/5684815369303347/
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>But Evan, PlayStation is an outdated product compared with PlayStation 2 and XBOX, the article you mentioned says that XBOX sales are ahead of Playstation but dwarfes in comparison with PlayStation 2

>From your article:
>"With monthly sales of the Xbox finally matching (And surpassing) those of the Playstation, while overall Playstation 2 sales dwarf the Xbox by more than 50 million, is there a reckoning on the horizon?"
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>It is amazing that Sony is still selling lots PlayStations, an aprox 10 years old platform!

Hi Hugo. When the article refers to "Playstation" I am certain they mean Playstation2 since Sony doesn't directly sell the orginal playstation anymore. http://www.us.playstation.com/peripherals.aspx