Watch the chart.
The Next Generation Game Consoles
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| The majority of the original 24 million Xbox consoles are only a few
| years old, while far more of the 111 million PlayStation 2 users are
| ready to upgrade, given that their boxes are now several years old.
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| Still, Microsoft has only sold 6 million of the new Xbox 360s in the
| last year, which isn't an improvement over the pace of the first Xbox, a
| nd certainly not impressive given that, for the last year, it has only
| been competing against the old PlayStation 2.
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http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/Q4.06/5B47C6B2-0191-4825-80C9-F6EBCA0E3B23.html
Also today:
Opinion: Xbox 360 Software Attach Rate Is 'Alarming'
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| The latest issue of Jason Kraft and Chris Kwak's 'Video Game Journal' for
| the Susquehanna Financial Group examines the software attach rate for
| the Xbox 360, and explores why such an ?alarmingly high? rate may not
| bode well for Microsoft's next-generation console.
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http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=11796
Related:
Bring on the WorkStation 3
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| With a custom Linux distribution on a "WorkStation 3," Sony would have
| an integrated computing platform under its control, much like Apple
| does. Unlike existing Linux distributors and minor OEMs, Sony has the
| manufacturing know-how and technology ownership to build something unique
| and much more interesting than any existing Linux PC -- or, really, any
| existing PC.
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http://www.ofb.biz/safari/article/409.html
Strategy Analytics: The Pressure is on Microsoft
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| Research firm Strategy Analytics claims that with the PS3 now
| launching the pressure is actually on Microsoft to convince
| consumers and loyal PlayStation gamers to "switch camps."
| Ultimately, the firm sees Sony trouncing the competition with
| over 120 million units sold by 2012.
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http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/feature/?id=14480
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