____/ Mark Kent on Tuesday 28 August 2007 10:17 : \____
> Tim Smith <reply_in_group@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> In article <63i3q4-j61.ln1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Similarly for consumer electronics. Microsoft's Xbox war with Sony
>>> doesn't seem to be going all that well for them.
>>
>> July US sales numbers:
>>
>> Wii: 425,000
>> Nintendo DS: 405,000
>> PlayStation 2: 222,000
>> PlayStation Portable: 214,000
>> Xbox 360: 170,000
>> PlayStation 3: 159,000
>> Game Boy Advance: 87,000
>>
>>
>
> Ah - thanks:
> Sony: 599,000 units
> Microsoft Xbox: 170,000 units
>
> Even on home turf, Sony are outselling Microsoft at better than 3:1.
>
> Still, the Sony boxes don't explode.
>
> Anyone tried the PS3 with a Bubba, btw? The UPNP is good, and the
> picture gallery thing is a great toy - best picture gallery I've seen,
> and it can play the music at the same time :-)
Some laptops have exloded like fireworks though, even recently. Sony batteries,
I suspect. Then there's the new Sony rootkit. :-( Linux-incompatible... poor
us.
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