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[News] [Rival] Microsoft XBox Acceptance Stalled in Japan

  • Subject: [News] [Rival] Microsoft XBox Acceptance Stalled in Japan
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:53:09 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
A turning point? The battle for second place heats up between the 360 and PS3

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| Peter Moore, the newly resigned corporate VP of Interactive Entertainment at 
| Microsoft, had some smug words for Sony before E3. "You can bet that Sony 
| built a long-term business plan about being successful in Japan, and that 
| business plan is crumbling," he told GameDaily.   
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070718-console-battle-royale-sizing-up-the-japanese-and-north-american-markets.html

Ouch. Saionara to Microsoft?


Yesterday:

PS3 outsold Xbox 360 2:1 in Japan

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| For all ex-Microsoft, now EA Sports man Peter Moore's claim that the PS3 
| isn't doing too well in Japan, the latest sales figures from that country 
| show the Sony has shifted a darn sight more next-gen consoles than Moore 
| managed.   
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/07/18/wii_wins_in_japan/


Related:

Linux on the PS3

,----[ Quote ]
| After a lot of back and forth I finally got Linux installed on my
| PS3. Ended up installing Yellowdog Linux. 
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http://blogs.gnome.org/view/uraeus/2007/05/21/0


PS3 Real-time Ray-tracing

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| IBM Interactive Ray-tracer (iRT) using three Sony Playstation3s (PS3)
| to render a model that is 75x more complex then those used in
| today's games.
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http://www.n4g.com/ps3/NewsCom-33982.aspx


Opera Desktop Team: Approaching 9.2 [with PPC Support]

,----[ Quote ]
| The most important is that we've fixed some issues with Flash 9
| on Linux. This means that you can now watch YouTube video
| fullscreen! (And close annyoing Flash ads.)
| 
| [...]
| 
| ...we have now ppc-linux .6 packages: that means that they work
| (okay, should work) on your PS3! -- if you installed Linux on it.
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http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/2007/03/30/approaching-9-2


PS3 Yellow Dog Linux Install Videos

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| Due to the demand on the PS3 forums I am making some install videos of
| Yellow Dog Linux. Sorry about the slightly shaky footage, since I was
| installing and holding the camera at the same time.
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http://fatpenguinblog.com/?p=798


Yellow Dog Linux launches for PS3

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| Once the software is released for download on the public mirrors, it will
| be free of charge.
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http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6162316.html?sid=6162316&sid=6162316

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