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Re: Wii console sales break US record in 2008

____/ JEDIDIAH on Friday 30 January 2009 16:47 : \____

> 
> 
> On 2009-01-30, Tim Smith <reply_in_group@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> In article <glv7ap$bnt$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>>  Sermo Malifer <sermomalifer@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>> PS and XBox are similar experiences.   Wii is a new genre.   It's
>>> natural they would only address direct competition to the XBox.
>>
>> And, of course, Sony does exactly the same thing.
> 
>      It's probably much less important to Sony's bottom line.

Microsoft exploited Sony, being the gang that it is.

Playing the Fool

,----[ Quote ]
| ...in 2001 Sony partnered with Toshiba and IBM to create
| the so-called Cell processor -- a chip so powerful that it
| would redefine PC-scale power...
|
| [...]
|
| In late 2002, Microsoft approached IBM about making the
| chip for Microsoft's rival game console, the (as yet
| unnamed) Xbox 360. In 2003, IBM's Adam Bennett showed
| Microsoft specs for the still-in-development Cell core ..
| The result was that Sony's R&D money was spent creating a
| component for Microsoft to use against it.
`----

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123069467545545011.html
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