PS3 Overtakes Xbox 360
- on 07.17.08
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Microsoft’s Xbox 360 has been the ruling the game console market since 2007 but Sony’s PlayStation 3 is fast catching up. In fact, the PS3 have already overtaken the Xbox 360 in terms of sales in the United States. A few months into 2008, the Xbox became the leader of the pack with Blu-ray support and games such as Metal Gear Solid 4 helping it achieve its status.
But Microsoft will not taking this sitting down; in order to catch up with PS3, it has announced several updates on its package including a price slash of around $299 of its 20GB version. Also, it will sell 60GB consoles at $349 and provides updates through their Xbox live.
Meanwhile, Sony has integrated new and exciting features on its XMB interface. Moreover, the company had already slashed its prices before the Xbox took this route. According to NPD, retailers were able to sell 208,700 units of the PS3 compared to 186,000 units of Xbox 360 consoles in the United States.
Xbox has tied up with Netflix to get streaming movies for the 360’s Live Network. But Sony is also competing in this field with its movie service from its PlayStation Network. It also promised to reveal a new PS3 version with 80GB of storage space at the same price.
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