Can Microsoft Take Sony’s Game Crown

Posted: January 8, 2007 at 4:27 am

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Bill Gates thinks the Xbox will overtake Sony’s Playstation3 as the top video game platform. Microsoft was ahead of its goal to ship 10 million Xbox units last year. MSFT is also coming out with an Xbox that will double as a set-top box for Microsoft’s IPTV platform. The IPTV software is being adopted by telecoms like AT&T.

Not to be outdone, Sony shipped one million PS3 units in North America last year, which means initial sales of the product are ahead of the previous version of Playstation.

Gates may just be wishing on a star.

Douglas A. McIntyre can be reached at douglasamcintyre@247wallst.com. He does not own securities in companies that he writes about.

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