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I’m definite there is a collective sigh amongst the gaming community, when the PS3 managed to sell over 150,000 units this past November. That’s the one year with the Xbox 360, or even remotely near, but the Nintendo Wii sold. So, depending on your point of view, and what side of whose fencer sitting behind 150,000 units may or may not be a lovely thing. There are those among us who would have us think, at Sony doesn’t think about, or care about the success of the PS3 as a gaming console. They’ve already hit their targets, as far as the PS3 is concerned.

How The Sony Playstation Won The Game Console Wars

The Sony Corporation, have a lot riding on the blu-ray format. Though they won the war between blu-ray, and HD-DVD, arguments can be made to the Sony PlayStation PS3 played a powerful role in that battleground.

there is some speculation among specialists in the market, but the original design of the Sony PlayStation PS3 was optimize for video playback. definite, in the event you think about all the current specifications of the Sony PlayStation PS3, on paper it stacks up as one of the best gaming consoles ever created. But possibly Sony can more about promoting a machine that can deliver a few media streams, and possibly play a few games.

Nintendo resides in their own way with the phenomenal sales record of the Wii, and Microsoft is definitely got a stranglehold on gamers in both the computer, and Xbox arena, while Sony they wiggled away in with the licensing of the blu-ray expertise. Whether they like it or not Microsoft, Nintendo, and anyone else need to provide high-definition a living room game consoles, or handheld gaming consoles, when the pain some server licensing fee for blu-ray to Sony. Hopefully, Sony will abandon the PS3, as more competition there is in the gaming console market for both hardware and application, the better for gaming consumers.

It’s highly unlikely, that another high definition format will come up in the near future to challenge the blu-ray dominance of high-definition tv. If that’s the case, Sony stands a lovely chance, of controlling high definition expertise. All the high-definition movies consumers select to watch in the future, together with your portion of those costs due to licensing agreements finish up in Sony’s bank account. Where do you suppose Microsoft will go with the next version of the Xbox when it comes to playing high definition content. Even if the PS3 can compete with the Xbox 360 in terms of sales, they may still ultimately finish up with a piece of the Xbox high, if there expertise for blu-ray somehow incorporated in to the Xbox platform. Sony’s been down this road before, after losing the battle with the Betamax format.