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Originally Posted by PaulGo
Even more Blu-ray players:
Sony's PlayStation a big holiday hit
The Associated Press
Article Launched: 01/06/2008 05:51:19 PM PST
TOKYO—Sony Corp. said Monday that 1.2 million PlayStation 3 game consoles sold in North America during the key holiday season, boosting the strength of the electronics giant's Blu-ray next-generation video format.
The PlayStation 3 also works as a Blu-ray player.
Competition is growing intense not only among the latest video game machines—pitting Sony against Nintendo Co. and Microsoft Corp.
It is heating between the two latest video formats—Blu-ray and HD DVD, developed by Toshiba Corp.
Sony Computer Entertainment, the Japanese electronics and entertainment company's game unit, also said sales of the PlayStation Portable handheld reached 1.4 million in North America between Nov. 23 and Dec. 31.
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Sony used the PS3 as the primary weapon to win the format war. Now that blu-ray has won, which should give momentum to HD media adoption, hopefully blu-ray will now return the favor and catapult the PS3 in the console race give it's clear value advantage.