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beat Sony in the games game, says Microsoft Microsoft
chairman Bill Gates says its Xbox 360 games console
will overtake market leader Sony, which has shipped
a million PlayStation 3s in the US.
Gates, speaking at the Consumer Electronics Show in
Las Vegas, said Microsoft would offer an Xbox 360 that
doubles as a set-top box for its fledgling internet
television (IPTV) service, or a "living room device
that does it all".
The $30 billion (15.6 billion) video games market is
the scene of a three-way battle between PlayStation
3, the Xbox and Nintendo's Wii machine.
Microsoft says it has beaten its target to ship more
than 10 million units by the end of last year and Sony
is playing catch-up.
Sony only met its one million PS3s target last year
by diverting some units earmarked for Japanese consumers.
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