Why Microsoft entered the Console War

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liquidninja said:

These people seem to be the only ones that even remotely get it.

 100 points

RolStoppable said:

The goal of PlayStation always was to replace PCs. Kutaragi saw Microsoft as their biggest competition even before they entered the market with the Xbox. The PS3 comes closest to the original vision of Kutaragi, i.e. gaming only being a part of the system and not even necessarily the main draw of the console.

If thats the goal from the Sony perspective they really did not do a good job of showing how indeed the PS3 can be a PC.

http://us.fixstars.com/products/ydl/

I've been baffled since this 3rd party partner came out with YD Linux for it why Sony did not push that feature more and strengthen the partnership with Terrasoft (now Fixstars).  Most PS3 owners don't know about this option, let alone many in the market for a PC and/or gaming console.