Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 12th Jun 2006 13:44 UTC, submitted by Dylan
In November this year, Sony will launch the PlayStation 3. Apparantly, Sony has high expectations for the Linux-powered device, and Sony even claims it will render the PC useless. "We believe that the PS3 will be the place where our users play games, watch films, browse the Web, and use other [home] computer functions," said Sony exec Phil Harrison. "The PlayStation 3 is a computer. We do not need the PC." Let's see how Sony's Vaio devision feels about this.
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...Microsoft to say 'We Do Not Need the PC' first, after all it's through their shear (intentional?) incompetance that their operating system works so badly.
Perhaps Microsoft see's no profitable future in the personal computer market. After all it's not like buisnesses where they extract better profits and enforcement of per seat licensing of their software. So they see Windows combined with Office/Net/Email as one package software for buisnesses and elaborate console machines like the X-Box for personal use.
Sony is seeing the same future, where consumers use a dedicated box, so that's why the latest statement, and why both MS and Sony are selling these "computer consoles" at nearly no profit. Whoever wins this war of attrition will own the living room.
In this race Apple hasn't even really gotten started yet, and certaintly isn't going to take a loss for years on end to accomplish a win.