Microsoft's Xbox gains ground in tough market
Reuters | at | by Mike
When Microsoft announced four years ago that it was getting into the video game business, skeptics questioned whether the world's largest software company could be anything but a distant second-best.
While Microsoft remains an underdog in the battle against Sony, its Xbox is gaining ground: the No. 2 game console is expected to have outsold Sony's PlayStation 2 for the first time on a monthly basis in April, boosted by a price cut that made the Xbox cheaper than the PS2.