Citing the growing number of exclusive titles heading to the machine, and upcoming multimedia services like recordable TV and PS3 Home, Screen Digest’s Piers Harding-Rolls stated: "One of the market shifts to watch out for in 2008 will be the continued evolution of Xbox 360 and PS3 from games consoles to multi-media hubs.
“Now that these multi-media services, online video, IPTV, digital terrestrial TV and PVR functionality, are now available or poised to come on line in different markets, this 'hub' strategy is emerging as a key console battleground for Microsoft and Sony."
Even throughout the recent period of Wii dominance, Screen Digest has always backed PS3 to win through. But with Wii forging such a large lead in global hardware sales, there will be many who remain to be convinced that Sony can play catch-up.
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