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Oct 2018
23m 20s

Xbox vs Playstation - The Biggest Cannon...

Wondery
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Sony was preparing Playstation to eventually replace personal computers. Microsoft sees that coming and goes into combat mode. Bill Gates spends more than two billion dollars to launch Microsoft’s Xbox console with innards that Gates hopes will not only put Sony on the defensive but will one day replace PCs as the future of digital home entertainment. Su ... Show More
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