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Sony's Playstation 3 has outsold Microsoft's rival Xbox 360 for the first time since both systems have been released, according to new data surfacing late Thursday.

Sales of video games jumped in the U.S thanks to a strong holiday season new data reveals, with Nintendo dominating rivals through 2007.

Sales of video games jumped in the U.S thanks to a strong holiday season new data reveals, with Nintendo dominating rivals through 2007. The Nintendo Wii outsold competitors in December, coming in with sales of 1.35 million units for the month compared to 1.26 million units for the Xbox 360 and 797,600 units for the PlayStation 3 according to market data released by NPD.

Players in Microsoft's Xbox Live gaming community can soon watch television shows and movies on demand in addition to playing games, the world's largest software maker said.

Microsoft Corp Chairman Bill Gates at the world's largest technology show predicts that his industry is on the cusp of the next digital decade.

Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it will offer a free downloadable video game to users of its Xbox online gaming service after the network was plagued with connection troubles over the holidays. Xbox Live General Manager Mark Whitten said the problems stemmed from a massive increase in new users of the service over the holiday season, when sales of video game hardware and software surge.

Microsoft Corp sold 4.3 million Xbox 360 video game consoles in the last three months of 2007, helped by hit titles such as Halo 3 and Mass Effect, according to company data released on Thursday. But the software giant also said it was disappointed with problems that had plagued its online gaming service for days and offered a free downloadable game to more than 8 million users.

Nintendo Wii is the top searched product for this holiday season overall and in the electronics category ahead of rivals Microsoft Xbox and Sony PSP3, while Barbie dominates in searched toy items, an internet data monitor reported on Thursday.

Microsoft will release a number of updates for its Xbox 360's dashboard and Live service starting next week, adding support for compressed movies and Apple portable devices, the company said.

Sony's latest game machine finally outsold its longtime rival Nintendo in Japan as strong November sales helped boost the electronics maker ahead.

Sony's latest game machine finally outsold its longtime rival Nintendo in Japan as strong November sales helped boost the electronics maker ahead.

Sony's latest game machine finally outsold its longtime rival Nintendo in Japan as strong November sales helped boost the electronics maker ahead.

As Nintendo shatters its own sales records, a lack of supply is hurting third-party software vendors, making this holiday season ripe for a blockbuster releases on Microsoft's Xbox360, according to one analyst.

Nintendo may face tough competition this holiday shopping season, but not from any of its competitors.

ESPN has signed a deal to bring full-length games and TV shows to Xbox Live, the online entertainment network for Microsoft's Xbox 360.

Microsoft Corp said on Monday it is launching a reworked low-end version of its Xbox 360 in a bid to widen the game console's appeal to a broader audience that has flocked to rival Nintendo Co Ltd's Wii.

U.S. sales of video game hardware and software jumped 75 percent in September, driven by Microsoft Corp's Halo 3 and Nintendo Co Ltd's Wii console.

Halo is in the headlines but these alternatives may be for you.

Microsoft's Halo 3 has dominated video game headlines this week, but if blasting aliens isn't appealing there is more on offer in other games, including role-playing the composer Frederic Chopin.

Microsoft Corp has cemented its reputation among hardcore gamers with the launch of alien shoot-out Halo 3, but it is still struggling to attract the mass market audience that has flocked to Nintendo Co Ltd's Wii console.

Microsoft Corp is offering to replace damaged discs of its just-launched Halo 3 game for the Xbox amid reports that special limited-edition packaging is scratching them.