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Game over for Xbox One; PS4 seen winning by big margin
For Microsoft’s (MSFT) Xbox One, it’s game over in the console war. Sony’s PlayStation 4 is going to win the current generation of video game consoles by a wide margin, says research firm Strategy Analytics. In 2019, there will be 40% more Sony (SNE) PS4s in use than Xbox Ones, Strategy Analytics forecast in a report out Wednesday. The global active installed base of Sony’s PS4 is predicted to reach 80 million units by 2019, compared with 57 million for Microsoft’s Xbox One, the research firm said. “Both consoles will be near the peak of their life cycle at that time, although there will be room for further modest growth,” analyst David Mercer said in a blog post. Meanwhile, Nintendo’s (NTDOY) Wii U is destined to remain a distant third in the console business, with a projected installed base of 15.2 million units. While not a flop like the GameCube,…
Amazon Web Services leads, but Microsoft Azure catching up
Amazon.com (AMZN) continues to hold a big lead in cloud computing with its Amazon Web Services, but Microsoft’s rival Azure service is coming up fast, a new study shows. Amazon Web Services dominates public cloud services. A survey of 930 information technology professionals by RightScale found that 57% of companies are using AWS to run apps this year, up from 54% last year. Microsoft’s (MSFT) Azure infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) has moved nto second place with 12% of respondents using it, up from 6% in 2014. Microsoft made significant inroads with enterprises, organizations with more than 1,000 employees, RightScale said in its 2015 “State of the Cloud Report, ” out Wednesday. Rackspace (RAX) Public Cloud slipped into third place with 11% of respondents using it, down from 12% last year. Rackspace on Tuesday posted a Q4 earnings beat and has targeted improving profit margins. Cloud computing allows businesses and other organizations to…