Playstation 3 arrival triggers console wars

MICROSOFT has sided with rival Nintendo in the fight to unseat video game leader Sony as the battle for supremacy in the €30 billion video games industry intensifies.

At the video game industry’s annual trade show, E3 Expo, Microsoft said many consumers will choose to buy both of their machines for the price of one PlayStation 3.

The bad blood between Sony and Microsoft has escalated over the last few days, with both sides trading barbs at the Microsoft entered the next-generation game console market first with its Xbox 360, last November.