PlayStation 2,” bundling a DVD-ROM drive with a 300-MHz Toshiba
processor and an Ethernet peripheral and quickly sold more than 10 million devices.
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By 2002, Sony achieved an installed base of more than 41 million consoles worldwide.
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Sony developed partnerships with Japanese content providers who produced cross
compatible software designed to function on both the console and on suitably equipped
PCs. Microsoft’s “Xbox,” released in the fall of 2001, also paired the DVD-ROM drive
with a high-speed processor