Originally Posted by
k0mrade
Sony did not invent the gaming console, so the Xbox was not originally a copy of Playstation. Technically the Xbox was the first gaming console to have an online gaming service (Xbox Live), and Playstation copied that with the Playstation 3. Figuratively speaking, the Xbox 360 beat the Playstation 3 in sales, not even counting the revenue from Xbox Live subscriptions. The original Xbox has 250,000 paying subscriptions within a month of it's release in 2001. Sony has never had any.