Actually XBox 360 is #3 in the race (just fell behind PS3 WW sales -- XBox kills the PS3 in the US, but the PS3 kills it in Asia by a HUGE margin. PS3 has a sl

Actually XBox 360 is #3 in the race (just fell behind PS3 WW sales -- XBox kills the PS3 in the US, but the PS3 kills it in Asia by a HUGE margin. PS3 has a slight lead in Europe, but pretty much a wash there). With that said, for MS the "race" in the console wars really isn't a race. They want to be in the race, but it doesn't really matter that much if they are #1, #2, or #3, as long as #3 isn't 5M units sold WW. The XBox has always been strategic to be in the living room. And for that it is succesful. The real question is can MS leverage that to do something bigger? That remains to be seen, although so far they've been a bit slow with it. Fortunately Sony, Apple, and Google have been even slower.