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Sony eyes virtual reality games with Morpheus headset

Sony (SNE) is leading the current generation of video game consoles with its PlayStation 4, and next year it hopes to dominate the emerging field of virtual reality with its Project Morpheus. Sony Late Tuesday, the Tokyo-based company announced that it has sold more than 20.2 million units of its PS4 console as of Sunday, nearly 16 months after its launch. Sony’s PlayStation 4 has a wide lead over Microsoft ‘s (MSFT) Xbox One and Nintendo ‘s (NTDOY) Wii U consoles. Last month, research firm Strategy Analytics predicted that Sony’s PS4 will have a global active installed base of 80 million units by 2019, compared with 57 million for Microsoft’s second-place Xbox One.

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,…

‘Smash Bros.’ off to fast start; Wii U sales impact unknown

The family-friendly fighting game “Super Smash Bros.” has the makings of a smash hit for Nintendo (NTDOY). But whether it can help Nintendo sell Wii U video game consoles remains to be seen. Nintendo released the game, which features popular characters from other games battling in fantasy settings, last Friday for the Wii U console. A version of the game for Nintendo’s 3DS handheld device came out on Oct. 3 in the U.S. and was the second best-selling video game last month. On Tuesday, Nintendo announced that it had sold more than 490,000 physical and digital copies of “Super Smash Bros. for Wii U” in the U.S. during its first three days of availability. That makes it the fastest-selling Wii U title in the U.S., dethroning Nintendo’s “Mario Kart 8.” The Wii U version of “Super Smash Bros.”, which retails for $59.99, has earned a Metacritic score of 92…