Domain name claim teases Sony-MS partnership
Console rivals set to collaborate? Surely not!
Microsoft has allegedly registered "Microsoft-Sony.com" as well as "Sony-Microsoft.com" in a move that could mean the two giants are about to go into business together.
Then again, it could all be a practical joke.
Either way, the domains were registered this week and assigned to "Microsoft Corporation" sparking speculation that the two rivals could join hands.
Speculation has centred on a Windows Phone announcement, though Sony's handset arm, Sony Ericsson, seems content to stay with Android.
Others suggest we may be about to witness the launch of a joint-venture next-gen console, but this does seem highly unlikely. Only way to beat the Wii U, you reckon?

Considering the URL registrations are set to expire in just a year's time, the official nature of domains should be taken with a big pinch of salt. After all, it is easy to register a site as if you were someone else.
Newly registered web domains caused quite a stir earlier this week too when it was discovered that the web address www.modernwarfare3.com automatically redirected to EA's official Battlefield 3 site.
Initailly, it was alleged that EA had resorted to dirty tactics in a bid to rub muck into arch-rival Activision's popular franchise, although it was later discovered to be a "fishy beta sign up scheme" which had previously admitted its aversion to Call of Duty, Net Media Now reports.
There's a lesson to be learnt there, Activision - If there's a chance of a sequel, snap up the domain name early as possible.
As for the Microsoft and Sony collaboration, I won't hold my breath. ®
COMMENTS
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the commenter calling himsefl "SteveBalmer" just had an aneurysm.
Why choose
Why choose the LESSER of two evils - MicroSony, your maximum evil provider.
If it was a domain squat..
Who would get to take ownership of it after the court case - M$ or Sony? There's only one way to find out!
"...both vastly outperformed the Wii in terms of games this gen..."
Bit of a shame when you look at it in terms of sales and bums on seats though.
While I am sure that console vendors love to have great content to crow about, I'm pretty sure that they'd happily forego it in exchange for a stonking increase in sales volume and a few more millions in the bank.
When it comes to MAXIMUM evil...
...MicroSony isn't a patch on Goople
