Microsoft, Nintendo challenge Sony's lead in game consoles

Seattle

NOT so fast, Sony. Your two biggest rivals in the game console business, Microsoft and Nintendo, are showing signs of life.

After the last holiday season, when competitors made a series of missteps, Sony looked as if it might gain an unassailable lead in the console market over the course of 2014 with its PlayStation 4. Nintendo was losing money, and Microsoft - which released the Xbox One system around the same time as the PlayStation 4 last fall - lagged behind Sony's sales, a gulf that widened as the new year progressed.