Microsoft and Sony may share the competitive stage in San Francisco, but certainly not under one roof. With Microsoft's Xbox gaming system due out in two weeks, the software giant this week closed its retail store in San Francisco's Metreon center, according to a representative for the shopping mall. The building's landlord happens to be Sony, one of the leading video-game makers in the industry. Located in the South of Market area, the high-tech themed shopping and entertainment complex features Sony's "PlayStation" store--billed on the mall's Web site as "the first, and only, completely hands-on game store."
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