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• Microsoft cuts Xbox price, goes after Nintendo

  Posted Sep 04 2008, 04:36 AM by Douglas McIntyre
  Filed under: Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, video games
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  Microsoft has decided that it would rather be the video game market share leader than make a buck at the business. (Microsoft is the publisher of MSN Money.)

  Redmond cut the price of its Xbox 360 to $199. That drops it from its previous sticker of $279. The action may take some business away from the Sony PS3, but it is more clearly aimed at market leader Nintendo which has remained in the front spot for months with its $250 Wii.   Read More...

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• Sorry, kids, Santa's stuck in reindeer traffic for a few weeks

  Posted Dec 14 2007, 11:01 AM by Kim Peterson
  Filed under: Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, video games
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  Give Nintendo credit for at least trying to address the Wii shortage frustrating many parents this month. The company said today that you'll be able to buy a raincheck that will guarantee a Wii gets into your hands....by the end of January.

  Here are the rules: You can only buy the raincheck at a GameStop store on Dec. 20 or 21. And you have to pay full-price ($250) for the system at the time you buy the raincheck. Here's the funny thing: Nintendo is guaranteeing the Wiis but then saying the rainchecks are only available as supplies last. And we've seen how long anything related to the Wii lasts in stores.   Read More...

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• Nintendo shortage Wii-lly hurts company

  Posted Dec 03 2007, 05:13 AM by Kim Peterson
  Filed under: Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, video games
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  I was shopping at a Best Buy in San Jose yesterday and here's what I found:

  

  Stacks of PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles. When I asked where the Wiis were, a saleswoman gave a small snort and shook her head. The store was out.

  It's a common scenario across the country, and in other parts of the world. A year after its release, the console that many expected would be in third place has become a hit of such proportions that people still line up overnight to buy one. I've had a Wii since its launch, and spent a good chunk of the weekend playing "Super Mario Galaxy." This console definitely holds up over time.   Read More...

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