Microsoft to cut Xbox 360 price in Japan
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Microsoft said Monday it would cut the prices of its Xbox 360 consoles in Japan as it ramps up competition with rivals Sony and Nintendo ahead of the key year-end shopping season.
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Microsoft Corp.  has no plans now  to cut the price of its Xbox game console in Japan, the home  turf of rivals Nintendo Co. Ltd. (7974.OS) and Sony Corp.  (6758.T), the head of its Japan unit said on Monday.
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InfoWorld - Toshiba's announcement to end production of HD DVD players and recorders will not affect the Xbox 360, even though Microsoft offers an optional stand-alone HD DVD drive for the game console, Microsoft said in a statement Tuesday.
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In a likely attempt at turning its fortunes around there, Microsoft will begin selling the Xbox 360 Elite in Japan starting October 11. The company hopes its feature set will attract discerning Japanese gamers.
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Sony Corp. (6758.T) on Friday cut  the price of its new game machine PlayStation 3 by 20 percent  in Japan, in a surprise move that will attract more customers  but likely widen losses in its game division.
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Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday it would launch the advanced version of its Xbox 360 game console, Xbox 360 Elite, on October 11 in Japan, a country where sales of its game gear trail far behind rival machines from Nintendo Co. Ltd. and Sony Corp.
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Microsoft Corp.  has no plans now  to cut the price of its Xbox game console in Japan, where it  trails far behind rival machines from Nintendo Co. Ltd.   and Sony Corp. .
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SANTA MONICA, California  - Microsoft Corp.  said on Tuesday it will hold firm on pricing for its Xbox 360 game console, defying widespread expectations that it would respond to a price cut by rival Sony Corp.  for the PlayStation 3.
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Rumors of an Xbox 360 price cut have been flying around like laser shots on an alien battlefield. But Microsoft cut down those rumors on Tuesday night at the company&#39;s E3 press briefing, held in a high school auditorium in Santa Monica, California.
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Microsoft Corp.  has no plans now to cut the price of its Xbox game console in Japan, where it trails far behind rival machines from Nintendo Co. Ltd.  and Sony Corp. .
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PC Magazine - Microsoft Corp. sold 294,000 Xbox 360 video game consoles in January, a company executive said on Tuesday, citing preliminary research data.
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Sony Corp.  plans to  phase out the cut-priced $499 model of its PlayStation 3 video  game machine, leaving only a higher capacity $599 model for  sale in the United States, the company said on Monday.
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Nintendo Co. Ltd. 7974.OS said on   Thursday it will start selling its new game console, the Wii,   on December 2 in Japan for 25,000 yen ($212), making it the   third and last major game maker to bring a next-generation   console to market.
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In its latest deal, Microsoft lands a deal with the Japanese consumer electronics deal. Microsoft will get an undisclosed amount of revenue from the agreement.
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Premier title from Microsoft Japan is coming to America; Majesco will localize and publish the Xbox actioner in wake of Microsoft&#39;s decision to pass.
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Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox video game business will lay off 76 workers and stop making some sports games, the company said.
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Sony Corp. (6758.T) plans to  phase out the cut-priced $499 model of its PlayStation 3 video  game machine, leaving only a higher capacity $599 model for  sale in the United States, the company said on Monday.