Microsoft to launch Xbox 360 in Japan on Nov 22
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Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O said on   Wednesday it will launch its Xbox 360 HD DVD player in Japan on   November 22.
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NEW YORK/CHIBA, Japan  - Nintendo Co. Ltd.   7974.OS said on Thursday it will start selling its new game   console, the Wii, in the U.S. on November 19 for about $250, as   it girds for a three-way showdown this holiday season against   Microsoft and Sony 6758.T.
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Microsoft cuts the Japanese price of the Xbox console by 13% to compete with the Wii and PlayStation 3.
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Nintendo Co. said Tuesday it will release its new "dual screen" portable game machine in North America on Nov. 21 and in Japan 10 days later.
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Microsoft will cut the price of its Xbox 360 console in Japan by about 13 percent from 39,795 yen ($348) to 34,800 yen ($304) starting November 1. The Core version of the console will now run 27,800 yen ($243), further putting pressure on Sony, which recently lowered the price of the PS3.
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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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Japan's Sony Corp. said on Tuesday it  would launch a new version of its popular PlayStation 2 game  console in the United States and Europe on Nov. 1 at a price of  $149 and 149 euros ($181) respectively.
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Microsoft Corp. is introducing an external high-definition DVD player for the Xbox 360 video game console to match the Blu-ray disc functions of Sony Corp.'s upcoming PlayStation 3. The software maker also announced Wednesday it will launch the Xbox 360 in India this week and in Africa next week.
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Microsoft will sell its Xbox 360 Elite games console and offer Xbox Live video downloads in Europe starting later this year.
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Nintendo Co. Ltd. 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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The Japanese launch of Nintendo's Wii console takes place on 2 December.
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On October 11 Microsoft will launch its Xbox 360 Elite in Japan, where Xbox sales are lagging.
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The forthcoming video game console will feature an HDMI 1.3 output, the company announces at the Tokyo Games.
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Tokyo, Sept. 8 (Jiji Press)--Microsoft Co., the Japanese unit of U.S. computer software giant Microsoft Corp., said Friday it will launch a cheap version of its Xbox 360 video game console in Japan on Nov. 2.
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Microsoft used the Tokyo Game Show to once again try to drum up interest in the Xbox 360, announcing new games from Square Enix and attracting noted Japanese game developers.
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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 lag far behind rival machines from Nintendo Co. Ltd.  and Sony Corp.
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Microsoft Corp. said Friday it will give Xbox 360 owners a free video game to make up for poor performance over the holidays by the system's online hub.