Wii to Displace Xbox 360 by End of 2008
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Nintendo's popular Wii game console will displace Microsoft's Xbox 360 as the new-generation game machine, iSuppli said Thursday.
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Nintendo has said it will launch its next-generation Wii game machine in December at about 200 dollars apiece, undercutting the price of Sony's beleaguered PlayStation 3.
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Microsoft put the high-definition rumors to rest Wednesday, announcing at its X06 event in Barcelona that the HD DVD add-on for the Xbox 360 will arrive in the U.S. in mid-November at a cost of $199.99 USD. The package will come with a copy of "King Kong" on HD DVD and the Xbox 360 Universal Media Remote.
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Nintendo Co. Ltd.  (7974.OS) said on Thursday it will start selling its new video  game console, the Wii, in the United States on November 19 for  about $250, as it girds for a three-way holiday showdown with  Microsoft and Sony.
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Microsoft Corp.  said on  Wednesday it will launch its Xbox 360 HD DVD player in Japan on  November 22.
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Fresh off bumper earnings, Nintendo Co. ruled out a price cut for its smash-hit Wii video game console Friday and announced the company will being selling the Wii in China next year.
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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. MSFT.O will start   selling its popular Xbox 360 gaming console in India by the end   of September, a company official said on Thursday.
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Nintendo Co. Ltd. 7974.OS on   Thursday said it plans to begin selling its new video game   console Wii in the U.S. on November 19 as it girds for a   three-way showdown this holiday shopping season against   Microsoft and Sony.
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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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NEW YORK -- Nintendo Co. said its Wii game console will go on sale in the United States on Nov. 19 for $250, hoping that like its plucky game character Mario, it will be able to take on the gorillas of the market: Sony and Microsoft .
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Blog: The software maker will cover the game console for up to three years for certain hardware failures.
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The success of the Wii has helped Nintendo treble its half-yearly profits to 188.78bn yen (Â£810m).
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By Richard J. Dalton Jr., Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  Dec. 16--While Nintendo's Wii game consoles have been flying off the  shelves, its remote control has been flying into shelves -- and television  sets, and ceiling fans and walls.
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And they're pee'd of with the Wii Retailers think the Xbox 360 is most likely to win the next generation console war, but they're still pi**ed with the ongoing Wii shortage, according to a survey.â¦
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No matter what Toshiba decides to do about HD DVD, Microsoft says the decision will have little bearing on the Xbox 360 game console, for which the Redmond company sells and HD DVD add-on.
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At the IFA consumer electronics conference in Berlin over the weekend, Microsoft said it would be cutting the price of the Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on by 20 euros, bringing the cost down to 180 euros. This follows a similar price drop in the United States.