Microsoft cuts Japan's Xbox price
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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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Sony Corp. , the world's biggest game-console maker, cut the price of the PlayStation 3 in the United States by $100, or 17 percent, responding to the widening lead of Nintendo Co.'s Wii and Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360.
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Microsoft Corp. will start selling a cheaper model of the Xbox 360 video game machine in Japan to woo gamers there, the U.S. software maker said Monday.
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Microsoft roiled the gaming world Thursday by taking a $1 billion charge to take care of problems with its Xbox 360. NEWSWEEK's N'gai Croal talks to Xbox chief Peter Moore about the decision.
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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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Sony Corp. has slashed the planned price of its delay-ridden PlayStation 3 by one-fifth in Japan, preparing for a sharp dogfight against cheaper games consoles from rivals Microsoft and Nintendo.
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Console to get 1080p support with software update Microsoft will ship the Xbox 360's eagerly anticipated external HD DVD drive to Japanese consumers on 17 November, the software giant revealed today at the Tokyo Games Show. The announcement paves the way for similar declarations concerning the peripheral's launch in the US and Europe.â¦
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Sony Corp. on Thursday cut the price of its PlayStation 3 game console in the U.S. and announced an even cheaper model that will arrive before the holiday shopping season.
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Sony Corp.  cut the price of the PlayStation 3 by $100, or 17 percent, in the United States on Monday, a move that should boost the video game console's lackluster sales.
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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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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. (6758.T) for  the PlayStation 3.
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European, US dates coming later today Nintendo will wheel out its Wii games console on Japan on 2 December, the videogames pioneer has confirmed. Japanese buyers should expect to pay around Â¥25,000 ($213/Â£113/â¬168) for the product, Nintendo added. It is expected to announce the US and European release dates and pricing later today.â¦
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TOKYO -- Sony Corp. said Friday it will slash the price of its much-anticipated PlayStation 3 video game console in Japan by 20 percent, heating up the competition in the next-generation gaming war against rivals Microsoft and Nintendo.
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Microsoft shrugged off HD DVD&#39;s demise on Tuesday, declining to say if or when it would support Blu-ray Disc for the Xbox.Microsoft steadfastly backed HD DVD, selling an external drive for the Xbox for $129.99. That offer was still on the U.S. Xbox Web site as of Tuesday, despite the news that&#160;Toshiba will scuttle the format. Toshiba had been the lead electronics manufacturer in a coalition of companies pushing that format but content producers have thrown their support to Blu-ray.Microsoft&#39;s decision to make the HD DVD drive external rather than within the console &quot;was quite a strategic move on their part,&quot; said Paul O&#39;Donovan, principal analyst with Gartner.However, it&#39;s inevitable that future Xbox versions, as well as other gaming systems aimed at tighter integration with entertainment systems, will incorporate Blu-ray Disc drives, said O&#39;Donovan. The Xbox currently has a standard DVD drive.Sony gained momentum for its Blu-ray player by putting it in its PlayStation 3 console, according to research company IDC.The PS3&#39;s &quot;dual roles as a gaming console and a next-generation DVD player have made it an important part of the format war,&quot; according to the report.Prior to Toshiba&#39;s announcement, Microsoft downplayed the rumors of HD DVD&#39;s death, contending buyers are more interested in gaming functions.&quot;We do not believe the recent reports about HD DVD will have any material impact on the Xbox 360 platform or our position in the marketplace,&quot; the company said in a statement. &quot;It is premature to speculate but we do know from market data that HD movie playback is not a primary purchase driver for consumers buying video game consoles.&quot;Microsoft, which started selling the external drive for $199 in late 2006, has dropped the price twice, to $179 last August finally to its current price, which varies by region.O&#39;Donovan agreed the company likely won&#39;t face declining sales of its Xbox gaming console. But Microsoft&#39;s greater problem may be getting rid of the external HD DVD drives in its inventory.HD DVD is &quot;dead and gone&quot; now, O&#39;Donovan said.&#160;
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Japanese electronics giant Sony cuts the price of its Playstation 3 in the US in an effort to boost sales.
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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.'s Xbox video game business will lay off 76 workers and stop making some sports games, the company said.