Nintendo Drops GameCube Price to $150

DarkZero writes: "According to Planet Gamecube, Nintendo, as was expected, has dropped the price of the GameCube to $150. As the consoles currently stand, the GameCube is $50 cheaper than both the X-Box and the PS2, letting it retain half of its price edge on its competitors. Neither Sony nor Microsoft has commented on it yet, but Microsoft might decide to lower the price of the X-Box a little bit more in retaliation. Yay, competitive pricing!"

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Re:Last time MS dropped their prices...

[Dark Paladin]

And, they could:

Give away IE without paying more shipping/distribution costs. (Here, it will cost them $275 just to make the damn thing, and another chunk to ship it to all the stores.)

Threaten OEM's with reprisals if they didn't leave IE in and take Netscape out. (Here, if they go to Software Etc and threaten to them to take out the PS2's, they'll be laughed at.)

Install IE in every Windows machine by default. (Here, I don't see me getting an Xbox bundled with every TV purchase.)

I'm still comfortable with my decision to get rid of my Xbox until they produce more than one game (Halo) that I actually want to play. And by then, I'll get the Xbox for $99 and the games for $20.