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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!"
MS might just be totally confused! "You mean we have to lower our prices to sell stuff?"
They are already losing lots of money selling xbox the price it is today, why dont MS give theyre xbox away for free? :))
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API newswire May 20, 2002 10:02 AM
Richard Head reporting from redmond WA...
Microsoft Announces Xbox Bundle to Compete with Console pricewars.
Microsoft this morning in a retalitaory move against Nintendo and Sony's attempts to undermine the sales of the Xbox has announced that they will not be lowering the price of the Xbox but will in fact be bundling it with several high quality applications.
Steve Ballmer in a private interview said, "The public has been clamoring for a killer app for the Xbox and we have decided to give it to them. As of today we will be selling Xboxes with free copies of Microsoft BOB for their PC and a special ported version of BOB for the Xbox. we are confident that this will crust the competition."
Sony and Nintendo represenatives were unavailable for comment.
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
Sony (holding royal flush): I raise you $1.
Nintendo (holding 4 aces): I'll see your $1 and raise you $2:
MS (holding jack-squat): I'll see your $2 and raise you A MILLION BILLION DOLLARS.
Sony: Fold.
Nintendo: Fold.
MS: Mwahahahahahaha.
By opening the packaging that contains this X-Box, the user agrees that he or she will not purchase a competing console, play games on a friend's competing console, or even look for more than five seconds at a competing console when walking through a store. Furthermore, by plugging in the Microsoft X-Box, the user consents to any and all changes that the Microsoft X-Box may implement in the user's household, including the notification of Microsoft corporate headquarters in the event that a competing console is detected in the household, and the neurological reprogramming of any of the user's offspring to become better Microsoft customers.
That ought to help good ol' MS take its rightful place in our homes and lives.
In a world without walls, there is no need for Windows.
I think I'm gonna wait for the SGCA. It will probably have A DVD/CD/MP3/OGG/WMA/etc. player plus built in PS2/XBox firmware emulation so you can play all of your titles. The graphics will be handled by Matrox's new G1000 series GPU and the unit will also double as a maid/butler when you're not searching for Rupes and fighting Gandolf.
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it." - K
They all do! (grin)
1) Ask for refund of $50 + tax.
2) Be denied.
3) Say, "I'd like to return my [PS2|Xbox], it doesn't work with my TV."
4) Recieve money
5) Turn right around and re-buy a PS2 at discounted cost, making sure refund-denier observes said activity.
6) Cease purchasing from location.
Simple!
Brandon
No, wait, maybe he was philosophising on something else...
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"Remember when the U.S. had a drug problem, and then we declared a War On Drugs, and now you can't buy drugs anymore?"
special liscensing where you can get it's system for half price... but with this plan you have to pay it for all the game systems in your house, whether or not you own them.
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