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Microsoft Lusts Nintendo, To Little Avail
Richard Finney writes "The online version of Forbes Magazine says that Bill Gates has expressed an interest in buying Nintendo from Japanese billionaire Hiroshi Yamauchi." Though this news seems to have been part of a theoretical 'what if' question, the story reports: "'If Hiroshi Yamauchi phones me up, i will pick up at once,' Gates told WirtschaftsWoche magazine on the sidelines of an analyst conference."
If you liked Halo: Cute Kitten Grenades, I highly recommend you try out the often-overlooked No One Lives Forever 2, which includes the Angry Kitty Feline Proximity Mine.
I nearly laughed myself to death on that one. It's really in there. You can really send an explosive robot kitten to lure guards to pet it, and then watch them all blow up.
That aside, the gamecube has its share of oddball titles. But at least we don't have Halo: Curry Restaurant Simulator like the PS2, right?
Why would the ex-president of Nintendo of Japan call him? Maybe Gates needs to realize that Iwata is the president there now ;)
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See, I don't look at undr 15% on one market is clobbering.
4 9, Gamecube outpaces Xbox slightly worldwide.
According to this site: http://www.pcvsconsole.com/hank/answer.php?file=5
In cas eyou are stupid, XBox is #3. Not #2.
There's your proof. Buh-bye now. Want more reponses? Then log in. Until then, I go back to surfing at 1.
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Just some Japanese figures...
Rank/Console/Sales Monday 19th July - Sunday 25th July 2004/Total Sales 2004:
1. PlayStation 2 - 41.525 - (1.540.357)
2. Game Boy Advance SP - 35.988 - (1.507.481)
3. GameCube - 9.778 - (417.081)
4. Game Boy Advance - 2.362 - (162.883)
5. Xbox - 278 - (22.513)
Yeah, what a beating that is... it's a knock-out...
FYI, "actual market" not equal US only...
No, Nintendo may have monetarily the best console out right now (assuming it costs less to build than a PS2), but I don't think anyone would claim that the XBox is not the best technically. Two words: hard drive.
Three words for you: source of failure. Sure the hard drive might be great now but let's see how great it is when you want to play an XBox game ten years from now when the disc is bad. Will they even be making compatible disks then?