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Microsoft Sides With Nintendo Against Sony

rafemonkey writes "Looks like Microsoft loves the Wii. The Washington Post has an article in which VP Peter Moore says that since the PS3 is so expensive, gamers might as well get an Xbox 360 and a Wii for the cost of one Sony console." From the article: "Microsoft predicted on Tuesday it will have 10 million Xbox 360 consoles in the market before Sony launches the PS3. The high-end Xbox 360 sells for $399, but it does not include a built-in high-definition DVD video player that comes with Sony's PS3. Sony plans to sell a premium PS3 model for $599 when it debuts in North America on November 17, and Nintendo has not yet disclosed pricing for Wii." On that last note there is much speculation that Nintendo is aiming for a $249 price point. Sony's Kaz Hirai has in turn responded that the PlayStation 3 is priced for consumers, who are getting a lot for their money.

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  1. Re:Wii is great if you like Mario, Zelda, and Samu by conigs · · Score: 5, Informative
    Wii needs more 3rd party support.

    You mean like these:


    Activision - Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam, Marvel: Ulatimate Alliance, Call of Duty 3
    AQ Interactive - Boxing Action
    Atari - Dragon Ball Z Budokai: Tenkaichi 2
    Atlus - Trauma Center: Second Opinion
    Buena Vista Games - Disney's Chicken Little: Ace in Action Disney's Meet the Robinsons
    Capcom - Resident Evil series
    D3Publisher - SIMPLE series
    Electronic Arts - Madden NFL '07, Medal of Honor Airborne
    Hudson - Bomberman
    Koei - Sengoku Action
    Konami - Elebits, Soccer game
    Majesco - Bust-a-Move Revolution
    Marvelous Interactive / Natsume - Harvest Moon Heroes, Legend of the River King
    Mastiff - Mr. D Goes to Town
    Midway Games - The Ant Bully, Happy Feet
    MTO - SAN-X All-star Revolution
    Namco Bandai - Final Furlong, Mobile Suite Gundam, Digimon, One Piece Ulimited Adventure, Tamagotchi
    SEGA - Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz, Sonic Wild Fire
    SNK - Metal Slug Anthology
    Spike - Necro-Nesia, Jawa
    Square Enix - Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Crystal Bearers, Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors
    Taito - Turn it around!, Let's go by train!, Cooking Mama -Cooking with International Friends
    Tecmo - Super Swing Golf Pangya
    THQ - Avatar: The Last Airbender, SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab, Disney/Pixar Cars
    TOMY - Battle Action
    Ubisoft - Open Season, Rayman Raving Rabbids, Red Steel

    Yeah, I sure with they had at least some third-party support. While I'm not necessarily defending the quality of some of these games (I'm not necessarily a Spongebob fan), the point it that third-party support exists.

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