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Gates Pegs Nintendo, Not Sony, as Toughest Competition

Posted by Zonk on from the when-white-plastic-fights dept.

njkid1 writes "Microsoft's Bill Gates thinks that because of the 'impressive strength' of the company and its new Wii console Nintendo is now Microsoft's biggest competition when it comes to videogames. This is somewhat understandable, given Nintendo's new projections for this year. The Japanese game maker plans to sell an impressive 100 Million DS games this year, along with 21 Million Wii games and some six million consoles. This may seem to be just more flack, to go along with Peter Moore's dismissive comments towards Sony at CES this week, but news of the Halo DS game that almost was puts credence to Microsoft's new priorities."

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  1. Eh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    If anyone were to be pegging, it would be Melinda Gates. LOLOLOLOL

  2. Good one Bill by winningham.2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thats great Bill, but tell us something Wii didn't know.

  3. Re:Same vs. Different by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    > Losing market share to something called the Wii...

    Only until Microsoft announce their new game, it's going to be called wiindows and involves locking down platforms... or so I hear.

  4. Re:360 and Wii don't compete by suv4x4 · · Score: 2, Funny

    The Xbox 360 is about ultra realistic graphics, fast paced driving and brutal violence in which strangers are humiliated through Xbox Live. The Wii is about fun games that often can involve friends and family. One is not better than the other, they are simply very different. Which is better: a car or a sheep?

    From that context I guess the car is for "fast paces driving and brutal violence", and the sheep is for "fun games that often can involve friends and family".

    You sick bastard.