Nintendo ups forecast on strong game console sales
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| The Japanese maker of game machines and software said the revision
| includes its latest estimates for its new game player, the Wii, which
| is expected to go on sale in the United States in November.
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| Nintendo, the third-ranked game console maker, is hoping its new Wii
| console will lure customers away from new gadgets made by its bigger
| rivals Microsoft Corp. and Sony Corp.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/061003/japan_nintendo.html?.v=3
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Nintendo Raises Profit Outlook for 2007
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/061003/japan_nintendo.html?.v=1
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Survey Shows Wii at 88%, PS3 at 11%
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| Including all hardware, which system will generate the most sales?
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| 60.7% Nintendo DS,
| 32.8% Nintendo Wii
| 3.3% PS2
| 1.6% PS3
| 1.6% Xbox 360
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http://www.nintendorevolution.ca/10012006/01/poll_nintendo_wii_will_crush_ps3_this_holiday
Gamers Say Microsoft Understates Xbox Problems
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| "30-50 percent of them (Xbox 360's) have failed."
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http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2006/08/xbox_gamers02.html
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| "Microsoft has launched its Xbox 360 games console in Japan to what
| seems like a more subdued response than it received in Europe and North
| America.
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| [...]
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| Sales of the first Microsoft Xbox in Japan have always lagged behind
| Sony PlayStation 2, which was launched two years before it."
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4517362.stm
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| "It's not going to be a big hit in Japan," said 26-year-old Kentaro
| Okamoto, one of the first Xbox 360 buyers. "I buy every new game console...
| but normally Japanese customers only buy a machine when it's made by Sony
| or Nintendo."
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051210/tc_afp/afplifestyleusjapancomputermicrosoftxbox
Why Nintendo Wii will succeed
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| That would be the Wii "gaming console", as opposed to the forthcoming PS3
| and the HD DVD drive equipped Xbox 360s ? all of which are transmogrifying
| into multimedia, do-it-all entertainment hub-type things.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34384
Xbox Live Outages All Over US?
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| In any case the outages do not seem to affect everyone although I can
| say 2old2play has already received 6 emails, 5 PMs, and several blog
| posts about the outages. One such blogger was told by a service rep that
| he was "experiencing a temporary service outage bubble in his area."
| Apparently the rep had received several similar Xbox Live error codes
| that day, but could not say why. 2old2play is currently trying to contact
| Microsoft for a comment and we'll update this page as we receive word.
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http://www.2old2play.com/News/Xbox_Live_Outages_All_Over_US_
Sony cuts PS3 price by 20 pct to Y49,980 in Japan
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| Sony Corp. said on Friday it would sell its PlayStation 3 video game
| console in Japan for 49,980 yen ($430), over 20 percent lower than a
| previously announced price.
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http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20060922:MTFH25783_2006-09-22_03-17-23_T229782&type=comktNews&rpc=44
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