Wii Brits love Nintendo. Will pass Xbox 360 in October
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| The weather in the UK must truly be awful, as the latest gaming generation
| stay indoors and embrace the new generation consoles. The Nintendo Wii is
| poised to overhaul Microsofts yearlong start with the Xbox 360.
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http://www.itwire.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14027&Itemid=1063
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Microsoft Xbox 360 Sales Plunge 60% As Problems Mount
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| Microsoft’s growing troubles with the Xbox 360 video game console appear to
| be catching up to the company. Sales of the gaming machine plunged 60% in the
| fiscal fourth quarter, Microsoft disclosed Thursday. In its earnings
| statement for the quarter, Microsoft said it shipped 700,000 Xbox 360 units
| during the period, compared to 1.8 million in the fiscal fourth quarter of
| 2006 -- a fall off of 61%.
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http://www.mtechxp.net/main/microsoft-xbox-360-sales-plunge-60-as-problems-mount
Microsoft: XBox 360 Price Drop Won't Fix Broken Strategy
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| So in the end, it doesn’t matter if the 360 is $50 or even $100 less.
| Ultimately, the price cut will just reveal how niche the system has become.
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| Exactly. Come on, guys. The blogosphere, be it the guys at GigaOM, Chris
| Kohler at Wired Game I Life or myself, have come up with some pretty rational
| approaches for how you can get it together. Unfortunately, however, our
| protestations seem to fall on deaf ears. Best of luck with your "winning
| strategy." I guess you know best.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070809/43985_id.html?.v=1
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