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[News] Gates a Wii Worried, Microsoft FUDs the Playstation 3

Bill Gates: Nintendo is Our Toughest Competition

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| "The strength of Nintendo on the portable space has been very
| impressive and surprised a lot of people; and the strength of the
| Wii; and we see Nintendo as the toughest competition," said Gates.
| 
| Gates? statements are not a surprise considering the tremendous
| sales both the Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii have enjoyed since
| they went on sale.
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http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/12549/Bill-Gates-Nintendo-is-Our-Toughest-Competition/

SCEA rebuts Peter Moore's PS3 "disaster" jab

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| A top Sony representative offers GamePro an in-depth rebuttal of
| recent comments from Xbox exec Peter Moore.
| 
| [...]
| 
| "I would argue that consumers worldwide, to the tune of over 200
| million PlayStations, PS2s, PSPs and PS3s, have decided whether
| or not Sony has the DNA to deliver hardware, software and services
| to suit this industry," Karraker told GamePro.
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http://www.gamepro.com/news.cfm?article_id=93548


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Nintendo Wii steals the Christmas show

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| The No3 player in the games world has beaten its rivals with its
| must-have console, says Paul Durman
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http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8209-2517214,00.html


Nintendo Owns The New Generation

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| Meanwhile, Sony benefited from substantial sales of its
| six-year-old PlayStation 2 console. Sales of the system
| trumped all three new consoles, selling 664,000 units
| during November.
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http://www.forbes.com/2006/12/08/sony-nintendo-microsoft-markets-equity-cx_mk_1208markets03.html?partner=yahootix


Seventh Generation Gaming Consoles: Thinking Outside the Box

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| Right now, it's still early days but, if history is any guide, we
| can expect this new video learning business to be Nintendo's to
| lead and Microsoft's to follow.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/061211/22075_id.html?.v=1


Nintendo Wii launch breaks UK record

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| Nintendo has sold more than 105,000 Wiis in the UK since the games
| console went on sale over here first thing last Friday morning.
| According to the videogames pioneer, punters took possession of
| 50,000 Wiis during the first 12 hours it was available.
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/12/12/wii_uk_sales_record/


Wii Media Center X 

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| Wii Media Center X is a free multimedia server developed by Red
| Kawa. It allows you to stream certain types of pictures, music,
| videos and files from your computer (where the server running) to
| your Nintendo Wii. It runs on most major operating systems
| including Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
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http://www.redkawa.com/mediacenters/wiimediacenterx/


Linux Live CD is in development for the Wii 

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| WiiLi will be based off MandrivaONE, you can expect it to look like this...
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http://www.nwiizone.com/nintendo-wii/nwii/linux-live-cd-is-in-development-for-the-wii/


Report: PS3 will take lead in console wars

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| A new study on Sony by Dublin-based firm Research and Markets spends
| some time predicting the success of the PlayStation 3 console, which
| it says will outsell the Microsoft Xbox 360 and the Nintendo Wii.
| The report says there will be 75 million PS3s sold by 2010, leading
| the 360 and Wii, although the report does not offer sales predictions
| for those two consoles.
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http://www.fiercegamebiz.com/story/report-ps3-will-take-lead-in-console-wars/2007-01-02


Best New Console - Sony PlayStation 3

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| Sony's embrace of the PS3 as a computer rather than just a console
| and the availability of supported Linux distributions for the
| console will also develop and will likely bear entirely unexpected
| fruit in future.
| 
| Runner-Up:
| Nintendo Wii
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http://bestof.ign.com/2006/gear/1.html


Sony's PS3 Could Still Outsell Microsoft's XBox 360 in 2006

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| Should the Playstation 3 end up in second place this Christmas season,
| Sony shouldn't feel too badly. The #1 selling console at the moment
| remains the Playstation 3, which sold nearly a million units in
| November, and will probably sell nearly double that in December.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/061215/22521_id.html?.v=1


Strategy Analytics: The Pressure is on Microsoft 

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| Research firm Strategy Analytics claims that with the PS3 now
| launching the pressure is actually on Microsoft to convince
| consumers and loyal PlayStation gamers to "switch camps."
| Ultimately, the firm sees Sony trouncing the competition with
| over 120 million units sold by 2012.
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http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/feature/?id=14480

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