Nintendo increases sales target
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| Japanese games firm Nintendo has raised its sales and profit forecasts
| thanks to the popularity of its DS and Wii games consoles.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6528533.stm
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Another Microsoft exec speaks out on the Wii
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| For some reason, the Wii keeps popping up in these interviews,
| including one with Platform Marketing Manager Michael Newey.
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http://www.thetanooki.com/2007/03/29/another-microsoft-exec-speaks-out-on-the-wii/
Microsoft attacks Wii now
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| Micrsooft has not heard the marketing maxim "never mention the opposition".
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38604
Microsoft Says Wii is for Babies
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| ...Microsoft's group product manager for Xbox and the Live
| platform, John Rodman, recently took a stab at it.
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http://uk.wii.ign.com/articles/776/776545p1.html
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/
Microsoft Crash PS3 Launch Party In France
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| Right in the middle of the official PS3 launch party in France, a
| huge boat with banners reading "Xbox 360 Loves You" floated
| downstream, interrupting the festivities and making several
| PS3 fanboys cry.
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http://www.gwn.com/news/story.php/id/11831/Microsoft_Crash_PS3_Launch_Party_In_France.html
Loot: Redmond, We Have a Problem, Or, What's Wrong With the Xbox 360
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| At this point, Former becomes impassioned. That's not fair, he says;
| we always saw this as a long-term venture. To which we reply that we
| were talking about the original Xbox, and while other divisions of
| the company throw off more profits in a single quarter than the
| entire $5 billion or so lost in the home and entertainment division
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| to date, the fact remains that, as we take-our-word-for-it predicted,
| the Xbox group has been spectacularly unprofitable for Microsoft.
| Hence, our heretofore unpublished Vietnam analogy. The rest of the
| night is a blur, but we digress.
|
| [...]
|
| The worst case scenario for Microsoft, then, is one in which the Xbox
| 360's bid for the mass market is blocked by the Wii for the next two to
| three years, at which point the aging and underpowered Wii gives way
| to a cheaper-than-it-is-now PS3 with a selection of AAA titles that's
| far wider than what the PS3 has at the moment; new installments of
| Playstation's own popular and casual-leaning games; and a slew of
| new franchises from Sony's much-larger studio operation.
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http://ncroal.talk.newsweek.com/default.asp?item=533168
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