April 20, 2002
Xbox
"MICROSOFT shocked the world of computer gaming last night by dropping the price of its Xbox console just five weeks after its British launch.
The price cut, from £300 to £199, followed concern among analysts about lower-than-expected sales only weeks before Nintendo launches its rival GameCube console, priced at about £150, on May 3.
Although Microsoft insisted that sales had been “in line with our expectations”, speculation had been growing that the Xbox was failing to dent the dominance of Sony’s PlayStation 2 (PS2) console, even after a £350 million marketing campaign..."
Laura | 18:31
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