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GameCube price cut as well

22 April 2002 16:35 by Jari Ketola

In a response to last week's announcement from Microsoft to cut Xbox prices, Nintendo today announced they would alsobe be cutting the price of their rival console GameCube in Europe - even before it has hit the shelves!

The pre-launch cut was about twenty-five percent, which means a drop from 250€ to 199€. That makes the GameCube retail 100€ less than Xbox and Playstation 2.

Nintendo said the cut was made because of improved production economics, and a will to let the consumers take advantage of the reduced production costs. Its rather evident that Sony would be capable of a similar cut, since PS2 has been in production for quite a long time now, and has gone through several improvements in both chip design, and production efficiency.

Maybe we'll see PS2 at 250€ next week? Whatever happens, it's definitely nice to see that we, the consumers, get the best of both worlds in this duel - high-quality consoles at reasonable prices.

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