New players from Nintendo will link to Web

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Nintendo Co. is introducing 2 new versions of its video games, Game Boy Advance and GameCube, a box and a hand-held machine that will offer the usual games and connect players via the World Wide Web. In a fierce competition with Sony and Microsoft in the $20-billion game market, Nintendo is offering products are easy for developers to work with, as opposed to Sony's PlayStation 2, which is difficult to write software for. GameCube will pack a modem and a 128-bit, 400-megahertz IBM processor. The Game Boy Advance has a large color screen with a cellular phone port, on sale next spring for about $92.

Product introduction, Management, Computer-based entertainment system, Computer entertainment systems, Takeda, Genyo, Nintendo Game Boy (Computer-based entertainment system), Nintendo GameCube (Computer-based entertainment system)

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Game battle claims a casualty; Sega to exit player market, Sony's problems continue as industry sales flatten

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Sega Corp. has decided to discontinue production of its Dreamcast video game player and to concentrate its efforts on designing video game software programs. The race for market share in the video game console arena is heating up between Sony Corp., Nintendo and Microsoft, which will introduce its Xbox console later in 2001. Sony has difficulties of its own as users are unhappy with the complexity and availability of its highly-touted PlayStation 2 console.

Prepackaged software, Product development, Household audio and video equipment, Consumer Electronics, Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing, Game, Toy, and Children's Vehicle Manufacturing, Games, toys, and children's vehicles, Product discontinued, Electronic Games, Planning, Computer software industry, Software industry, Product information, Consumer electronics industry, Video games, Sega Enterprises Ltd., Product market share, Company product planning, Product discontinuation

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Super Mario, meet Big Bill; Microsoft's Xbox will battle with new Nintendo console as Sony defends its lead

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Competition for market share in the $20 billion video game console market will heat up as Microsoft Corp. debuts its $299 Xbox on Nov. 15, 2001 and Nintendo Co. begins its US sales of GameCube on Nov. 18, 2001. Both companies are facing a slowing US economy and Sony Corp.'s current lead in the market with its PlayStation 2. Market-share success will come to the company able to produce enough machines to meet customer demand. Microsoft is somewhat hampered by its limited hardware experience.

Statistical Data Included, Microsoft Corp., MSFT, Company market share

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