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Nintendo announces price cut!
- Posted By Kevlar
Gorilla, 05.20.2002
Just before E3, Nintendo has officially announced that it's Gamecube will be reduced in price from $200 to $149.95 US, effective Tuesday, May 21. This news is bliss to all who were waiting to buy good video games for less, and it can only help the Gamecube sell better, faster, and harder.
Press Release:
REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 20, 2002--Less than one year after
successfully launching NINTENDO GAMECUBE(TM) at a mass-market price,
Nintendo of America Inc. is dropping the MSRP to $149.95, effective
Tuesday, May 21, 2002.
To date, Nintendo has shipped more than 4.5 million systems worldwide and
its hit title, Super Smash Bros.(TM) Melee, has topped the 2.5 million mark.
Today's announcement comes as the $27 billion interactive entertainment
industry gathers in Los Angeles for the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3)
to preview the latest and greatest games coming out this holiday.
"It's simple, really: Nintendo is committed to offering our players the
best games and the best price," says Peter MacDougall, executive vice
president, sales and marketing, Nintendo of America Inc. "We were the first
manufacturer to reach the $199 price level and now we're leading the
industry to $149 -- allowing even more players around the world to get
their hands on our legendary favorites like Mario, Zelda, Star Fox and
Metroid this year."
Nintendo's four headliners arrive in brand new adventures, exclusively on
NINTENDO GAMECUBE:
-- In Super Mario Sunshine(TM), the world's most beloved plumber
arrives for a tropical vacation...only to discover that his
good name has been soiled by adversaries -- and it's his job
to clean up the mess.
-- The elfin hero Link sports a brand-new look that perfectly
reflects his emotions throughout The Legend of Zelda(TM), as
he embarks on an epic quest across land and sea to rescue his
sister.
-- With Star Fox(R) Adventures, Nintendo and Rare Ltd. create one
of the most technologically advanced video games in history,
with a compelling and whimsical story line that parallels a
feature film.
-- Fans around the world finally get the chance to find out what
it looks like to meet Space Pirates face-to-face as Metroid(R)
Prime gains first-person perspective.
In total, Nintendo and third party partners will expand game portfolios by
year-end to more than 300 for Game Boy Advance and more than 150 for
NINTENDO GAMECUBE. While retaining its unrivaled appeal to players of all
ages, Nintendo is also aggressively moving forward with games designed to
appeal to a broader audience with exclusives such as Metroid Prime, Eternal
Darkness: Sanity's Requiem(TM), and Resident Evil Zero.
If you read that carefully, you may have noticed that The new Legend of Zelda will include Link saving his sister, and there will be some sort of movie that will be the basis for the many-times-delayed Starfox game.
More news to come as NGenres goes to E3 this week!
Source: Nintendo
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