Nintendo cuts £50 off GameCube
http://www.ananova.com/business/stor...409.html?menu=
Nintendo is cutting around £50 off the price of its GameCube console.
Shops in the UK are expected to reduce the price from £129 to an estimated £79 from October 10.
It comes days after Sony cut the price of its best-selling PlayStation 2 console from £169.99 to £139.99 .
Both announcements are designed to capture a share of the lucrative video games market in the run up to Christmas.
The battle for sales is a three-way split between Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft's Xbox which is currently on sale for around £129.
Nintendo will reduce the recommended retail price of the GameCube to 99 euros - just over £69 at the current exchange rate - on the Continent from October 17.
David Gosen, managing director of sales and marketing for Nintendo Europe, said the higher estimated price in UK was based on early indications from retailers.