Page 1 of Nintendo cuts Gamecube price to £129

Interesting news from Ananova :

Nintendo has countered Microsoft`s Xbox price cut by lowering the price of the Gamecube to £129.

The machine launches across Europe on May 3.

The company says the new price will offer the consumer an unbeatable deal.

Nintendo has backed up its price cut with the claim that it has already received 30,000 pre-orders.

Nintendo Europe managing director David Gosen said: "This is a very strong offer for consumers, one we believe will ensure Nintendo`s success across Europe."

Last week, Microsoft lowered the UK recommended retail price for the Xbox to £199 after reports of disappointing sales.

Nintendo had shipped approximately 4 million units to Japan and North America by the end of March.

Story filed: 10:27 Monday 22nd April 2002

Wow, that`s cheaper than the SNES at launch! Nice one, big N.

A console which is reasonably priced from day one - whatever next? ;-)


Mike

my good lord, is that the definate release price for over here then, ill wait until the mod chip comes available and get one of the babies for the time being, woooooo god bless you Nintendo

I reckon Sony will drop to £149.99 very soon now, and Microsoft will have to follow suit.

is there anywere that has the GC up for this price to buy

This has just been announced, so fingers crossed, expect it to come into play sometime this week.

I`m buying one now for def!!

Just spoke to a man at the games department at virgin megastore
He said they think it is going down to £130 but they are waiting for it to come from head office should know by Friday

I need to know now

Got to get me one of those!!

That Star Wars game looks amazing!

too right, that and Jedi Knight 2 on pc fair to say theyre doin Star Wars some justice again with the games