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Nintendo announces GameCube European launch date
News In a Webcast on Monday morning, David Gosen, managing director of Nintendo Europe, confirmed that the GameCube will go on sale throughout Europe on 3 May priced at a mere £150. In his prerecorded speech, Gosen claimed that "GameCube will not be...
[January 28, 2002, 9:43]
Nintendo to delay GameCube launch
News Gamers were warned on Wednesday that the launch of Nintendo's next-generation GameCube console would be later than previously expected. The GameCube is the successor to the Nintendo 64 console. Once on sale, the GameCube will compete with the Sony...
[April 18, 2001, 7:53]
Nintendo's GameCube to be co-branded by IBM
News Mario Bros.creator Nintendo will show off its GameCube in Tokyo on Thursday. Nintendo is relying on the GameCube to help it maintain its No.position in the video game market as competition heats up. The GameCube is on display this week in Tokyo at...
[August 23, 2001, 10:42]
GameCube hits the UK
News Mon 22 April: The price war for next-generation consoles goes a step further as Nintendo lowers the European launch price for its GameCube Nintendo announces GameCube UK launch date Nintendo cuts European GameCube price
[May 3, 2002, 11:47]
Nintendo cuts European GameCube price
News Nintendo has on Monday announced that its GameCube console, which was set to launch at around £169 on 3 May, will now be available on day one for a mere £129 -- or 199 euros as opposed to the original 249.
[April 22, 2002, 9:46]
GameCube arrives in North America
News The GameCube was originally slated to launch in North America on 5 November, but Nintendo pushed the console's release back to 18 November to ensure solid shipment numbers. The Nintendo GameCube, which was released in Japan in September, launched...
[November 20, 2001, 10:39]
GameCube launches in Europe
News As previously reported, Nintendo stunned the gaming community when, in response to Microsoft slashing £100 off the price of an Xbox, the launch price of the GameCube fell from £169 to a mere £129 -- just over half what Nintendo's N64 console...
[May 3, 2002, 16:40]
GameCube outsells the competition
News Nintendo has announced that in its first week of availability more than half a million GameCube consoles were sold through to consumers. There is a seemingly endless appetite for high quality, stay-at-home entertainment at an affordable price...
[November 29, 2001, 11:26]
GameCube launches with little fanfare
News Nintendo shipped approximately 500,000 units for the launch of the GameCube. Nintendo has finally launched its GameCube console in Japan and the reception so far has been relatively low-key. Some of those in line actually came from the United...
[September 17, 2001, 10:49]
Sony shrinks PS2 chip for cheaper consoles
News Sony is widely expected to cut prices on the PlayStation2 console some time this year, possibly at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in May, as competition heats up from Microsoft's Xbox and Nintendo's GameCube.
[April 8, 2002, 14:27]
Consoles aplenty for Xbox launch
News Xbox's debut comes three days before the launch of another ballyhooed console, Nintendo's GameCube. Nintendo has said its GameCube is on track for a European launch early next spring. While Microsoft hopes to make a strong entry into the $20bn...
[November 16, 2001, 9:23]
Microsoft tight-lipped about Xbox delay
News Regardless, the postponement again puts the machine back-to-back with the US introduction of Nintendo's GameCube. Competitor Nintendo announced last month that it was delaying the US debut of its new GameCube console by nearly two weeks.
[September 24, 2001, 9:18]
Nintendo readies console counterpunch
News As Yogi Berra said, it's deja vu all over again: on Sunday, Nintendo launches its GameCube in the US, a mere three days after Microsoft entered the video game market with its Xbox console. Thanks to unusually strong brand loyalty, savvy marketing...
[November 16, 2001, 12:31]
Nintendo's New Year's Revolutions
News The new machines offer the promise of state-of-the-art graphics and could leave their predecessors, Sony's PlayStation 2 and Nintendo's GameCube, in the dust. Plus, Revolution will be backwardly compatible with GameCube games.
[January 19, 2006, 15:25]
Amazon.co.uk to take Xbox preorders
News Friday 16 Nov: On Sunday, Nintendo launches its GameCube in the US, a mere three days after Microsoft entered the video game market with its Xbox console. Nintendo readies console counterpunch Thurs 15 Nov: Release of the PlayStation3 could be...
[November 15, 2001, 15:43]
PlayStation2 price cut expected
News From 26 April, Microsoft's Xbox console will cost £199 in the UK -- the same as the PS2 -- while Nintendo said on Monday that its GameCube console would cost £129, not £169 as earlier announced, when it goes on sale in Europe early next month.
[April 22, 2002, 17:20]
Will PlayStation 2 survive Xbox onslaught?
News PS2, due to hit the UK next month, will face a technical onslaught from Nintendo's GameCube and particularly Microsoft's entry into next-generation gaming, Xbox. He suggested Nintendo and Sega are the console makers who should be watching their backs.
[October 4, 2000, 14:01]
Xbox set for friendlier European arrival
News The Xbox will cost European gamers about £300, roughly £100 more than Sony's recently reduced PlayStation2 and almost double the European price announced for Nintendo's GameCube, set to arrive in the continent 3 May.
[March 14, 2002, 9:08]
Fans throng to UK Xbox launch
News Nintendo is set to release its GameCube, which it is pushing as the only "totally dedicated games console" -- both the Xbox and PlayStation2 have the ability to play DVDs. The powerful new console, retailing in the UK at £299, pitches Microsoft...
[March 14, 2002, 10:21]
Microsoft names the day for Xbox online
News Microsoft is betting heavily on online play as one of the features that will distinguish the Xbox from Sony's PlayStation2 and Nintendo's GameCube. Microsoft will launch its Xbox Live online game-playing service on 15 November, a year after the...
[August 13, 2002, 8:25]
