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The price reduction in Japan means that the console is now more affordable, but it is still more expensive than both the Wii and Xbox 360.
BBC: NEWS | Technology | Tokyo Games Show: Your Questions
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Most observers expect the console to go on sale in Japan in May, in the autumn in America and early next year in Europe.
ECONOMIST: The video-games industry
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It is instructive to look at where the last major console releases were 18 weeks after launch in Japan.
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Bilal Dottony, a 19-year-old student at Morehouse College, said he ordered his console in March after learning of the stampeding crowds in Japan.
CNN: PlayStation 2 makes its North American debut
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There's no pricing yet for either of the microphone packs and the live broadcast didn't hit on whether the mic (or karaoke app) would appear outside of Japan -- but the US will still be first in the line for the console, which is now merely two weeks away.
ENGADGET: Nintendo Wii U unboxed alongside more details: Multiple users, 'karaoke' microphones and Wii U Chat (video)
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As should be clear by now, any talk of a successor to a still relatively new game console should be taken with a hefty grain of salt but, if word from Japan's Impress is to be believed, it looks like we could possibly be getting a clearer indication of what might be under the PlayStation 4's non-existent hood.
ENGADGET: Sony said to be hanging onto Cell processor for PlayStation 4
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For a start, the new Xbox 360 is launching several months before its main rival, Sony's PlayStation 3, which is expected to appear in Japan next spring and in America only later in the year. (Nintendo's next console, the Revolution, is also due in 2006.) One of the reasons the PlayStation 2 did so well was that it got to market before its rivals, which never caught up.
ECONOMIST: Microsoft
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Nintendo said it would launch its Wii U games console on 18 November in the US, 30 November in Europe, and 8 December in Japan.
BBC: Nintendo Wii U games console to be released in November
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Spartan was also exporting various magnesium-cast parts (engine valve covers, cam covers, wheel armatures, console brackets, etc.) to Canada, Mexico, Germany, Spain, France, and Japan.
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