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Thu 06/01/05 at 10:07
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Cube available in UK now for as little as £40... Games reduced to just over a fiver


In what could mark the beginning of the end for Gamecube in the UK, major retailers such as Argos have started to sell the machine for as little as £39.99.

[URL]http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&langId=-1&catalogId=2501&productId=100290&Trail=C%24cip%3D16704.Sound%2Band%2Bvision%3EC%24cip%3D16786.Video%2Bgames%3EC%24cip%3D16789.Consoles&categoryId=16789&clickfrom=image[/URL]

Accessories and software are also being reduced across the board. Index, for instance, have been flogging Mario Kart: Double Dash!! for £9.99, Mario Sunshine for £6.99 and WrestleMania X8 for a mere £5.99, while Woolworths have been selling a selection of titles from the Players Choice range for £6.99.

With both PlayStation 2 and Xbox having had a hugely successful Christmas, thanks to the recent releases of AAA titles like GTA San Andreas and Halo 2, Nintendo half-heartedly countered with a Cube bundle that featured the year-old Mario Kart: for the week-ending 11 December, just over 7000 Gamecubes were sold in the UK, compared to 37,500 for Xbox and 60,500 for PS2.

Luckily, new handheld the DS is at least doing well at present - Nintendo expected to have sold almost three million of the twin-screen devices in the US and Japan by the end of 2004.
Thu 06/01/05 at 12:32
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Odd, because if the Xbox didn't have Live, it'd be nowhere near my house........

The Gamecube is struggling, no doubt. It's just a shame people don't have the brains to pick a console that actually gives them decent experiances more often than not.
Thu 06/01/05 at 10:53
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Genma Onimusha 6.99 for Xbox. If anything the Gamecube is going on an up not a down.
Thu 06/01/05 at 10:36
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:)
Thu 06/01/05 at 10:29
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The bracketed comment saved me from passing out in shock :D
Thu 06/01/05 at 10:26
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ßulle†† wrote:
> Wrong forum, genius.

Indeed, but now that they are cheap, means muppets like you (not you bullett) might shut up and buy one, mario cart is great, that plus a cube for under 50 nuggets is a bargin!
Thu 06/01/05 at 10:20
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Wrong forum, genius.
Thu 06/01/05 at 10:07
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"Gamertag Number 10"
Posts: 243
Cube available in UK now for as little as £40... Games reduced to just over a fiver


In what could mark the beginning of the end for Gamecube in the UK, major retailers such as Argos have started to sell the machine for as little as £39.99.

[URL]http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&langId=-1&catalogId=2501&productId=100290&Trail=C%24cip%3D16704.Sound%2Band%2Bvision%3EC%24cip%3D16786.Video%2Bgames%3EC%24cip%3D16789.Consoles&categoryId=16789&clickfrom=image[/URL]

Accessories and software are also being reduced across the board. Index, for instance, have been flogging Mario Kart: Double Dash!! for £9.99, Mario Sunshine for £6.99 and WrestleMania X8 for a mere £5.99, while Woolworths have been selling a selection of titles from the Players Choice range for £6.99.

With both PlayStation 2 and Xbox having had a hugely successful Christmas, thanks to the recent releases of AAA titles like GTA San Andreas and Halo 2, Nintendo half-heartedly countered with a Cube bundle that featured the year-old Mario Kart: for the week-ending 11 December, just over 7000 Gamecubes were sold in the UK, compared to 37,500 for Xbox and 60,500 for PS2.

Luckily, new handheld the DS is at least doing well at present - Nintendo expected to have sold almost three million of the twin-screen devices in the US and Japan by the end of 2004.

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