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Microsoft cuts Xbox prices
Below $200...

By Sonya Rabbitte

Published: Wednesday 15 May 2002

Microsoft is cutting the price of its Xbox games console by 30 per cent in Japan and the US.

American gamers will be able to pick up the console for $199. It was previously selling for $299.

Japan sees a similar cut, from $271 to $193.

Worldwide, Microsoft has sold about four million Xbox consoles since it launched in November 2001, Nintendo has sold a similar number of GameCubes and Sony has shipped 30 million PlayStation 2 boxes - seven million of those in Europe - since it launched in March 2000.