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Nintendo Undercuts PSP3 and Xbox, And Continues Pop Culture's War On Spelling
Video Games | May 30, 06
Nintendo's new Wii console will retail for no more than $250, sharply under-pricing both Microsoft's xBox and Sony's new PSP3. The announcement of the latter’s $499-$599 price range at the recent E3 game conference raised eyebrows ("Sony PS3 Priced Within Reach Of Many Home Equity Borrowers"), and this news puts the Sony premium in stark relief. Further, the Wii appears to be feature-rich, with both "shock" force and tilt control, while the PSP3 can boast only the latter ("But It's Got Blu-ray – What More Do You People Want From Us?").
Perhaps most importantly, the name of Nintendo's new machine, which for some reason is apparently pronounced "we", represents another blow against the tyranny of dictionaries and spell-check programs. Increasingly, everyone from hip-hop moguls to ad agencies shudders at the thought of a product name that in any way obeys the basic rules of the English language. And while there may be no "i" in team, perhaps the often solitary pursuit of video game play is so much about "i" that the name of a new console deserves a second one, if only to keep that first sad little vowel company.
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