Microsoft is back to what they do best, use their immensely powerful financial clout to eat into a share of the competitors pie which namely would be Nintendo. Though how they plan to do it is anybody's guess. Its not just price which is Nintendo's USP albeit it is a powerful motivation, its the extremely different and actually 'fun' gaming gizmo that they come out with such as the Wii and the DS.

Microsoft and Sony while have some great games but other than that their games are for serious gamers not exactly targetting the 1-2 hour weekly gamer who plays to unwind. The $50 price drop that has been rumored since some time now seems to be real as the pictures prove. And its not just Wal Mart but even Toys R US which has jumped onto the bandwagon now.

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