Microsoft making new Xbox push
WinInfo | at | by Mike
To date, the company has sold less than 275,000 Xbox consoles in Japan, compared to 10 million units sold for Sony's popular PlayStation 2. This sales discrepancy comes despite continually lowered Xbox prices and has caused many Japanese developers to focus solely on the PS2, even though the Xbox is doing well in the US. To help prevent a total collapse of its non-US developer base, Microsoft bought Nintendo's 49 percent share in Rare, the British video game maker that made Donkey Kong Country. Microsoft is also considering purchasing a Japanese video game maker, though Sony has countered its most obvious move by investing in Square, which makes the Final Fantasy games.