GHoosdum
17 Aug 2005, 6:00pm
According to Reuters (http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyID=2005-08-17T163204Z_01_KNE751607_RTRIDST_0_TECH-NINTENDO-MICRO-DC.XML), Nintendo will be launching the Game Boy Micro, a mobile phone-sized portable gaming system, on November 4th for the modest price of 99 euros.
The Japanese company hopes to attract women and so-called casual gamers -- those unwilling or unable to spend hours playing games on a PC or console at home -- with the new device, which is available in metallic pink, green, blue and silver.
Nintendo, which announced the European launch at Europe's biggest computer games fair in Leipzig, said late on Tuesday the Game Boy Micro would be available from the end of September in the United States at $99.
Source: Reuters (http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyID=2005-08-17T163204Z_01_KNE751607_RTRIDST_0_TECH-NINTENDO-MICRO-DC.XML)
The Japanese company hopes to attract women and so-called casual gamers -- those unwilling or unable to spend hours playing games on a PC or console at home -- with the new device, which is available in metallic pink, green, blue and silver.
Nintendo, which announced the European launch at Europe's biggest computer games fair in Leipzig, said late on Tuesday the Game Boy Micro would be available from the end of September in the United States at $99.
Source: Reuters (http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyID=2005-08-17T163204Z_01_KNE751607_RTRIDST_0_TECH-NINTENDO-MICRO-DC.XML)