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Summary Nintendo is dropping the price of its Wii game system by $50 to $150, introducing cheaper Wii games.
The price cut comes less than a month after the Japanese company announced the console will have a successor next year. Nintendo Co. said in late April it will show off a playable model of the new system at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, which runs June 7-9 in Los Angeles.The Wii redefined gaming when it launched nearly five years ago, expanding video game audience by offering intuitive motion controllers instead of complex buttons.The Wii isnt as technologically powerful and doesnt offer high-definition images as its counterparts from Sony and Microsoft, the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360.Nintendo has not given details on the capabilities of the new console.
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