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Microsoft Unveils Plans for Video Game Console.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, March, 2000 by Young, Eric
Mar. 11--SAN JOSE, Calif.-- Already the king of personal computer software, Microsoft Corp. on Friday said it plans to push into the living room with a video game console it's calling the X-Box.
The device will compete directly with the Big Three in the $7 billion video gaming market -- Sony Corp., Sega Enterprises Ltd. and Nintendo Co. -- and will be on store shelves in the fall of 2001.
Unveiling the company's plans at the annual Game Developers Conference here, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said the X-Box
A slimmed-down version of Microsoft's Windows 2000 operating system combined with a 600 MHz processor from Intel Corp. will form the box's brains. The device will have an 8 Gb hard drive and a port for high-speed connection to the...
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