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Nintendo puts GameCube on Japanese market

TOKYO, Japan - People rush to an electric appliance store in Tokyo's Higashi-Ikebukuro district on Sept. 14 to buy Nintendo Co.'s GameCube video game console. Nintendo put GameCube, priced at 25,000 yen, on the market the same day to compete with Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.'s PlayStation2.

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Sony to sell PlayStation2 next March

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. announces Sept. 13 it will begin selling next March 4 its next-generation PlayStation2 game console (shown in this photo), which, in addition to video games, will allow users to play software downloaded from the Internet, moving images and music.

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Sony to sell PlayStation2 next March

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. announces Sept. 13 it will begin selling next March 4 its next-generation PlayStation2 game console (shown in this photo), which, in addition to video games, will allow users to play software downloaded from the Internet, moving images and music.

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Nintendo puts GameCube on Japanese market

TOKYO, Japan - People rush to an electric appliance store in Tokyo's Higashi-Ikebukuro district on Sept. 14 to buy Nintendo Co.'s GameCube video game console. Nintendo put GameCube, priced at 25,000 yen, on the market the same day to compete with Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.'s PlayStation2.

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Microsoft's new video game console

TOKYO, Japan - The photo shows a new video game sole to be sold by software giant Microsoft Corp. from the fall of 2001. Tentatively called the X-Box, the console will feature a DVD drive and be capable of accessing the Internet. It will compete head to head with Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.'s PlayStation2 -- the game platform recently launched with great fanfare in Japan.

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Video game fans queue for Sony's PlayStation2 game console

TOKYO, Japan - Hundreds of video game enthusiasts queued through the night in Tokyo's Akihabara district to purchase the PlayStation2 -- the latest video game console developed by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCE), a subsidiary of electronics giant Sony Corp. SCE released the PlayStation2 on the domestic market on the morning of March 4.