TOKYO: Nintendo Co said yesterday it planned to launch its new videogame console sometime next year, missing the key 2005 holiday shopping season and putting it a step behind Microsoft Corp in the race to market a next-generation game machine.
Microsoft announced last week that its new console, Xbox 360, would be in stores in time for the 2005 year-end shopping season, likely giving it a headstart on both of its main rivals if, as industry watchers widely predict, Sony Corp also introduces its new console in 2006.
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