Nintendo Co. released its GameCube video game console on the Japanese market Friday, mounting a challenge to the PlayStation2 console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
The company said it hopes the GameCube, whose 25,000 yen price tag is 10,000 yen less than PlayStation2, will give it a higher share of the home video game market.
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