This month will mark the three-month anniversary of the launches of Microsoft’s Xbox and Nintendo’s GameCube. Last year’s war of words is over, and now gamers can finally compare the systems, look at their respective libraries, and decide which console they like for themselves. The last three months have also given industry insiders a chance to see how each company and console behaved. How does GameCube stack up against Xbox? How does Microsoft stack up against Nintendo? And how in the world, having entered the market one year after PlayStation 2, can either company hope to compete with Sony?
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