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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: EmperorRob on October 25, 2002, 10:19:29 AM

Title: Antitrust lawsuit: Europe vs Nintendo Round 1
Post by: EmperorRob on October 25, 2002, 10:19:29 AM

http://reuters.com/news_article.jhtml;jsessionid=0WQFESZOM3JPYCRBAEZSFFA?type=technologynews&StoryID=1635037

Title: Antitrust lawsuit: Europe vs Nintendo Round 1
Post by: on October 25, 2002, 11:49:14 AM

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In 2000, the European Commission said it believed Nintendo and seven of its distributors participated in a "cartel-like" arrangement with the aim of partitioning the market and inflating wholesale prices for its consoles and games.

This is Bobby

This is Bobby\'s mother

This is the EB employee that sold the Super Mario 3 cartridge to Bobby\'s mother.

This is the Nintendo cartel that whiped out a family of ducklings and their mother while smuggling the Super Mario 3 cartridges to the distributer that sold the cartridges at shady wholesale prices to the EB at the trendy crowded mall in Bobby\'s hometown.

Title: Antitrust lawsuit: Europe vs Nintendo Round 1
Post by: luckee on October 25, 2002, 02:02:28 PM

god those commercials make me sick sara. Thanx for bringing up sour memories  :(

Title: Antitrust lawsuit: Europe vs Nintendo Round 1
Post by: on October 25, 2002, 02:11:33 PM

Yeah they annoy me, too.  It\'s probably sponsored by the republican party.