"According to the South China Morning Post, Nintendo is to spend 55 billion yen (US$459 million) on advertising this financial year, ending March 2002, which includes spend on the launch of Gamecube and Game Boy Advance. George Harrison confirmed yesterday that US$75 million would be spent in America on Gamecube advertising before the end of 2001."
Read it more carefully. $75 million is what has been promised for 2001; $459 million is the total budget.
MS\'s $500 million will span across Japan, Europe, and America. That divides the budget to about $167 million per country. Looks like they\'re equal in this area, and Jumpman wasn\'t wrong.