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Nvidia Slashes Price of Video Game Console

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One day after announcing that it would begin more widely licensing its core designs, Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA) today announced that it will cut the price for its Android-based video game console. The device, called Shield, was introduced in January and the company began taking orders last month at $349. That price dropped to $299 today, and is scheduled to start shipping next week.

The company said in a blog post that it will drop the price for existing pre-orders to the new price point. According to the blog post, “We’ve heard from thousands of gamers that if the price was $299, we’d have a home run.”

Compared with the PS Vita, from Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE), the Shield’s hardware is better and the number of games available for Android-based devices is growing. Sony’s PlayStation 4, due later this year, is currently set to cost $349 and the PS Vita handheld is priced at $249.

Like virtually every other stock today, Nvidia’s shares are down. Currently shares are trading down about 2% at $14.55, after posting a new 52-week high of $15.48 yesterday. The 52-week low is $11.15.

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Paul Ausick has been writing for 247Wallst.com for more than a decade. He has written extensively on investing in the energy, defense, and technology sectors. In a previous life, he wrote technical documentation and managed a marketing communications group in Silicon Valley.

He has a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Chicago and now lives in Montana, where he fishes for trout in the summer and stays inside during the winter.

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