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3 Biggest Flops at the 3 Biggest Pressers

By Mark Wilson, 9:54 PM on Wed Jul 11 2007, 36,603 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

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The bigger they are, the harder the fall...luckily they have billions of dollars in cash to break their landing. Here are the three biggest flops at the Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft press conferences:

Microsoft announces the new Halo Edition Xbox 360...to crickets.
Sony announces their new PSP with video out. Video. Out.
Nintendo announces a Mario Kart wheel. Welcome to Nyko 6 months ago.

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