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Recent price-drops combined with the roll-out of key software titles for the machine in all three major markets have given the Cube new life in the run up to Christmas, and the production lines which had been silent since the company called a moratorium on building new hardware units at the start of the year have now rolled back into action.

When Nintendo halted production of the Cube, many sources assumed the worst for the console; however, it’s still not clear just how large the backlog of units that had built up at the company’s warehouses was, so it’s hard to say how seriously they were pressured into taking this decision.  Read more...