Microsoft considered giving away the original Xbox for free - TechSpot

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<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNEkj6tu6wtav3ZS8nnf_uwoWSbPmw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778792486724&ei=Vf8bVbCZHJP4iga_5oCYDg&url=http://www.techspot.com/news/60231-microsoft-considered-giving-away-original-xbox-free.html"><img src="//t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTZ2dOdzVPR7gpd6XzbL5Q8mizpRVLgm Jf8h_ksoYeSKOMnzkPwGFeRoIJAS3KAnCjQdeMhuDUu" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80"><br><font size="-2">TechSpot</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNEkj6tu6wtav3ZS8nnf_uwoWSbPmw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778792486724&ei=Vf8bVbCZHJP4iga_5oCYDg&url=http://www.techspot.com/news/60231-microsoft-considered-giving-away-original-xbox-free.html"><b>Microsoft considered giving away the original Xbox for free</b></a><br><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">TechSpot</font></b></font><br><font size="-1">Some people at the company suggested that Microsoft go all in and purchase <b>Nintendo</b> in its entirety, though like the idea of giving away the Xbox, those plans didn&#39;t eventuate. One idea that thankfully didn&#39;t eventuate was that the Xbox should run pure <b>...</b></font><br><font size="-1"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNExwapdh8WYTduIwMQdnOMbiVa-9g&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778792486724&ei=Vf8bVbCZHJP4iga_5oCYDg&url=http://gamingbolt.com/microsoft-once-contemplated-giving-away-free-xbox-consoles">Microsoft Once Contemplated Giving Away Free Xbox Consoles</a><font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"><nobr>GamingBolt</nobr></font></font><br><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.ie/news/more?ncl=dyrLMVQLEZ4RjJMc9qSjzlBYuq6fM&authuser=0&ned=en_ie"><nobr><b>all 18 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;</b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table>

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