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DD_SonyNintendo.sPubDate = "12/14/2004 12:21:14 AM GMT";
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DD_SonyNintendo.sTitle = "Daily Diversion: Hand-to-hand competition";
DD_SonyNintendo.appDeck = "<font size=3 color=#000000><b>Hand-to-hand competition</b></font><p>Sony launched the PlayStation Portable in Japan Sunday in a bid to loosen rival Nintendo's iron grip on the handheld game market. The launch comes 10 days after Nintendo began selling its next-generation device, Nintendo DS. Here are some key facts about the two handhelds:";
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DD_SonyNintendo.rows[i++] = new Array("Units shipped","2.8 million in 2004<br>5 million by March 2005","500,000 in 2004<br>3 million by March 2005");
DD_SonyNintendo.rows[i++] = new Array("Number of games","15 by end of Dec.<br>More than 125 in development <br>(as of Dec. 2)","20 by end of Dec. (as of Dec. 9)");
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