Dell’s November 2008 catalog features XPS 630 gaming rigs and Nintendo games (!?)

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Dell’s November 2008 catalog features XPS 630 gaming rigs and Nintendo games (!?)

by PJ Hruschak on Nov 9, 2008 at 10:41 PM

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While in a scantastic mood, looking for holiday deals in various mailings, I noticed something rather curious in the November Dell catelog I received in the mail. It includes a page of video games. And not PC games.

Yes, Dell, the company known for making laptops, desktop computers, monitors, printers and PC accessories (at least, that’s what the title bar of the company’s web site reads), has an entire page dedicated to Nintendo games.

On page 36 of the catalog (scan is below), there are images of six Wii games and four DS games:

Super Smash Bros. (Wii, $49.99)
Super Mairo Galaxy (Wii, $49.99)
Mario Kart (Wii, $49.99)
Guitar Hero: World Tour (Wii, $49.99)
Madden NFL 09 (Wii, $49.99)
High School Musical: Sing It w/microphone ($59.99)
Nintendogs: Dachsund & Friends ($29.99)
Mario Party ($29.99)
High School Musical 3 ($29.99)
New Super Mario Bros. ($34.99)

There’s also a Logitech Cordless Keyboard ($49.99) and a Logitech Speed Force Wireless Wii Wheel ($99.99).

The Dell site also offers other Nintendo products including DS Lites ($129.99), controllers and credits.

Has even Dell started the slippery slope toward the console side? What about all of those PC games out there? And what’s with siding with Nintendo instead of more computer-friendly Microsoft or Sony? Are dogs and cats living together? Whut up, Dell!?

So you don’t fell completely out of sorts due to those unanswerable queries, the rest of Dell’s November 2008 catalog is still your typical Dell offerings and, strategically placed, I’m sure, next to the Nintendo page is a page featuring two Dell gaming rigs:

Dell XPS 630 for $1199 (regularly $1398) featuring an Intel Core 2 Processor E8400, Vista, 4GB RAM, 500GB hard drive and a NVidia GeForce 9800GT (512MB) graphics card. The Crysis PC game is pictured with it for $29.99.
Dell XPS 630 for $1399 (regularly a whopping $1748) with an Intel Core 2 Processor E8400, Vista, 6GB RAM, 500GB hard drive and dual NVidia GeForce 9800GT (512MB) graphics cards. You also get a free Magellan GPS when you buy this one.

Shipping is included with both rigs but no games. The catalog’s offers are good through November 2008 though they sometimes last longer online.

Scans of the Nintendo catalog page and Dell XPS 630s page are below:

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