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Taking aim at gaming consoles

But Nintendo was the last console system to add Netflix streaming and could gain from adding other TV and movie content. "That is something Nintendo has been weak on," says Pietro Macchiarella, research analyst at Parks Associates.

From the article, "Taking aim at gaming consoles" by Mike Snider

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