Xbox 360 launch finds waiting throngs

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Topic: Xbox 360

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The Core package offers the buyer an Xbox 360 unit a wired controller ... 20gigabyte hard drive headset wireless controller highdefinition AV cable ...

 

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Xbox 360 launch finds waiting throngsPage 1Xbox 360 launch finds waiting throngsIn the wee hours of Tuesday morning in College Station Texas David Rosenfeld a 26yearoldsoftware developer and avid videogame player cruised by his local Best Buy to try and find an Xbox360 game console. But he was quickly dissuaded. Upon his arrival there was already a line of people some in tents braving the 34degree weather waitingfor their own units. The situation is pretty much the same throughout the United States: avid videogame fans lined upovernight at stores offering the longawaited console for its Nov. 22 release just after midnight. The frenzycontinues online as recently purchased units draw bids as high as $1500 on eBay.The musthave item of the preholiday season the Xbox 360 is the successor to Microsoft's Xboxvideogame console. Eagerly awaited by an avid fan base and the first of the nextgeneration videogameconsoles to ship (Nintendo and Sony are expected to ship new products next year) the console boastssignificant upgrades over its predecessor. Sporting an advanced multiplecore processor upgraded graphics system additional system memorydetachable hard drive wireless functionality full support for HDTV systems and builtin progressive scanDVD playback functionality the console offers all the bells and whistles a videogame fan could want. The console is available in both basic ("Core") and Premium packages which retail for $299.99 and$399.99 respectively. The Core package offers the buyer an Xbox 360 unit a wired controller faceplateand standard AV cable with which to connect to a television. The Premium configuration adds a detachable20gigabyte hard drive headset wireless controller highdefinition AV cable Ethernet cable and remotecontrol to the basic package. Accessories such as additional controllers memory cards AV cables anddetachable hard drives can be purchased separately. Sixteen videogame titles accompany the new console'slaunch.Till now the Xbox Live netw ...