"Hundreds of video game fans braved chilly temperatures on both US coasts on Tuesday to be among the first to get their hands on Microsoft Corp's new Xbox 360 video game console, which went on sale in North America on Tuesday. Hundreds of gamers camped out in front of stores, braving rain in Manhattan and dense fog in Seattle, to get their hands on the new video game machine, designed to offer near-photo-realistic graphics, play music and video and link up gaming communities over the Internet," reports Reuters.
"Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates showed up at a Best Buy store before midnight in the Seattle suburb of Bellevue, situated between his house and Microsoft's Redmond, Washington, headquarters, to play games and hand out the first Xbox 360 console sold at the store."
Comment: There are similar reports all over the place including BBC News (which also has an Xbox 360 Q&A). The Seattlepi newspaper blog offers Gates at Xbox launch with pictures.
Update: UK journalists are also getting samples. Greg Howson has been playing with the Xbox 360 over at our Gamesblog.
