Retailers to Hold Midnight Sales for Microsoft Xbox 360

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 21, 2005 - 2:50am.

Redmond, Wash. - Microsoft announced on Monday that some 4,500 retailers will stay open past midnight for the retail launch of its Xbox 360 video game console tomorrow. The company, which hosted 3,500 gamers over the weekend in California's Mojave Desert at an Xbox 360 launch party, said that Best Buy, Wal-Mart, GameStop and EB Games will open select stores at midnight. The Xbox 360, available for $399 or in a discounted $299 version without a hard drive, will also go on sale Tuesday morning at retailers including Circuit City, Target and Costco. Microsoft will begin selling the Xbox 360 in Europe on Dec. 2 and in Japan on Dec. 10.
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