Xbox 360's launch date is set: Nov. 22
Seattle PI | at | by Mike
Microsoft plans to release the successor to its Xbox video-game console around the world in stages over the course of three weeks, beginning with a Nov. 22 launch in North America.
The schedule for the Xbox 360 debut, announced Wednesday, would put the console in U.S. stores three days before the start of the holiday shopping season. That would be followed by releases Dec. 2 in Europe and Dec. 10 in Japan.
Microsoft announced the schedule Wednesday, following through on its previously disclosed plan to become the first company to release a console in such quick succession around the world. Typically, consoles are released much more gradually, in stages often separated by months.