Article: Xbox 360 makes debut, launches 'next generation' in gaming

PALMDALE Xbox 360 has arrived, and it wants everyone else to come and play, too.

Since the days of the Nintendo Entertainment System, critics have pegged the video game console as a talisman to the gods of laziness and isolation. But Microsoft hopes to change that with today's release of the Xbox 360, the first of the so-called "next generation" of game systems available to the public, beating Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Revolution to the shelves.

And unlike the systems before it, the 360 is attempting to roll out the digital welcome mat to the casual player and non-gamer market not to mention become the nexus for almost every piece of entertainment tech in your household.

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