Gamers rushing to be first to get Xbox 360

21 March 2006

The giant Dick Smith Electronics PowerHouse store inHamilton is hosting a night of Xbox gaming leading up to thenew Xbox 360 hitting the shelves just after midnight(Thursday morning).

Store manager Murray Goldsworthy saidthat pre-orders were pouring in.

"It s overwhelming," hesaid.

"As well as having fantastic graphics and advanced,dramatic gaming, Xbox 360 is a full entertainment system,allowing you to amplify music, photos, video and television,and to stream digital media on to your MP3 player, digitalcamera and personal computer."

Xbox 360 sold out withinhours of going on sale in the United States last November,with some packages being resold on the internet for up to$US2500.

Dick Smith Electronics and Dick Smith ElectronicsPowerHouse will retail Xbox 360 for $718. The packageincludes a console, 20GB hard drive, wireless controller,faceplate, media remote, GVA HD AV cable and Xbox Livesilver membership. Dick Smith Electronics guarantees to haveNew Zealand s lowest prices on Xbox 360 games.

Xbox 360 ismanufactured by Microsoft.

ENDS

What: Xbox 360 onsale Where: Dick Smith Electronics PowerHouse, ThackerySt, Hamilton When: from 10pm, Weds, March 22 (on salefrommidnight).

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