BATTLE BEGINS: A customer looking at a display of Microsoft's next-generation console, the Xbox One, in New York. The Xbox One launched on Nov 22.
SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft on Friday releases its Xbox One game console, taking on Sony's PlayStation 4 in a battle for the hearts and minds of Internet-era home entertainment.
Sony last week unleashed its new champion in the long-running console war, getting a slight jump on Microsoft heading into the prime holiday shopping season.
