Xbox One makes hot debut as console war revs up

HUGE RECEPTION: New Zealander Dan Livingstone, 24, became the first person in the world to officially own an Xbox One. Gamers in more than a dozen countries started snapping up new-generation Xbox One consoles Friday as Microsoft battled Sony to be at the heart of Internet age home entertainment. — ©AFP/Relaxnews 2013

SAN FRANCISCO: Gamers in more than a dozen countries started snapping up new-generation Xbox One consoles Friday as Microsoft battled Sony to be at the heart of Internet age home entertainment. 

Keenly-awaited Xbox One consoles launched in more than a dozen countries including Australia, France, Britain, Brazil and the United States as day dawned in respective time zones.