XBox 360: Only In America!

Armed Robber Takes Two Xboxes
In a real-life display of video game violence, an armed robber held up a Stafford, Virginia Electronics Boutique store to get his hands on a pair of Xbox 360 game consoles. The perp made off with the boxes even as a line of die-hards waited patiently outside the store, and was later apprehended by police. As much as this seems like an extreme effort to own one of these hotly sought-after game systems, the robber might have made a substantial profit had he managed to list the systems on eBay. Fortunately, nobody was harmed in the incident.

Xbox 360 Selling for More Than Three Grand on eBay
If you thought US$699 was a lot to pay for a game console, you're not alone. But that doesn't mean there aren't plenty of people out there who are willing to pay a whole lot more. A quick browse on eBay shows that tons of folks are laying out serious cash to get their hands on a 360, with some auctions surpassing the US$3,000 mark. Not 21 hours after the console's midnight release, one auction closed with a final sale price of US$3,350.