Sony's PlayStation 3 goes on sale in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - People wait outside a shop in Tokyo's Yurakucho district on Nov. 11 hours before Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3 game console hits store shelves, prior to its debut in the United States on Nov. 17 and in Europe in March 2007.

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