This past week, Microsoft's Larry Hryb, aka Major Nelson, launched the Xbox One Tour: Road to Launch, with stops at the Microsoft Stores in Burlington and Boston's Prudential Center. With him were playable Xbox One units the public was invited to play. I scoped out the Burlington stop on Thursday and snapped a few photos.

The event ran 7:30–9 PM EDT. By the time I got there at 7:20 PM, the line to get into the store was already about a hundred people long, with more queuing rapidly. Hryb, sporting a Price is Right-style jacket, was shaking hands, signing Xbox 360 faceplates, and posing for photographs. When the store finally opened, there were enough Xbox One stations that the line progressed quickly, then halted while the first wave goggled over the new machine. I'm unsure what the maximum playtime was.

I chose not to get my hands on the Xbox One that evening — I already have my Xbox One preordered and don't need to be sold on it. But the staff of the store, which had opened just that day, did allow me to skip the line for the purpose of taking photos of the console. Enjoy!