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![Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates shakes hands with Atsushi Ishizaka of Kanagawa, Japan who was the first person in Japan to purchase the Xbox video game system February 22, 2002 in Tokyo. Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates shakes hands with Atsushi Ishizaka of Kanagawa, Japan who was the first person in Japan to purchase the Xbox video game system February 22, 2002 in Tokyo.](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D3B4RC/microsoft-corp-chairman-bill-gates-shakes-hands-with-atsushi-ishizaka-of-kanagawa-japan-who-was-the-first-person-in-japan-to-purchase-the-xbox-video-game-system-february-22-2002-in-tokyo-gates-came-to-tokyo-to-take-promote-the-xbox-game-system-that-went-on-sale-for-the-first-time-in-japan-february-22-2D3B4RC.jpg)
Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates shakes hands with Atsushi Ishizaka of Kanagawa, Japan who was the first person in Japan to purchase the Xbox video game system February 22, 2002 in Tokyo.
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![Bill Gates, (R) Chairman and Chief Software Architect of Microsoft plays an Xbox game with World Wrestling Federation star Duane "The Rock" Johnson in New York, November 14, 2001. Johnson took part Bill Gates, (R) Chairman and Chief Software Architect of Microsoft plays an Xbox game with World Wrestling Federation star Duane "The Rock" Johnson in New York, November 14, 2001. Johnson took part](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D3XJ0A/bill-gates-r-chairman-and-chief-software-architect-of-microsoft-plays-an-xbox-game-with-world-wrestling-federation-star-duane-the-rock-johnson-in-new-york-november-14-2001-johnson-took-part-in-events-surrounding-the-launch-of-the-xbox-which-goes-on-sale-in-the-united-states-november-15-2001-gates-said-the-future-of-gaming-starts-today-and-it-starts-with-xbox-reutersjeff-christensen-2D3XJ0A.jpg)
Bill Gates, (R) Chairman and Chief Software Architect of Microsoft plays an Xbox game with World Wrestling Federation star Duane "The Rock" Johnson in New York, November 14, 2001. Johnson took part
![Microsoft Corp Chairman Bill Gates (R) hands the Xbox videogame machine to Japanese customer Atsushi Ishizaki, first in line to buy the first machine in Japan from Gates, at an early morning Microsoft Corp Chairman Bill Gates (R) hands the Xbox videogame machine to Japanese customer Atsushi Ishizaki, first in line to buy the first machine in Japan from Gates, at an early morning](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2CP6G2G/microsoft-corp-chairman-bill-gates-r-hands-the-xbox-videogame-machine-to-japanese-customer-atsushi-ishizaki-first-in-line-to-buy-the-first-machine-in-japan-from-gates-at-an-early-morning-sales-launch-event-in-tokyo-february-22-2002-ishizaki-showed-up-12-hours-before-the-launch-he-said-the-xbox-is-priced-at-34800-yen-260-reuterseriko-sugita-espb-2CP6G2G.jpg)