xbox 360 xbox 360left original model xbox 360 premium 2005center redesigned slim model xbox 360 s 2010 right latest model xbox 360 e 2013 developer microsoft manufacturer flextronics wistron celestica foxconnproduct familyxboxtypehome video game consolegenerationseventh generationrelease date november 22 2005 original xbox 360 na november 22 2005 eu december 2 2005 jp december 10 2005 comx february 2 2006 kr february 24 2006 hksgtw march 16 2006 au march 23 2006 cl july 7 2006 in september 25 2006 za september 29 2006 czpl november 3 2006 br december 1 2006 ru february 11 2007 pe february 25 2008 uae october 28 2008 ngtr 2009 sc spring 2010 xbox 360 s na june 18 2010 au july 1 2010 nz july 8 2010 eu july 16 2010 xbox 360 e na june 10 2013 retail availability20052016discontinuedww april 20 2016 detailsmediadvd cd digital distribution addon hd dvd discontinuedoperating systemxbox 360 system softwarecpu32ghz powerpc tricore xenonmemory512mb of gddr3 ram clocked at 700mhzstorage storage media detachable hard drives 20 60 120 or 250gb older models 250 or 320gb xbox 360 s models memory cards removable original design only64mb 256mb 512mb onboard storage chip arcade consoles later models256mb 512mb budget level xbox 360 s consoles4gb usb storage device requires system software update1gb to 32gb cloud storage requires xbox live gold membership2gb display video output formats composite video480i 576ipal svideo480i 576ipal rgb scart480i 576ipal component ypbpr480i 576i 480p 720p 1080i dterminal ypbpr480id1 480pd2 720pd4 1080id3 1080pd5 vga640480 848480 1024768 1280720720p 1280768 12801024 1360768 1440900 16801050 192010801080p hdmi later models480p 720p 1080i 1080p note 1080p video playback is limited to content from the zune marketplace graphics500mhz ati xenossound analog stereo stereo lpcm toslink and hdmi dolby digital 51 toslink and hdmi dolby digital with wma pro toslink and hdmi controller input controllers 4 maximum any combination xbox 360 controller usb wired 24ghz wireless xbox 360 wireless racing wheel rhythm game controllers big button pads xbox 360 arcade sticks ace combat 6 flight stick kinect 4 big button pads may be used in addition to other controllers connectivityoriginal models 24ghz wireless 3 usb 20 ir receiver 100mbits ethernetaddon wifi 80211 abg wifi 80211abgn revised s models 24ghz wireless 5 usb 20 digital optical audio out ir receiver 100mbits ethernet wifi 80211bgn aux port hdmi port revised e models 24ghz wireless 4 usb 20 ir receiver 100mbits ethernet wifi 80211bgn aux port hdmi portonline servicesxbox livebestselling gamekinect adventures 24 million as packin game for kinect requires hard drive and the latest update predecessor xbox successor xbox onewebsite xbox comenus xbox360 the xbox 360 is a home video game console developed by microsoft as the successor to the original xbox it is the second console in the xbox series it competed with sonys playstation 3 and nintendos wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles it was officially unveiled on mtv on may 12 2005 with detailed launch and game information announced later that month at the 2005 e3 expo the xbox 360 features an online service xbox live which was expanded from its previous iteration on the original xbox and received regular updates during the consoles lifetime available in free and subscriptionbased varieties xbox live allows users to play games online download games through xbox live arcade and game demos purchase and stream music television programs and films through the xbox music and xbox video portals and access thirdparty content services through media streaming applications in addition to online multimedia features it allows users to stream media from local pcs several peripherals have been released including wireless controllers expanded hard drive storage and the kinect motion sensing camera the release of these additional services and peripherals helped the xbox brand grow from gamingonly to encompassing all multimedia turning it into a hub for livingroom computing entertainment launched worldwide across 20052006 the xbox 360 was initially in short supply in many regions including north america and europe the earliest versions of the console suffered from a high failure rate indicated by the socalled red ring of death necessitating an extension of the devices warranty period microsoft released two redesigned models of the console the xbox 360 s in 2010 the xbox 360s successor the xbox one was released on november 22 2013 history development known during development as xbox next xenon xbox 2 xbox fs or nextbox launch xbox 360 launch the xbox 360 was released on november 22 2005 in the united states and canada critical reception in 2009 ign named the xbox 360 the sixthgreatest video game console of all time out of a field of 25 sales region units sold first available united states 254 million as of march31 2011 november 22 2005 emea regioneurope middle east and africa 137 million as of march31 2011includes uk sales december 2 2005 united kingdom 8 million as of february14 2013 japan 15 million as of june17 2011 december 10 2005 australia new zealand 1 million as of april19 2010 march 23 2006 worldwide 80 million as of october17 2013 more xbox 360 sales xbox 360 premium package the xbox 360 began production only 69 days before launch in may 2008 microsoft announced that 10 million xbox 360s had been sold and that it was the first current generation gaming console to surpass the 10 million figure in the us in europe the xbox 360 has sold seven million units as of november 20 2008 according to microsoft while the original xbox sold poorly in japan selling just 450000 by november 2011 legacy the xbox 360 sold much better than its predecessor and although not the bestselling console of the seventh generation it is regarded as a success since it strengthened microsoft as a major force in the console market at the expense of wellestablished rivals the xbox 360s advantage over its competitors was due to the release of highprofile games from both first party and third party developers the 2007 game critics awards honored the platform with 38 nominations and 12 wins more than any other platform techradar deemed the xbox 360 as the most influential game system through its emphasis of digital media distribution xbox live online gaming service and game achievement feature microsoft announced the xbox one successor to the xbox 360 at e3 on june 10 2013 although succeeded as microsofts main console by the xbox one support from publishers for the xbox 360 is expected to continue until at least 2016 hardware the xbox 360 e model announced at 2013s e3 shares many aesthetics with the xbox one the main unit of the xbox 360 itself has slight double concavity in matte white or black the official color of the white model is arctic chill it features a port on the top when vertical left side when horizontal to which a customhoused hard disk drive unit can be attached on the slim and e models the hard drive bay is on the bottom when vertical right side when horizontal and requires the opening of a concealed door to access it this does not void the warranty the xbox 360 slime hard drives are standard 25 sata laptop drives technical specifications xbox 360 technical specifications various hard disk drives have been produced including options at 20 60 120 250 or 320gb inside the xbox 360 uses the triplecore ibm designed xenon as its cpu with each core capable of simultaneously processing two threads and can therefore operate on up to six threads at once graphics processing is handled by the ati xenos which has 10mb of edram its main memory pool is 512mb in size accessories xbox 360 accessories many accessories are available for the console including both wired and wireless controllers faceplates for customization headsets for chatting a webcam for video chatting dance mats and gamercize for exercise three sizes of memory units and five sizes of hard drives 20 60 120 250 initially japan only and 320gb among other items all of which are styled to match the console kinect kinect a kinect sensor device the xbox 360 e revision has an xbox logo to the left of the xbox 360 branding kinect is a controllerfree gaming and entertainment experience for the xbox 360 it was first announced on june 1 2009 at the electronic entertainment expo under the codename project natal xbox 360 chatpad from the messenger kit attached to a wireless controller av output builtin hdmi only made after 2007 spdif only slim stereo audio composite video jack 35mm only slim e through av connector excluding e models which have no av connector composite video svideo scart rgb vga ypbpr dterminal spdif rca stereo audio retail configurations media all and 360 premiumxbox 360 arcade replaced xbox 360 corexbox 360 elite list of xbox 360 retail configurations at launch the xbox 360 was available in two configurations the xbox 360 package unofficially known as the 20gb pro or premium priced at us399 or gb27999 and the xbox 360 core priced at us299 and gb20999 the original shipment of the xbox 360 version included a cutdown version of the media remote as a promotion the elite package was launched later at us479 the xbox 360 core was replaced by the xbox 360 arcade in october 2007 two major hardware revisions of the xbox 360 have succeeded the original models the xbox 360 s also referred to as the slim replaced the original elite and arcade models in 2010 the s model carries a smaller streamlined appearance with an angular case and utilizes a redesigned motherboard designed to alleviate the hardware and overheating issues experienced by prior models it also includes a proprietary port for use with the kinect sensor timeline united states november 22 2005 launch of xbox 360 premium 20gb 39999 launch of xbox 360 core 29999 april 29 2007 launch xbox 360 elite 120gb 47999 august 6 2007 price cut on xbox 360 premium 20gb 34999 price cut on xbox 360 core 27999 price cut on xbox 360 elite 44999 october 27 2007 launch of xbox 360 arcade 27999 discontinuation of xbox 360 core july 13 2008 discontinuation of xbox 360 20gb price cut to 29999 for remaining stock august 1 2008 launch of xbox 360 premium 60gb 34999 september 5 2008 price cut on xbox 360 elite 39999 price cut on xbox 360 60gb 29999 price cut on xbox 360 arcade 19999 august 28 2009 discontinuation of xbox 360 60gb price cut to 24999 for remaining stock price cut on xbox 360 elite 29999 june 19 2010 launch of xbox 360 s 250gb 29999 discontinuation of xbox 360 elite price cut to 24999 for remaining stock discontinuation of xbox 360 arcade price cut to 14999 for remaining stock august 3 2010 launch of xbox 360 s 4gb 19999 june 10 2013 launch of xbox 360 e 4gb 19999 launch of xbox 360 e 250gb 29999 april 20 2016 discontinuation of all xbox 360 models technical problems xbox 360 technical problems three red lights on the xbox 360s ring indicator representing a general error requiring service of the console or power adapter commonly nicknamed the red ring of death the xbox 360 not slim and e models has been subject to a number of technical problems since the consoles release in 2005 users have reported concerns over its reliability and failure rate to aid customers with defective consoles microsoft extended the xbox 360s manufacturers warranty to three years for hardware failure problems that generate a general hardware failure error report a general hardware failure is recognized on all models released before the xbox 360 s by three quadrants of the ring around the power button flashing red this error is often known as the red ring of death the warranty extension is not granted for any other types of failures that do not generate these specific error codes since these problems surfaced microsoft has attempted to modify the console to improve its reliability modifications include a reduction in the number size and placement of components the addition of dabs of epoxy on the corners and edges of the cpu and gpu as glue to prevent movement relative to the board during heat expansion software games list of xbox 360 games see also list of xbox games compatible with xbox 360 rock of ages one of many unreal engine 3 powered games available on xbox 360 the xbox 360 launched with 14 games in north america and 13 in europe the consoles bestselling game for 2005 call of duty 2 sold over a million copies six games were initially available in japan while eagerly anticipated games such as dead or alive 4 and enchanted arms were released in the weeks following the consoles launch the 2007 game critics awards honored the xbox 360 platform with 38 nominations and 11 wins interface xbox 360 system software the xbox 360s original graphical user interface was the xbox 360 dashboard a tabbed interface that featured five blades formerly four blades and was designed by akqa this simplified version showed the users gamercard xbox live messages and friends list it also allowed for personal and music settings in addition to voice or video chats or returning to the xbox dashboard from the game on november 19 2008 the xbox 360s dashboard was changed from the blade interface to a dashboard reminiscent of that present on the zune and windows media center known as the new xbox experience or nxe since the consoles release microsoft has released several updates for the dashboard software these updates have included adding new features to the console enhancing xbox live functionality and multimedia playback capabilities adding compatibility for new accessories and fixing bugs in the software such updates are mandatory for users wishing to use xbox live as access to xbox live is disabled until the update is performed new xbox experience further information xbox live new xbox experience at e3 2008 at microsofts show microsofts aaron greenberg and marc whitten announced the new xbox 360 interface called the new xbox experience nxe the update was intended to ease console menu navigation its gui uses the twist ui previously used in windows media center and the zune its new xbox guide retains all dashboard functionality including the marketplace browser and disk ejection and the original blade interface although the color scheme has been changed to match that of the nxe dashboard the nxe also provides many new features users can now install games from disc to the hard drive to play them with reduced load time and less disc drive noise but each games disc must remain in the system in order to run a new builtin community system allows the creation of digitized avatars that can be used for multiple activities such as sharing photos or playing arcade games like 1 vs 100 the update was released on november 19 2008 while previous system updates have been stored on internal memory the nxe update was the first to require a storage deviceat least a 128 mb memory card or a hard drive microsoft released a further update to the xbox 360 dashboard starting on december 6 2011 multimedia the xbox 360 supports videos in windows media video wmv format including highdefinition and playsforsure videos as well as h264 and mpeg4 media the december 2007 dashboard update added support for the playback of mpeg4 asp format videos the console can also display pictures and perform slideshows of photo collections with various transition effects and supports audio playback with music player controls accessible through the xbox 360 guide button users may play back their own music while playing games or using the dashboard and can play music with an interactive visual synthesizer music photos and videos can be played from standard usb mass storage devices xbox 360 proprietary storage devices such as memory cards or xbox 360 hard drives and servers or computers with windows media center or windows xp with service pack 2 or higher within the localarea network in streaming mode some alternative upnp servers such as ushare part of the geexbox project and mythtv can also stream media to the xbox 360 allowing for similar functionality from nonwindows servers this is possible with video files up to hdresolution and with several codecs mpeg2 mpeg4 wmv and container formats wmv mov ts as of october 27 2009 at the 2007 2008 and 2009 consumer electronics shows microsoft had announced that iptv services would soon be made available to use through the xbox 360 in 2007 microsoft chairman bill gates stated that iptv on xbox 360 was expected to be available to consumers by the holiday season using the microsoft tv iptv edition platform as of january 2010 iptv on xbox 360 has yet to be deployed beyond limited trials in 2012 microsoft released the live event player allowing for events such as video game shows beauty pageants award shows concerts news and sporting events to be streamed on the console via xbox live the first live events streamed on live were the 2012 revolver golden gods microsofts e3 2012 media briefing and the miss teen usa 2012 beauty pageant xna community microsoft xna xna community is a feature whereby xbox 360 owners can receive communitycreated games made with microsoft xna game studio from the xna creators club the games are written published and distributed through a community managed portal xna community provides a channel for digital videogame delivery over xbox live that can be free of royalties publishers and licenses though xbox live indie games xblig has had some hits services xbox live xbox live when the xbox 360 was released microsofts online gaming service xbox live was shut down for 24 hours and underwent a major upgrade adding a basic nonsubscription service called xbox live silver later renamed xbox live free to its already established premium subscriptionbased service which was renamed gold xbox live free is included with all skus of the console it allows users to create a user profile join on message boards and access microsofts xbox live arcade and marketplace and talk to other members xbox live gold includes the same features as free and includes integrated online game playing capabilities outside of thirdparty subscriptions microsoft has allowed previous xbox live subscribers to maintain their profile information friends list and games history when they make the transition to xbox live gold to transfer an xbox live account to the new system users need to link a windows live id to their gamertag on xboxcom xbox live marketplace xbox live marketplace the xbox live marketplace is a virtual market designed for the console that allows xbox live users to download purchased or promotional content the service offers movie and game trailers game demos xbox live arcade games and xbox 360 dashboard themes as well as addon game content items costumes levels etc these features are available to both free and gold members on xbox live a hard drive or memory unit is required to store products purchased from xbox live marketplace xbox live arcade xbox live arcade xbox live arcade is an online service operated by microsoft that is used to distribute downloadable video games to xbox and xbox 360 owners in addition to classic arcade games such as ms pacman the service offers some new original games like assault heroes the xbox live arcade also features games from other consoles such as the playstation game castlevania symphony of the night and pc games such as zuma the service was first launched on november 3 2004 dvdrom for xbox 360 movies tv microsoft movies tv on november 6 2006 microsoft announced the xbox video marketplace an exclusive video store accessible through the console launched in the united states on november 22 2006 the first anniversary of the xbox 360s launch the service allows users in the united states to download highdefinition and standarddefinition television shows and movies onto an xbox 360 console for viewing with the exception of short clips content is not currently available for streaming and must be downloaded movies are also available for rental they expire in 14 days after download or at the end of the first 24 hours after the movie has begun playing whichever comes first television episodes can be purchased to own and are transferable to an unlimited number of consoles downloaded files use 51 surround audio and are encoded using vc1 for video at 720p with a bitrate of 68mbits after the spring 2007 update the following video codecs are supported h264 video support up to 15mbits baseline main and high up to level 41 profiles with 2 channel aac lc and main profiles mpeg4 part 2 video support up to 8mbits simple profile with 2 channel aac lc and main profiles as a late addition to the december xbox 360 update 25 movies were added to the european xbox 360 video market place on the december 11 2007 and cost 250 microsoft points for the sd version on the movie and 380 points for the hd version of the movie on may 26 2009 microsoft announced it would release the zune hd in the fall of 2009 which was then the next addition to the zune product range this was of an impact on the xbox live video store as it was also announced that the zune video marketplace and the xbox live video store will be merged to form the zune marketplace which will be arriving on xbox live in 7 countries initially the united kingdom the united states france italy germany ireland and spain on october 16 2012 xbox video and xbox music were released replacing the zune marketplace xbox video is a digital video service on that offers full hd movies and tv series for purchase or rental on xbox 360 windows 8 windows rt pcs and tablets and windows phones on august 18 2015 microsoft rolled out an update renaming it movies and tv similar to the windows 10 app groove music groove music xbox music provides 30 million music tracks available for purchase or access through subscription it was announced at the electronic entertainment expo 2012 and it integrates with windows 8 and windows phone as well in august 2015 microsoft rolled out an update renaming it to groove music similar to the windows 10 app xbox smartglass xbox smartglass xbox smartglass is one of the newer features that allows for integration between the xbox 360 console and mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones game development partnernet the developersonly alternative xbox live network used by developers to beta test game content downloads and games developed for xbox live arcade additionally a pair of hackers played their modded halo 3 games on partnernet in addition to using partnernet to scoop up unreleased and untested software the duo passed their hacked halo pics to their friends before they were eventually caught by bungie engineers who left a message for the hackers on partnernet which read winners dont break into partnernet list of xbox 360 games list of original programs distributed by xbox entertainment studios wikimedia commons has media related to xbox 360 official website microsoft support for xbox 360 xbox development team blog xbox 360 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