Back: Arcade/Core, Pro and Elite models.
Front: White and black wireless controllers.
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Title | Xbox 360 |
Caption | Back: Arcade/Core, Pro and Elite models.
Front: White and black wireless controllers. |
Developer | Microsoft |
Manufacturer | Foxconn |
Family | Xbox |
Type | Video game console |
Generation | Seventh generation era |
Lifespan | Availability by region title=Availability by region
Original Xbox 360
US Canada November 16, 2005
Europe December 2, 2005
Japan December 10, 2005
Colombia Mexico February 2, 2006
South Korea February 24, 2006
Hong Kong Singapore Taiwan March 16, 2006
Australia New Zealand March 23, 2006
Chile July 7, 2006
India September 25, 2006
South Africa September 29, 2006
Czech Republic Poland November 3, 2006
Brazil December 1, 2006
Russia February 11, 2007
Peru February 25, 2008
United Arab Emirates October 28, 2008
Nigeria 2009
Seychelles Spring 2010 Xbox 360 S
US Canada June 18, 2010
Australia July 1, 2010
New Zealand July 8, 2010
Europe July 16, 2010
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CPU | 3.2 GHz PowerPC Tri-Core Xenon |
GPU | 500 MHz ATI Xenos |
Memory | 512 MB of GDDR3 RAM clocked at 700 MHz |
Media | DVD, Compact Disc, Download
Add-on: HD DVD (discontinued) |
Unitssold | Worldwide: 41.7 million ( ) (details) |
Storage | Storage mediums title=Storage mediums *Detachable Hard Drives 20 GB, 60 GB, 120 GB, 250 GB
*Memory Cards (Removable) (Original design only) 64 MB, 256 MB, 512 MB
*On-board storage chip
**Arcade Consoles (later models) 256 MB, 512 MB
**Budget level "Xbox 360 S" consoles: 4 GB
*USB storage device (requires system software update) 1 GB to 16 GB
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Controllers | 4 maximum* (any combination): Xbox 360 Controller (USB wired, 2.4 GHz 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. |
Connectivity | Original models
2.4 GHz wireless, 3 × USB 2.0, IR receiver, 100 Mbit Ethernet Add-on: Wifi 802.11a/b/g, Wifi 802.11a/b/g/n
Revised "S" models
2.4 GHz wireless, 5 × USB 2.0, IR receiver, 100 Mbit Ethernet, Wifi 802.11a/b/g/n, AUX port |
Display | Video output formats title=Video output formats *Composite video 480i, 576i (PAL)
*S-Video 480i, 576i (PAL)
*RGB SCART 480i, 576i (PAL)
*Component (YPbPr) 480i, 576i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p
*D-Terminal (YPbPr) 480i (D1), 480p (D2), 720p (D4), 1080i (D3), 1080p (D5)
*VGA 640×480, 848×480, 1024×768, 1280×720 (720p), 1280×768, 1280×1024, 1360×768, 1440×900, 1680×1050, 1920×1080 (1080p)
*HDMI (later models) 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p
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Sound |
- Analog stereo
- Stereo LPCM (TOSLINK and HDMI)
- Dolby Digital 5.1 (TOSLINK and HDMI)
- Dolby Digital with WMA pro (TOSLINK and HDMI)
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Onlineservice | Xbox Live |
Topgame | Halo 3 (8.1 million copies sold as of ) |
Compatibility | 478 original Xbox games (requires hard drive and the latest update) |
Predecessor | Xbox |
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The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft, and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles.
Some major features of the Xbox 360 are its integrated Xbox Live service that allows players to compete online, download arcade games, game demos, trailers, TV shows, music and movies and its Windows Media Center multimedia capabilities. The Xbox 360 also offers region specific access to third-party media streaming services such as Netflix and ESPN in the USA or Sky Player in the UK.
The Xbox 360 was officially unveiled on MTV on May 12, 2005, with detailed launch and game information divulged later that month at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). The console sold out completely upon release in all regions except in Japan, and, as of April 2010, there are over 40 million Xbox 360 consoles worldwide.
At their E3 presentation on 14 June 2010, Microsoft announced a redesigned Xbox 360 that would ship on the same day. The redesigned console is slimmer than the previous Xbox 360 model and features integrated 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, TOSLINK S/PDIF optical audio output, a 250 GB hard drive, 5 USB 2.0 ports (compared to the 3 from older versions) and a special AUX port. Older models of the Xbox 360 have since been discontinued.
With the announcement of the Xbox 360 S, Microsoft have said that they believe that the console is only mid-way through its lifecycle it will continue on through 2015.
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