Xbox 360

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Xbox 360

Xbox 360 logo
Left: Original model Xbox 360 Premium (2005) Center: Redesigned slim model Xbox 360 S (2010) Right: Latest model Xbox 360 E (2013)
Developer	Microsoft
Manufacturer	Flextronics, Wistron, Celestica, Foxconn[1][2]
Product family	Xbox
Type	Home video game console
Generation	Seventh generation
Release date	November 22, 2005[5] Original Xbox 360 NA: November 22, 2005 EU: December 2, 2005 JP: December 10, 2005 CO|MX: February 2, 2006 KR: February 24, 2006 HK|SG|TW: March 16, 2006 AU: March 23, 2006 CL: July 7, 2006 IN: September 25, 2006 ZA: September 29, 2006 CZ|PL: November 3, 2006 BR: December 1, 2006 RU: February 11, 2007 PE: February 25, 2008 UAE: October 28, 2008 NG|TR: 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[4] EU: June 20, 2013[3]
Lifespan	2005–2016
Introductory price	US$299, €299, £209 (Xbox 360 Core) US$399, €399, £279 (Xbox 360 (20 GB))
Discontinued	WW: April 20, 2016[6]
Units sold	Worldwide: 84 million (as of June 9, 2014[update])[7] (details)
Media	DVD, CD, digital distribution Add-on: HD DVD (discontinued)
Operating system	Xbox 360 system software
System-on-chip used	XCGPU (Xbox 360 S and E models only)
CPU	3.2 GHz PowerPC Tri-Core Xenon
Memory	512 MB of unified GDDR3 RAM clocked at 700 MHz 10MB of eDRAM cache on Xenos GPU
Storage	Storage media Detachable Hard Drives 20, 60, 120 or 250 GB (older models); 250, 320, or 500 GB (Xbox 360 S models) 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 32 GB Cloud storage (requires Xbox LIVE Gold Membership) 2 GB [8]
Display	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 D-Terminal (YPBPR) 480i (D1), 480p (D2), 720p (D4), 1080i (D3), 1080p (D5)[9] 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 Note: 1080p video playback is limited to content from the Zune marketplace[10]
Graphics	500 MHz ATI/AMD Xenos
Sound	Analog stereo Stereo LPCM (TOSLINK and HDMI) Dolby Digital 5.1 (TOSLINK and HDMI) Dolby Digital with WMA pro (TOSLINK and HDMI)
Controller input	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/s Ethernet Add-on: Wifi 802.11 a/b/g, Wifi 802.11a/b/g/n[11] Revised "S" models 2.4 GHz wireless, 5 × USB 2.0, Digital Optical audio out, IR receiver, 100 Mbit/s Ethernet, Wifi 802.11b/g/n, AUX port, HDMI port Revised "E" models 2.4 GHz wireless, 4 × USB 2.0, IR receiver, 100 Mbit/s Ethernet, Wifi 802.11b/g/n, AUX port, HDMI port
Online services	Xbox Live
Best-selling game	Kinect Adventures! (24 million as pack-in game for Kinect)[12][13]
Backward compatibility	Selected Xbox games[14][15] (requires hard drive and the latest update)
Predecessor	Xbox
Successor	Xbox One
Website	xbox.com/en-US/xbox-360

The Xbox 360 is the second video game console released by Microsoft, after the Xbox. It was released on November 22, 2005, 1468 days after the first Xbox. The Xbox 360 competed against the Nintendo Wii and Sony PlayStation 3. All three are called next-generation or seventh generation consoles.^[source?] The Xbox 360 was officially revealed on MTV on May 12, 2005. The Xbox One, the successor (it came after) to the Xbox 360, was announced on May 21, 2013. Even though the Xbox One was released on November 22, 2013, the Xbox 360 continued to be made until April 20, 2016. Games are no longer being made for the Xbox 360.

1. ↑ Radd, David (August 16, 2005). "Xbox 360 Manufacturers Revealed". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on August 17, 2010. Retrieved August 19, 2010.
2. ↑ Ashcraft, Brian (November 19, 2010). "Report: Foxconn Denies Protest Over Pay | Kotaku Australia". Kotaku.com.au. Archived from the original on August 20, 2012. Retrieved October 23, 2011.
3. ↑ "New Xbox 360 model on sale now for £149 in the UK". Archived from the original on June 22, 2013. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
4. ↑ "E3 2013: New Xbox 360 Model Revealed - IGN". 10 June 2013 – via www.ign.com.
5. ↑ Dybwad, Barb (September 15, 2005). "Xbox 360 launch date is November 22". Engadget. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved March 14, 2013.
6. ↑ "Achievement Unlocked: 10 Years – Thank You, Xbox 360". Xbox Wire. April 20, 2016. Archived from the original on February 16, 2017. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
7. ↑ "E3 2014: $399 Xbox One Out Now, Xbox 360 Sales Rise to 84 million". GameSpot. Archived from the original on March 25, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
8. ↑ "Xbox 360 Cloud Storage Size Revealed". Psu.com. Archived from the original on April 28, 2015. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
9. ↑ Xbox 360 D-Terminal HD AV Cable, archived from the original on 2010-10-31, retrieved 2019-12-29
10. ↑ Sam Byford (January 20, 2012). "Xbox 360 color space fix coming, still no word on restoring 1080p playback". The Verge. Archived from the original on November 15, 2012. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
11. ↑ "Microsoft confirms Xbox 360 802.11n adapter". joystiq. September 21, 2009. Archived from the original on August 26, 2011. Retrieved November 23, 2009.
12. ↑ Dean Takahashi (January 9, 2012). "Xbox 360 surpasses 66M sold and Kinect passes 18M units". VentureBeat. Archived from the original on January 12, 2012. Retrieved January 10, 2012.
13. ↑ "Microsoft sells 24 million Kinects". Joystiq. Archived from the original on February 13, 2013. Retrieved February 12, 2013.
14. ↑ "Original Xbox Games Playable on Xbox 360". Archived from the original on May 12, 2008. Retrieved November 17, 2009.
15. ↑ Corriea, Alexa Ray (May 2, 2015). "Why Are Current Consoles Not Backward Compatible?". GameSpot. Archived from the original on February 10, 2018. Retrieved April 11, 2018.