| The Xbox 360 is a video game console developed | | | | system software. Best of all, the 360 now has |
| by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The | | | | the largest - and many would say, the best game |
| project name was Xenon console. In the press | | | | lineup -. In addition to great Xbox 360 games like |
| she was known before the announcement of the | | | | Assassin's Creed and Call of Duty 4, the 360 is |
| name as a continuation of Xbox 2 or Xbox. It | | | | the only console where you can play as a |
| was introduced in late 2005 in the markets of the | | | | must-have exclusive titles as Halo 3, BioShock, |
| United States, Europe and Japan. In Oceania, | | | | Gears of War and Mass Effect. You can find |
| which was available from late March 2006. | | | | Xbox 360 Game Reviews on this site. Add to |
| A prominent feature of the Xbox 360 is its | | | | that a number of impressive features of digital |
| integrated Xbox Live service that allows players | | | | media, including a complement of HD DVD players |
| to compete online and download content such as | | | | and a decent online selection of pay-per-download |
| arcade games, game demos, trailers, TV shows, | | | | high definition movies and television programs. |
| and movies. Major features of the console include | | | | The main unit of the Xbox 360 itself has slight |
| its Windows Media Center multimedia capabilities, | | | | double concavity in matte white or black. The |
| mandatory support of high definition in all games, | | | | official color of the white model is Arctic Chill. It |
| movie rentals and game downloads from its online | | | | features a port on the top when vertical (left side |
| marketplace and the ability to watch movies on | | | | when horizontal) to which a custom-housed hard |
| the (now discontinued) HD DVD format via an | | | | drive unit can be attached in sizes of either 20, 60 |
| add-on drive. | | | | or 120 GB. Inside, the Xbox 360 uses the |
| Microsoft's Xbox 360 was the first "next | | | | triple-core IBM designed Xenon as its CPU, with |
| generation" games console to hit the market in | | | | each core capable of simultaneously processing |
| November 2005, beating the Nintendo Wii and | | | | two threads, and can therefore operate on up to |
| PlayStation 3 for a full year. Like its peers, the | | | | six threads at once. Graphics processing is handled |
| 360 initially suffered from somewhat anemic | | | | by the ATI Xenos, which has 10 MB of eDRAM. |
| game lineup and some limitations of hardware and | | | | Its main memory pool is 512 MB in size. |
| software annoying. Since its launch, however, the | | | | Many accessories are available for the console, |
| Xbox team has implemented a variety of | | | | including both wired and wireless controllers, |
| incremental improvements, even going so far as | | | | faceplates for customization, headsets for |
| to release an updated version of the console. The | | | | chatting, a webcam for video chatting, dance |
| result, beginning in fall 2007, is the best version of | | | | mats and Gamercize for exercise, three sizes of |
| the Xbox 360 to date. The current model offers | | | | memory cards, and three sizes of hard drives |
| HDMI output with 1080p video support that was | | | | (120GB, 60GB, and 20GB), among other items, all |
| lacking in the original version, and a number of | | | | of which are styled to match the console. |
| other tweaks and improvements in the underlying | | | | |