About Xbox 360

Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft, and the successor to the Xbox. Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii as part of the seventh generation video game consoles. In January 2011, there were more than 50 million Xbox 360 consoles worldwide.

Xbox 360 was officially launched on MTV on May 12, 2005, with details to start the game and the information disclosed later that month at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). The console sold out completely at release in all regions except in Japan.

Some key features of an integrated Xbox 360 Xbox Live service allows players to compete online, download arcade games, game demos, trailers, TV shows, music and movies as well as Windows Media Center multimedia capabilities. Xbox 360 also offers access to a special area for third-party streaming media services like Netflix and ESPN in the United States or in British Sky Player.

At their E3 presentation on June 14, 2010, Microsoft announced a redesigned Xbox 360 that will transmit on the same day. a redesigned console slimmer than previous models of the Xbox 360 and features integrated 802.11 b / g / n Wi-Fi, TOSLINK S / PDIF optical audio output, 5 USB 2.0 ports (compared with 3 from the old version) and special AUX port Elderly model. Xbox 360 has since stopped. The first new console to be released feature 250 GB hard drive, while the SKU, and more expensive features 4 GB of internal storage.

With the announcement of the Xbox 360 S, Microsoft has said that they believe that the console is only mid-way through the life cycle and will continue until 2015. In 2009, IGN named the Xbox 360 video game console of all time the sixth largest, from a field of 25.

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