XBOX 360 Review: Leading All The Video Games Console!

After the huge success of Xbox, Microsoft has launched a second video game console naming it the Xbox 360. The Xbox 360 gives a close competition to Sony?s PlayStation 3 and Nintendo?s Wii, as a part of the 7th generation of video game consoles. Till now more than 60 million Xbox 360 consoles has been sold worldwide.

The Xbox 360 was officially introduced on MTV on May 12, 2005 with detailed launch and game information divulged later that month at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). Soon after the console was unveiled in the market it was sold out worldwide except for Japan.

Several major features of the Xbox 360 are its integrated Xbox Live service that allows the gamers to compete online. They can also download arcade games, game demos, trailers, TV shows, music and many more. It also offers access to third party media service such as Netflix or ESPN or Sky Go.

When Xbox 360 launched in the market it was available in 2 configurations: the ?Xbox 360? package amounted at US$399 and another one was the ?Xbox 360 Core? amounted US$299. The original version included a cut-down version of the Media Remote as a promotion. However the Elite package was launched later at a cost of US$479. The ?Xbox 360 Core? was later replaced by the ?Xbox 360 Arcade? on October 2007.

On August 1, 2008 a 60 GB version of the Xbox 360 Pro was released. In June 2010 Microsoft announced a new, recreated model and also the discontinuation of the Elite and Arcade model. Rumors suggested that a complete redesign of the Xbox 360 hardware was being produced after a new motherboard design was launched on 17th March 2010. However the advertisements hit the world after 13th June by showing a slimmer Xbox 360 design, which was supposed to have 250 GB hard drive and integrated Wi-Fi functionality.

The official color of the white model is Arctic Chill and it featured a port on the top when it is vertical and a custom housed hard drive unit can be attached in various sizes ranging from 20 to 150 GB. Inside the Xbox 360 the triple core IBM design has been used as its CPU naming it Xenon. It can operate up to 6 threads at one time as each core is capable of simultaneously processing 2 threads at a time.

The Graphics department is being handled by the ATI Xenon which has 10 MB of eDRAM and has a memory of 512 MB. The Xbox 360 is available both in wired and wireless form, faceplates for customization, headsets for chatting and many more. The Xbox 360 was launched with 14 games in North America and 13 in Europe.

The console?s best selling game was ?Call of Duty 2? back in 2005 which sold over million copies. The other five games which had a successful run was ?Ghost Recon Advanced War Fighter?, ?The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion?, ?Dead or Alive 4?, ?Saints Row? and ?Gears of War?. Among all these games ?Gears of War was most successful as it sold over 3 million copies.

So if you still don?t have a Xbox 360 go to your nearest store and buy it. You really cannot miss this.

[via technobuzz]