A 22 ga Disamba, 2005 ya sauka Xbox 360 a Amurka, shigowa ta biyu na Microsoft a cikin kasuwar wasan bidiyo azaman masana'antar wasan bidiyo, yin hakan yan kwanaki baya cikin yankin Turai da Jafananci. Xbox 360 ya zo tare da taken daban-daban akan ƙaddamarwarsa, daga cikinsu muna iya haskakawa Kiran aiki 2, La'ananne: Asalin Laifuka, Kameo: Abubuwan Iko, Cikakken Duhun Zero y Shirin Gotham Racing 3.
Kaddamar da na'urar wasan ya kasance mai ɗan wahala da kuma agogo: Microsoft fara taro samar da Xbox 360 kawai kwanaki 69 kafin isowarku a shagunan. A saboda wannan dalili, ba a sami isassun raka'a don biyan buƙatun sabon na'urar tebur ba, musamman a Amurka da Turai, yayin da Japan, tun daga farko, ta ƙi amincewa da wadatar Microsoft kuma jira motsi na Sony tare da shi PlayStation 3.
Xbox 360 yana da manyan kayan aiki wanda masu haɓakawa suka zama sananne da sauri: yana da Xenon CPU de IBM da kuma ATI Xenos GPU, wanda ke wakiltar tsalle fiye da ƙima daga matakin da muka gani a cikin ƙarni na baya na kayan wasan bidiyo. Kodayake yawancin wasannin farko da suka zo Xbox 360 ana iya daukar su a matsayin tsararraki kuma ya ɗauki lokaci kafin su fara shirye-shiryen da suka nuna ainihin abin da injin ɗin yake iya yi.
Lokacin da na'urar wasan ta riga ta sami tushe mai kyau, na farkon sun fara fitowa matsalolin hardware. Da farko, akwai magana game da keɓaɓɓun lamura, amma da sauri muguntar kiran ta bazu da'irar mutuwa y Microsoft yana da bam a hannunsa wanda zai iya fashewa da lalata alamar Xbox. Ga na Redmond, saboda yanayin abin da ya faru, ba su da wani zaɓi sai dai su ba da ƙarin shekara ta garanti a kan na’urar wasan, abin da ya kashe fiye da dala biliyan. A lokacin, wasu kafofin sun nuna cewa matsalar ja fitilu ya kasance saboda mummunan tsarin tsara kayan aiki kamar Microsoft ta tsallake ikon sarrafawa masu dacewa don samun damar zuwa akan lokacin kamfen na Kirsimeti na 2005. Daga bisani, an sake yin gyare-gyare da yawa na na'ura mai kwakwalwa, tare da canje-canje a cikin kayan aiki, ƙarfin diski da ƙarfin gamawa, don ba abokin ciniki ƙarin abin dogara tsarin.
Ga 'yan wasa da yawa, ɗayan mafi girman nasarorin wasan bidiyo shine al'ummar da aka kirkira a kusa Xbox Live, dandalin wasan caca ta yanar gizo na Microsoft, wanda ke nuna bambanci tsakanin masu amfani da biyan kuɗi, abin da ake kira Goldda kuma Silver. Duk da kin Sony a wannan ƙarni na caji don yin wasa akan layi, daga baya, kamar yadda muka gani a ciki PlayStation 4, ya ba da kai ga samfurin biyan kuɗi tare da tsarinta na musamman PlayStation Plus, wanda a Bugu da kari, Microsoft, zai yi la'akari da wasu abubuwan musamman, kamar isar da wasanni ga biyan abokan ciniki.
Wani na karfi na Xbox 360 da yawa zasu ambata zasu zama nasu Umurnin sarrafawa. Ya kasance mafi saurin rikitarwa da kwanciyar hankali na mai kula S daga na baya Xbox, tare da maɓallan da aka rarraba mafi kyau, haɓaka abubuwan haɓaka, maɓallin jagora da siginar mara waya. Koyaya, babban mawuyacin rauni na farkon sarrafawar ya kasance mai ɗan taurin kai da ƙanƙantar da kai, amma kamar na'ura mai kwakwalwa, mai kula da Xbox 360 an maimaita shi sau da yawa bita. Shahararren umarnin ya kasance har an fara shi a ciki PC, tare da babban dacewa da tallafi daga masu haɓakawa waɗanda suka yi amfani da shirye-shiryen su don wannan dandalin.
Wani muhimmin yanki na kayan aiki a rayuwar Xbox 360 shine gabatarwar Kinect. A cikin gabatarwar farko na gefe, an gaya mana game da shi azaman juyin juya hali a duniyar wasannin bidiyo, godiya ga damar nutsuwa da ba a taɓa gani ba - tuna Milo? Tabbas ba - damar da ba ta da iyaka. A ƙarshe, waɗannan kalmomin iska ta kwashe su, kasidar Kinect an rage shi zuwa jerin wasanni na yau da kullun kuma na'urar ta ƙare da tara ƙura a wasu kusurwar gidan masu amfani. Bayan haka, an sake gwadawa don sake gabatar da wannan fasahar ga mabukaci ta hanyar Xbox One, amma amsar bata da kyau, cewa Microsoft fara shuru kusurwa Kinect.
Idan dole ne muyi magana game da keɓaɓɓiyar software, taken kawai don don Xbox 360 An rarraba su ta fuskoki biyu: keɓaɓɓe kawai a kan na'ura mai kwakwalwa oeduka keɓancewa. Sun ba da yawa don magana a kansu Mass Effect o BioShock lokacin da aka sake su a wasu dandamali, ko suka PC iri de Alan WakeGears of War o Labari mai faɗi III. Amma mai da hankali kan abubuwan da zasu iya ba mu kawai Xbox 360, ya kamata mu haskaka shirye-shirye kamar Halo 3, Halo Reach, Halo 4, Ace Combat 6, Blue Dragon, Crackdown, Matattu Tashi, daban-daban Forza Motorsport, asali trilogy na Jirgin Yakin, Alan Wake, Kameo, Lost Odyssey o Shirin Gotham Racing 4.
Daga cikin manyan kundin adireshi na wasan wasan, wasannin da aka siyar da kofi sama da miliyan 6 sune masu zuwa:
- Kinect Kasuwa - miliyan 21.63
- Babban sata Auto V - miliyan 15.60
- Kiran Wajibi: Yakin zamani 3 - miliyan 14.59
- Kiran Wajibi: Black Ops - miliyan 14.41
- Kiran Wajibi: Black Ops II - miliyan 13.49
- Kiran Wajibi: Yakin zamani 2 - miliyan 13.44
- Minecraft - miliyan 13
- Halo 3 - miliyan 12.06
- Halo 4 - miliyan 9.41
- Karshen Yaƙin 2 - miliyan 6.74
Xbox 360 iya tsayawa ga PlayStation 3 godiya ga yawan yarda da girman kai na Sony. Farashin na'ura mai kwakwalwa Microsoft ya zama mai sauƙin samun dama ga matsakaita mabukaci - tuna hakan PS3 tsalle cikin 600 Tarayyar Turai kuma ba tare da sun hada da wasa ba-, masu shirye-shirye sun saba da gine-ginen da bashi da rikitarwa kamar cell kuma a lokacin farkon shekarunmu mun haɗu da babban kundin wasanni. Koyaya, matakin ƙarshe na rayuwar na'urar wasan ya kasance abin tambaya, tare da babban fari na sau uku-A keɓaɓɓun taken da kuma Microsoft ma mayar da hankali kan fadada Xbox Live kuma cikin shiga Kinect tare da mazurari. Har yanzu da komai, kuma duk da yadda ya dawo Sony xbox 360 ya sami damar isa lambobin tallace-tallace da babu wanda ya yi zargin cewa ya dawo cikin Nuwamba 2005, musamman ma bayan waɗancan ƙarni biyu na mamayar alama PlayStation.