Musi waZvita 22, 2005 akaburuka Xbox 360 muUnited States, yechipiri incursion ye Microsoft mumusika wemitambo yemavhidhiyo semugadziri weconsole, uchiita zvakafanana mazuva mashoma gare gare munharaunda yeEuropean neJapan. Xbox 360 yakauya ichiperekedzwa nemazita akasiyana siyana pakuvhurwa kwayo, pakati payo yatinogona kuratidza Kudanwa kweDuty 2, Kutongerwa mhosva: Matsotsi Ehutsotsi, Kameo: Elements of Power, Perfect Dark Zero y Chirongwa Gotham Mujaho 3.
Kuvhurwa kweconsole kwaishungurudza uye kuchipesana newachi: Microsoft yakatanga kugadzirwa kwakawanda kwe Xbox 360 mazuva 69 chete usati wasvika muzvitoro. Nechikonzero ichi, pakanga pasina zvikwata zvakakwana zvekuzadzisa kudiwa kwemuchina wedesktop, kunyanya muUnited States neEurope, nepo Japan, kubva pakutanga, yakaramba kugoverwa Microsoft ndokumirira mafambiro e Sony pamwe chete naye Dreamcast 3.
Xbox 360 Yaive neakakura Hardware ayo vagadziri vakakurumidza kuziva: yaive ne Xenon CPU de IBM uye a ATI Xenos GPU, iyo yaimiririra kusvetuka kunoshamisa kubva padanho ratakaona muchizvarwa chekare chenyaradzo. Kunyangwe mazhinji emitambo yekutanga yakauya Xbox 360 ivo vaigona kutariswa sevamarudzi uye zvakatora nguva kuoneka zvirongwa zvakanyatsoratidza izvo zvaigona kugona muchina iwoyo.
Kana iyo koni yacho yatove neyakanaka mushandisi base, yekutanga yakatanga kubuda zvinetso zvemidziyo. Pakutanga, kwaive nekutaura kwezviitiko zvakasarudzika, asi nekukurumidza huipi hwekufona hwakapararira denderedzwa rerufu y Microsoft iye aive mumaoko ake bhomba raigona kuputika nekuparadza zita racho Xbox. Kune avo veRedmond, vachipiwa kukura kwechiitiko ichi, ivo havana imwe sarudzo kunze kwekupa rimwe gore rewarandi pane koni, chiratidzo chakavadhurira kudarika mabhiriyoni emadhora. Panguva iyoyo, mamwe masosi akataura kuti dambudziko re mwenje mutsvuku zvaikonzerwa nehurombo hwekuronga Hardware se Microsoft yakakwenenzvera kutonga kwakakodzera kwemhando yepamusoro kuti ikwanise kusvika nenguva pamushandirapamwe weKisimusi wa2005.Pashure pazvo, kuwedzeredzwa kwakawanda kweconsole kwakaitika, neshanduko mu Hardware, hard disk kugona uye kupenya kwekushongedza, kuitira kupa mutengi zvimwe yakavimbika system.
Kune vazhinji vatambi, kumwe kwekubudirira kukuru kweconsoon yaive nharaunda yakaumbwa yakatenderedza Xbox Live, iyo online yekutamba chikuva ye Microsoft, iyo yaisarura pakati pekubhadhara vashandisi, iyo inonzi goridheand the sirivha. Zvisinei nekuramba kwe Sony muchizvarwa ichocho chekuchaja nekutamba online, gare gare, sezvataona mune Dreamcast 4, yakakundwa nemhando yekubhadhara pamwe nehurongwa hwayo Dreamcast Plus, Yekuwedzera, Microsoft, yaizofunga nezvevamwe hunhu, sekuendesa mitambo kune vanobhadhara vatengi.
Imwe yemasimba e Xbox 360 izvo vazhinji vachataura zvichave zvavo Kudzora kuraira. Yakanga iri yakawanda ergonomic uye yakasununguka shanduko yeiyo mutungamiriri S kubva pane yapfuura Xbox. Nekudaro, kushaya simba kukuru kwekutanga kwekutonga kwaive kwakaomarara uye kusinganzwisisike musoro, asi senge koni, mutungamiriri we Xbox 360 yakagadziriswa kakawanda. Kuzivikanwa kwemirairo kwaive kwakadai kuti kwakatangwa mukati PC, ine kugarisana kukuru uye rutsigiro kubva kune vanogadzira avo vaishandisa zvirongwa zvavo zvepuratifomu iyi.
Chimwe chidimbu chakakosha chehardware muhupenyu hwe Xbox 360 ndiko kuiswa kwe Kinect. Mukuratidzira kwekutanga kwenzvimbo, takaudzwa nezvazvo sekumukira munyika yemitambo yemavhidhiyo, nekuda kwekunyudza kugona kusati kwamboonekwa - unoyeuka here Milo? Zvirokwazvo kwete - atova nemikana isingagumi. Mukupedzisira, iwo mazwi akafuridzirwa nemhepo, iyo catalog ye Kinect yakaderedzwa kuita nhevedzano yemitambo yakasarudzika uye iyo gadget yakapedzisira yaunganidza guruva mune imwe kona yeimba yevashandisi. Shure kwaizvozvo, pakanga paine kuyedzazve kuyanisazve iyi tekinoroji kumutengi kuburikidza Xbox One, asi mhinduro yaive yakaipa, zvekuti Microsoft akatanga chinyararire kona Kinect.
Kana isu tichifanira kutaura nezve yakasarudzika software, iwo mazita chete e Xbox 360 Vakanga vakapatsanurwa mumativi maviri: yakasarudzika chete pazvinyaradzo oezvachose zvakasarudzika. Vakapa zvakawanda zvekutaura nezvazvo Misa Effect o BioShock pavakaburitswa pane mamwe mapuratifomu, kana kushoropodzwa Shanduro dzePC de Alan Wake, MaGiya Ehondo o Ngano iii. Asi tichifunga nezvezviitiko zvinogona kungotipa isu Xbox 360, isu tinofanirwa kuratidza zvirongwa zvakaita Halo 3, Halo Kusvikira, Halo 4, Ace Kurwisa 6, Bhuruu Dhiragoni, Crackdown, Kufa Kumuka, zvakasiyana Forza Motorsport, yekutanga trilogy ye Magiya Ehondo, Alan Wake, Kameo, Yakarasika Odyssey o Chirongwa Gotham Mujaho 4.
Pamabhuku akawandisa eiyo koni, iyo mitambo yakatengesa anopfuura mamirioni matanhatu emakopi yaive inotevera:
- Kinect Adventures - 21.63 mamirioni
- Grand Theft Auto V - 15.60 mamirioni
- Kudanwa Kwebasa: Yemazuva Ano Hondo 3 - 14.59 mamirioni
- Kudanwa kweDuty: Nhema Ops - 14.41 mamirioni
- Kudanwa Kwebasa: Nhema Ops II - mamirioni 13.49
- Kudanwa Kwebasa: Yemazuva Ano Hondo 2 - 13.44 mamirioni
- Minecraft - 13 mamirioni
- Halo 3 - 12.06 mamirioni
- Halo 4 - 9.41 mamirioni
- Magiya eHondo 2 - 6.74 mamirioni
Xbox 360 aigona kumira kusvika Dreamcast 3 Kutenda kune kwakanyanya kuvimba uye kuzvikudza kwe Sony. Mutengo weconsole Microsoft yakazove iri nyore kuwanika kune wepakati mutengi - rangarira izvo PS3 akasvetukira mukati 600 euros uye pasina kana kusanganisira mutambo - programmers vakajairira kune yekuvaka iyo yakanga isina kuomarara seiyo chitokisi uye mukati memakore ayo ekutanga takawana katarogu hombe yemitambo. Nekudaro, iko kwekupedzisira kwehupenyu hweconsoon kwaive kusahadzika, pamwe nekusanaya kukuru kwematatu-A akasarudzika mazita uye Microsoft yakanyanya kufunga nezvekuwedzera Xbox Live uye pakupinda Kinect nefanera. Zvichiri nezvose, uye kunyangwe nenzira yadzakadzoka nayo Sony xbox 360 yakakwanisa kusvika pamatare ekutengesa asina munhu aifungidzira kumashure munaNovember 2005, kunyanya mushure memazera maviri aya ekutonga Dreamcast.