NgoDisemba 22, 2005 wehla Xbox 360 eUnited States, kungena okwesibini Microsoft kwimakethi yemidlalo yevidiyo njengomenzi weconsole, esenza okufanayo kwiintsuku ezimbalwa kamva kumhlaba waseYurophu nowaseJapan. Xbox 360 Yayikhatshwa zizihloko ezahlukeneyo kuseto lwayo, phakathi kwazo esinokuqaqambisa Umnxeba woXanduva 2, Ugwetyelwe: Imvelaphi yolwaphulo-mthetho, eKameo: Izinto eziMandla, iZero emnyama egqibeleleyo y Iprojekthi yoMdyarho weGotham 3.
Ukuphehlelelwa kweconsole bekukhathaza ngokuchasene newotshi: Microsoft yaqala imveliso ngobuninzi Xbox 360 kwiintsuku nje ezingama-69 ngaphambi kokufika kwakho ezivenkileni. Ngesi sizathu, bekungekho zixhobo zaneleyo zokuhlangabezana nemfuno yomatshini omtsha we-desktop, ngakumbi e-United States nase-Yuropu, ngelixa i-Japan, kwasekuqaleni, ikwalile ukubonelelwa Microsoft kwaye walinda iintshukumo ze Sony kunye naye PlayStation 3.
Xbox 360 yayinezixhobo ezikhulu zokusebenza apho abaphuhlisi bakhawuleza baqhelana nayo: yayine Xenon CPU de IBM kunye I-ATI Xenos GPU, Ebonisa ukutsiba okungaphezulu kokumangalisayo ukusuka kwinqanaba esibonileyo kwisizukulwana esidlulileyo seengcebiso. Nangona uninzi lwemidlalo yokuqala efikileyo Xbox 360 Banokuqwalaselwa njengabakudala kwaye kwathatha ixesha ukuvela kweenkqubo ezibonisa ngokwenyani ukuba umatshini wayenakho.
Xa ikhonsoli sele inesiseko esifanelekileyo somsebenzisi, ezokuqala zaqala ukuvela iingxaki zekhompyutha. Ekuqaleni, kwakuthethwa ngeziganeko ezizimeleyo, kodwa ngokukhawuleza ububi bamsasazeka isangqa sokufa y Microsoft ezandleni zakhe ibhombu enokuqhushumba itshabalalise uphawu Xbox. Kwabo baseRedmond, banikwe ubungakanani besigameko, bebengenandlela mbini ngaphandle kokunikezela unyaka owongezelelweyo waranti kwikhonsoli, isenzo esibiza ngaphezulu ezibhiliyoni zeedola. Ngelo xesha, eminye imithombo yabonisa ukuba ingxaki ye- izibane ezibomvu kungenxa yocwangciso lwezixhobo ezingalunganga njengoko Microsoft Yatsiba ulawulo olusemgangathweni olufanelekileyo ukuze ikwazi ukufika ngexesha lephulo leKrisimesi ka-2005. inkqubo ethembekileyo.
Kwabadlali abaninzi bebhola, enye yezona mpumelelo zibalaseleyo zeconsole yaba luluntu olwenziwe ngeenxa zonke Xbox Live, iqonga lokudlala elikwi-intanethi Microsoft, eyayicalula phakathi kokuhlawula abasebenzisi, oko kubizwa ngokuba igolidekunye isilivere. Ngaphandle kokwala Sony kweso sizukulwana sokubiza imali ngokudlala kwi-Intanethi, kamva, njengoko sibonile PlayStation 4, ithotyelwe kwimodeli yokuhlawula kunye nenkqubo ethile PlayStation Plus, apho ukongeza, Microsoft, iya kuthathela ingqalelo izinto ezithile ezithile, ezinje ngokuhanjiswa kwemidlalo ekuhlawuleni abathengi.
Enye yamandla Xbox 360 abaninzi abazakukhankanya iya kuba yeyabo Umyalelo wolawulo. Yayiyindlela ye-ergonomic kunye nokukhululeka kwendalo umlawuli S. ukusuka ngaphambili Xbox, ngamaqhosha asasazwe ngcono, izinto eziphuculweyo ezibangela, iqhosha lesikhokelo kunye nomqondiso ongenazingcingo. Nangona kunjalo, ubuthathaka obukhulu bolawulo lokuqala babungqongqo kwaye bungacacanga, kodwa njengekhonsoli, isilawuli se Xbox 360 ibiphantsi kohlaziyo oluninzi. Ukuthandwa komyalelo kangangokuba wawusungulwa ngaphakathi PC, ngokuhambelana okukhulu kunye nenkxaso evela kubaphuhlisi abasebenzisa iinkqubo zabo kweli qonga.
Esinye isiqwenga esibalulekileyo sehardware ebomini be Xbox 360 yayikukwaziswa kwe- Kinect. Kwinkcazo-ntetho yokuqala yomda, saxelelwa ngayo njengotshintsho kwihlabathi lemidlalo yevidiyo, enkosi kumandla okuntywilisela angazange abonwe ngaphambili - uyakhumbula Milo? Ngokuqinisekileyo akunjalo - sele kunokwenzeka amathuba angenasiphelo. Ekugqibeleni, loo mazwi aphephethwa ngumoya, ikhathalogu ye Kinect yancitshiswa kuthotho lwemidlalo eqhelekileyo kwaye igajethi yaphela iqokelela uthuli kwikona ethile yendlu yabasebenzisi. Emva koko, kuye kwakho ukuphinda kuzanywe ukuphinda kwenziwe le teknoloji kumthengi Xbox One, kodwa impendulo yayingalunganga, kangangokuba Microsoft waqala ngokuzolileyo kwikona Kinect.
Ukuba kufuneka sithethe ngesoftware ekhethekileyo, izihloko ezenzelwe kuphela Xbox 360 Zahlelwa kwimiba emibini: ngokukodwa kuphela kwiikhonsoli oeukubodwa. Banike okuninzi ukuba bathethe ngako Mass Effect o ukothuka kwe-bio xa bekhululwa kwamanye amaqonga, okanye ukugxekwa Iinguqulelo zePC de UAlan Wake, iiGiya zemfazwe o Intsomi III. Kodwa kugxila kumava anokusinika kuphela Xbox 360, kufuneka sigqamise iinkqubo ezinje Halo 3, Halo Reach, Halo 4, Ace Combat 6, Blue Dragon, Crackdown, Dead Rising, eyahlukileyo Forza Okuninzi, trilogy yentsusa ye- Iigiya zemfazwe, Alan Wake, Kameo, Odyssey elahlekileyo o Iprojekthi yoMdyarho weGotham 4.
Kwikhathalogu ebanzi yeconsole, imidlalo ethengise ngaphezu kwezigidi ezi-6 ikopi zezi zilandelayo:
- I-Kinect Adventures-21.63 yezigidi
- Ubusela obukhulu Grand V - 15.60 yezigidi
- Ubizo lomsebenzi: Imfazwe yanamhlanje 3 - 14.59 yezigidi
- Ubizo lomsebenzi: I-Black Ops-14.41 yezigidi
- Ubizo lomsebenzi: I-Black Ops II-13.49 yezigidi
- Ubizo lomsebenzi: Imfazwe yanamhlanje 2 - 13.44 yezigidi
- I-Minecraft-13 yezigidi
- Halo 3 - 12.06 yezigidi
- Halo 4 - 9.41 yezigidi
- Iigiya zemfazwe 2 - 6.74 yezigidi
Xbox 360 unokuma kwi PlayStation 3 enkosi ngokuzithemba okugqithisileyo kunye nokuzikhukhumeza Sony. Ixabiso leconsole Microsoft kufumaneke ukuba ifikeleleke ngakumbi kumthengi ophakathi- khumbula loo nto PS3 ndaxhuma ndangena 600 euro kwaye ngaphandle kokubandakanya abaphathi bomdlalo baqhela kuyilo olungakhange lube nzima njenge iseli kwaye kwiminyaka yayo yokuqala safumana ikhathalogu enkulu yemidlalo. Nangona kunjalo, ukolulwa kokugqibela kobomi bekhonsoli bekungathandabuzeki, kunye nembalela enkulu kathathu-Izihloko ezikhethekileyo kunye Microsoft ijolise kakhulu ekwandiseni Xbox Live nasekungeneni Kinect ngefaneli. Okwangoku nayo yonke into, kwaye nangona ibuyile Isony, Xbox 360 ikwazile ukufikelela kumanani entengiso ekungekho mntu wakrokrela ukuba ubuyile ngo-Novemba 2005, ngakumbi emva kwezo zizukulwana zibini zolawulo lwebrand Isikhululo sokudlala.