NgoDisemba 22, 2005 wehla Xbox 360 e-United States, ukungena kwesibili kwe- Microsoft emakethe yemidlalo yevidiyo njengomkhiqizi wekhonsoli, enza okufanayo ezinsukwini ezimbalwa kamuva endaweni yaseYurophu neyaseJapan. Xbox 360 Bekuhambisana nezihloko ezahlukahlukene ekwethulweni kwayo, esingaziqhakambisa phakathi kwazo ICall of Duty 2, Ilahliwe: Imvelaphi Yobugebengu, IKameo: Elements of Power, Perfect Dark Zero y Umjaho weProjekthi Gotham 3.
Ukwethulwa kwekhonsoli bekukhathaza futhi kungahambisani newashi: Microsoft waqala ukukhiqizwa ngobuningi kwe Xbox 360 ezinsukwini ezingama-69 ngaphambi kokufika kwakho ezitolo. Ngalesi sizathu, bekungekho amayunithi anele ukuhlangabezana nesidingo somshini wedeskithophu omusha, ikakhulukazi e-United States nase-Europe, ngenkathi iJapan, ekuqaleni, ibiphikisana nokuhlinzekwa Microsoft futhi walinda ukunyakaza kwe Sony neyakhe PlayStation 3.
Xbox 360 Yayine-hardware enhle ngokushesha abathuthukisi abajwayelene nayo: yayine- I-Xenon CPU de IBM futhi a I-ATI Xenos GPU, eyayimele ukweqa okungaphezu kokumangalisayo kusukela ezingeni esalibona esizukulwaneni esidlule seziduduzi. Yize imidlalo eminingi yokuqala eyafika Xbox 360 zazingathathwa njengezizukulwane ezahlukahlukene futhi kwakuthatha isikhathi ukuvela kwezinhlelo ezazikhombisa ngempela ukuthi lowo mshini wawukwazi ukwenzani.
Lapho ikhonsoli isivele inesisekelo esihle somsebenzisi, ezokuqala zaqala ukuvela izinkinga zehadiwe. Ekuqaleni, kwakukhulunywa ngamacala angawodwa, kepha ngokushesha ububi becala basakazeka isiyingi sokufa y Microsoft wayephethe ibhomu elingaqhuma libhubhise uphawu Xbox. Kulabo bakwaRedmond, ngokunikezwa ubukhulu besigameko, bebengenakho okunye abangakwenza ngaphandle kokunikeza unyaka owengeziwe wewaranti kukhonsoli, isenzo esibiza ngaphezulu amadola ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane. Ngaleso sikhathi, eminye imithombo iveze ukuthi inkinga ye- amalambu abomvu kungenxa yokuhleleka kabi kwehadiwe njengoba Microsoft Yeqa izilawuli zekhwalithi ezifanelekile ukuze ikwazi ukufika ngesikhathi somkhankaso kaKhisimusi ka-2005. Ngemuva kwalokho, kube nokubuyekezwa okuningi kwekhonsoli, ngoshintsho ku-Hardware, i-hard disk umthamo kanye nobuhle bokuqeda, ukuze unikeze ikhasimende okuningi uhlelo oluthembekile.
Kwabadlali abaningi bamageyimu, enye yempumelelo enkulu kakhulu yekhonsoli ngumphakathi owakhiwe nxazonke I-Xbox Live, inkundla yokudlala online Microsoft, okwakubandlulula phakathi kwabasebenzisi abakhokhelayo, okuthiwa Gold, futhi Silver. Ngaphandle kokwenqatshwa kwe- Sony kuleso sizukulwane sokushaja ngokudlala online, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, njengoba sibonile PlayStation 4, ihlulwe imodeli yokukhokha ngohlelo lwayo oluthile PlayStation PlusNgaphezu kwalokho, Microsoft, kungacabangela izici ezithile, njengokulethwa kwemidlalo kumakhasimende akhokhelayo.
Enye yamandla we Xbox 360 abaningi abazokusho kuzoba okwabo Lawula umyalo. Kwakuwukuvela kwe-ergonomic nokunethezeka ngokwengeziwe kwe- isilawuli S kusukela kwangaphambilini Xbox, ngezinkinobho ezisatshalaliswa kangcono, izimbangela ezithuthukisiwe, inkinobho yokuqondisa nesiginali engenantambo. Kodwa-ke, iphuzu elikhulu elibuthakathaka lezilawuli zokuqala laliyikhanda eliqinile nelingacacile, kepha njengekhonsoli, isilawuli se Xbox 360 kwenziwa izibuyekezo eziningi. Ukuthandwa komyalo kwakwenziwa ukuthi yethulwe ku- PC, ngokuhambisana okuhle nokusekelwa okuvela konjiniyela abasebenzise izinhlelo zabo zale nkundla.
Olunye ucezu olubalulekile lwe-hardware empilweni ye- Xbox 360 kwaba ukwethulwa kwe- Kinect. Ezethulweni zokuqala zomngcele, sitshelwe ngakho njengoguquko emhlabeni wemidlalo yevidiyo, sibonga umthamo wokucwiliswa ongakaze ubonwe ngaphambili - uyakhumbula Milo? Ngokuqinisekile akunjalo - amathuba asevele engenamkhawulo. Ekugcineni, lawo mazwi apheshulwa ngumoya, ikhathalogu ye Kinect yehliselwe ochungechungeni lwemidlalo engajwayelekile futhi igajethi yagcina iqoqe uthuli ekhoneni elithile lendlu yabasebenzisi. Ngemuva kwalokho, kube nokuzanywa kabusha ukuthi kubuyiswe lobu buchwepheshe kumthengi ngokusebenzisa Xbox One, kepha impendulo yayimbi kakhulu, ukuthi Microsoft waqala ngokuthula ekhoneni Kinect.
Uma kufanele sikhulume ngesoftware ekhethekile, izihloko ze- for Xbox 360 Bahlukaniswa ngezici ezimbili: kuphela kuma-consoles oeokuphelele. Banikeze okuningi abazokhuluma ngakho Mass Effect o BioShock lapho bekhululwa kwamanye amapulatifomu, noma ukugxekwa Izinhlobo ze-PC de U-Alan Wake, Amagiya Wempi o Inganekwane III. Kepha ukugxila kokuhlangenwe nakho okungasinika kuphela Xbox 360, kufanele sigqamise izinhlelo ezifana I-Halo 3, i-Halo Reach, i-Halo 4, i-Ace Combat 6, i-Blue Dragon, i-Crackdown, i-Dead Rising, okuhlukile Forza Motorsport, trilogy yasekuqaleni ye- Amagiya Wempi, u-Alan Wake, uKameo, Odyssey Olahlekile o Umjaho weProjekthi Gotham 4.
Kukhathalogi ebanzi yekhonsoli, imidlalo ethengise amakhophi angaphezu kwezigidi eziyisithupha yile elandelayo:
- I-Kinect Adventures - izigidi ezingama-21.63
- IGrand Theft Auto V - izigidi eziyi-15.60
- I-Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - 14.59 million
- I-Call of Duty: I-Black Ops - izigidi eziyi-14.41
- Ikholi Yomsebenzi: IBlack Ops II - izigidi eziyi-13.49
- I-Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - 13.44 million
- IMinecraft - izigidi eziyi-13
- IHalo 3 - 12.06 million
- IHalo 4 - 9.41 million
- Amagiya Wempi 2 - 6.74 million
Xbox 360 ibingama PlayStation 3 sibonga ukuzethemba ngokweqile nokuzikhukhumeza kwe Sony. Intengo yekhonsoli Microsoft kwafinyeleleka kalula kumthengi ojwayelekile - khumbula lokho PS3 wagxumela phakathi I-600 euro futhi ngaphandle kokubandakanya ngisho nabadlali bohlelo - umdlalo bajwayele ukwakha okwakungeyona inkimbinkimbi njenge Iseli kwathi eminyakeni yayo yokuqala sahlangana nekhathalogi enkulu yemidlalo. Kodwa-ke, ukunwetshwa kokugcina kwempilo yekhonsoli bekungabazeka impela, ngesomiso esikhulu sezihloko ezikhethekile eziphindwe kathathu-A kanye Microsoft kugxile kakhulu ekwandiseni I-Xbox Live nasekungeneni Kinect ngofanele. Namanje nakho konke, futhi yize kubuyile I-Sony, i-Xbox 360 ikwazile ukufinyelela kumanani okuthengisa okungekho muntu owasolayo emuva ngoNovemba 2005, ikakhulukazi ngemuva kwalezozizukulwane ezimbili zokubusa komkhiqizo PlayStation.