Xbox 360 - Launch details

The Xbox 360 is Microsoft's newest video game console, the successor to their original Xbox. It was released on November 22, 2005 in North America, December 2 in Europe, and December 10 in Japan. It will be released on February 2, 2006 in Mexico, February 24 in South Korea, and March 2, 2006 in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore. The Xbox 360 will compete against the upcoming generation of consoles, including the Sony PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Revolution, and was officially unveiled on MTV on ...

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• Xbox 360 - Retail configurations and pricing
• Xbox 360 - Launch details
• Xbox 360 - Dates
• Xbox 360 - Available titles
• Xbox 360 - Components and accessories
• Xbox 360 - Controller
• Xbox 360 - Detachable hard drive
• Xbox 360 - Faceplates
• Xbox 360 - AV connection cables
• Xbox 360 - Other
• Xbox 360 - Hardware specifications
• Xbox 360 - Central processing unit
• Xbox 360 - Graphics processing unit
• Xbox 360 - Memory
• Xbox 360 - System bandwidth
• Xbox 360 - Overall System Floating-Point Performance
• Xbox 360 - Audio
• Xbox 360 - Video
• Xbox 360 - DVD drive
• Xbox 360 - Physical characteristics
• Xbox 360 - Miscellaneous
• Xbox 360 - Dashboard
• Xbox 360 - Software development
• Xbox 360 - XNA
• Xbox 360 - Procedural synthesis
• Xbox 360 - Backward compatibility
• Xbox 360 - Xbox Live on the Xbox 360
• Xbox 360 - Xbox Gamer Guide
• Xbox 360 - Xbox Live Marketplace and Arcade
• Xbox 360 - Marketing
• Xbox 360 - Viral advertising and alternate reality games
• Xbox 360 - Console launch
• Xbox 360 - United States and Canada
• Xbox 360 - Europe
• Xbox 360 - Japan
• Xbox 360 - HD-DVD
• Xbox 360 - Technical Issues
• Xbox 360 - Xbox 360 Screen of Death
• Xbox 360 - Crashing
• Xbox 360 - Disc Scratching
• Xbox 360 - Disc Playback Problems
• Xbox 360 - Power Supply
• Xbox 360 - Red Light Patterns
• Xbox 360 - List of Solutions

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The Xbox 360 has been released in North America, Europe, and Japan. Many stores sold out on the first day, and as of late December consumers had to hunt across many stores to find one in stock. In Japan, it was received far less enthusiastically, despite the low price and bonus features. For full details see Console Launch. Xbox 360 - Dates. The Xbox 360 was officially unveiled on MTV on May 12, 2005, a week before E³. The first area to see the machine released was Brazil on November 21, 2005, at the Braz ...

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Xbox 360 - Controller. The Xbox 360 has the ability to support up to four wireless controllers. Alternately it can support two wired controllers through the use of its USB ports at the front, the USB port on the back will support a third controller. Since the controller has a USB cable, it is also usable in Windows PCs. The wired controller has a nine foot (2.74 m) long cord with a break-away feature. The wireless controller has a battery life of up to 25 hours on the NiMH rechargeable battery pack (optional and recommended) and a recommended range of up to 30 feet (9.14 m), ...

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Xbox 360, Xbox 360 - Retail configurations and pricing, Xbox 360 - Launch details, Xbox 360 - Dates, Xbox 360 - Available titles, Xbox 360 - Components and accessories, Xbox 360 - Controller, Xbox 360 - Detachable hard drive, Xbox 360 - Faceplates, Xbox 360 - AV connection cables, Xbox 360 - Other, Xbox 360 - Hardware specifications, Xbox 360 - Central processing unit, Xbox 360 - Graphics processing unit, Xbox 360 - Memory, Xbox 360 - System bandwidth, Xbox 360 - Overall System Floating-Point Performance, Xbox 360 - Audio, Xbox 360 - Video, Xbox 360 - DVD drive, Xbox 360 - Physical characteristics, Xbox 360 - Miscellaneous, Xbox 360 - Dashboard, Xbox 360 - Software development, Xbox 360 - XNA, Xbox 360 - Procedural synthesis, Xbox 360 - Backward compatibility, Xbox 360 - Xbox Live on the Xbox 360, Xbox 360 - Xbox Gamer Guide, Xbox 360 - Xbox Live Marketplace and Arcade, Xbox 360 - Marketing, Xbox 360 - Viral advertising and alternate reality games, Xbox 360 - Console launch, Xbox 360 - United States and Canada, Xbox 360 - Europe, Xbox 360 - Japan, Xbox 360 - HD-DVD, Xbox 360 - Technical Issues, Xbox 360 - Xbox 360 Screen of Death, Xbox 360 - Crashing, Xbox 360 - Disc Scratching, Xbox 360 - Disc Playback Problems, Xbox 360 - Power Supply, Xbox 360 - Red Light Patterns, Xbox 360 - List of Solutions

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Xbox 360 - United States and Canada. Prelaunch reports assume that Microsoft intentionally restricted supply [12], although there is no evidence to support this and Microsoft has said they are releasing all units into supply chains as quickly as possible [13] [14]. Evidence indicates that Microsoft launched with all consoles available at the time, and operating at maximum production capability (i.e. they did not withhold produced consoles). They did not, however, build up a sufficient supply of consoles to satisfy the entire demand at launch. This allowed them to launch several months earlier than would otherw ...

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Xbox 360, Xbox 360 - Retail configurations and pricing, Xbox 360 - Launch details, Xbox 360 - Dates, Xbox 360 - Available titles, Xbox 360 - Components and accessories, Xbox 360 - Controller, Xbox 360 - Detachable hard drive, Xbox 360 - Faceplates, Xbox 360 - AV connection cables, Xbox 360 - Other, Xbox 360 - Hardware specifications, Xbox 360 - Central processing unit, Xbox 360 - Graphics processing unit, Xbox 360 - Memory, Xbox 360 - System bandwidth, Xbox 360 - Overall System Floating-Point Performance, Xbox 360 - Audio, Xbox 360 - Video, Xbox 360 - DVD drive, Xbox 360 - Physical characteristics, Xbox 360 - Miscellaneous, Xbox 360 - Dashboard, Xbox 360 - Software development, Xbox 360 - XNA, Xbox 360 - Procedural synthesis, Xbox 360 - Backward compatibility, Xbox 360 - Xbox Live on the Xbox 360, Xbox 360 - Xbox Gamer Guide, Xbox 360 - Xbox Live Marketplace and Arcade, Xbox 360 - Marketing, Xbox 360 - Viral advertising and alternate reality games, Xbox 360 - Console launch, Xbox 360 - United States and Canada, Xbox 360 - Europe, Xbox 360 - Japan, Xbox 360 - HD-DVD, Xbox 360 - Technical Issues, Xbox 360 - Xbox 360 Screen of Death, Xbox 360 - Crashing, Xbox 360 - Disc Scratching, Xbox 360 - Disc Playback Problems, Xbox 360 - Power Supply, Xbox 360 - Red Light Patterns, Xbox 360 - List of Solutions

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Xbox 360 - Xbox 360 Screen of Death. The Xbox 360 screen of death (X360SoD) is an error screen displayed by the Xbox 360 game console. It was discovered in Wal-Mart stores days before the official console launch. Microsoft placed kiosks for demonstration in some stores and the error began appearing. The error stops the console and requests that the player contact technical support. The screen contains the text "System error. Contact Xbox Customer Support." in a variety of languages and the error code at the bottom. ...

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Xbox 360, Xbox 360 - Retail configurations and pricing, Xbox 360 - Launch details, Xbox 360 - Dates, Xbox 360 - Available titles, Xbox 360 - Components and accessories, Xbox 360 - Controller, Xbox 360 - Detachable hard drive, Xbox 360 - Faceplates, Xbox 360 - AV connection cables, Xbox 360 - Other, Xbox 360 - Hardware specifications, Xbox 360 - Central processing unit, Xbox 360 - Graphics processing unit, Xbox 360 - Memory, Xbox 360 - System bandwidth, Xbox 360 - Overall System Floating-Point Performance, Xbox 360 - Audio, Xbox 360 - Video, Xbox 360 - DVD drive, Xbox 360 - Physical characteristics, Xbox 360 - Miscellaneous, Xbox 360 - Dashboard, Xbox 360 - Software development, Xbox 360 - XNA, Xbox 360 - Procedural synthesis, Xbox 360 - Backward compatibility, Xbox 360 - Xbox Live on the Xbox 360, Xbox 360 - Xbox Gamer Guide, Xbox 360 - Xbox Live Marketplace and Arcade, Xbox 360 - Marketing, Xbox 360 - Viral advertising and alternate reality games, Xbox 360 - Console launch, Xbox 360 - United States and Canada, Xbox 360 - Europe, Xbox 360 - Japan, Xbox 360 - HD-DVD, Xbox 360 - Technical Issues, Xbox 360 - Xbox 360 Screen of Death, Xbox 360 - Crashing, Xbox 360 - Disc Scratching, Xbox 360 - Disc Playback Problems, Xbox 360 - Power Supply, Xbox 360 - Red Light Patterns, Xbox 360 - List of Solutions

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The official unveiling of the system occurred on Thursday, May 12, 2005 on MTV in a program called MTV Presents: The Next Generation Xbox Revealed hosted by actor Elijah Wood with a musical performance by the band The Killers. The Xbox 360 was also featured on the cover of Time magazine's May 23, 2005 issue with Microsoft chairman Bill Gates holding up one of the units. In the article he says "It's perfect...The day Sony launches [the new PlayStation], and they walk right into Halo 3." [8] Read more at wikiquote. Microso ...

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Xbox 360, Xbox 360 - Retail configurations and pricing, Xbox 360 - Launch details, Xbox 360 - Dates, Xbox 360 - Available titles, Xbox 360 - Components and accessories, Xbox 360 - Controller, Xbox 360 - Detachable hard drive, Xbox 360 - Faceplates, Xbox 360 - AV connection cables, Xbox 360 - Other, Xbox 360 - Hardware specifications, Xbox 360 - Central processing unit, Xbox 360 - Graphics processing unit, Xbox 360 - Memory, Xbox 360 - System bandwidth, Xbox 360 - Overall System Floating-Point Performance, Xbox 360 - Audio, Xbox 360 - Video, Xbox 360 - DVD drive, Xbox 360 - Physical characteristics, Xbox 360 - Miscellaneous, Xbox 360 - Dashboard, Xbox 360 - Software development, Xbox 360 - XNA, Xbox 360 - Procedural synthesis, Xbox 360 - Backward compatibility, Xbox 360 - Xbox Live on the Xbox 360, Xbox 360 - Xbox Gamer Guide, Xbox 360 - Xbox Live Marketplace and Arcade, Xbox 360 - Marketing, Xbox 360 - Viral advertising and alternate reality games, Xbox 360 - Console launch, Xbox 360 - United States and Canada, Xbox 360 - Europe, Xbox 360 - Japan, Xbox 360 - HD-DVD, Xbox 360 - Technical Issues, Xbox 360 - Xbox 360 Screen of Death, Xbox 360 - Crashing, Xbox 360 - Disc Scratching, Xbox 360 - Disc Playback Problems, Xbox 360 - Power Supply, Xbox 360 - Red Light Patterns, Xbox 360 - List of Solutions

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During early development the Xbox 360 was referred to as "Xenon", "Xbox 2", and "Xbox Next". Xbox 360 - XNA. In March 2004, Microsoft announced a new game development software strategy dubbed "XNA", which Microsoft claims would enable game studios to cut development times by up to a third if developing across multiple Microsoft platforms, by means of tools created with the increasing difficulty of programming for a machine with three processor cores in mind. The Xbox 360 game development will be centered a ...

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Xbox 360, Xbox 360 - Retail configurations and pricing, Xbox 360 - Launch details, Xbox 360 - Dates, Xbox 360 - Available titles, Xbox 360 - Components and accessories, Xbox 360 - Controller, Xbox 360 - Detachable hard drive, Xbox 360 - Faceplates, Xbox 360 - AV connection cables, Xbox 360 - Other, Xbox 360 - Hardware specifications, Xbox 360 - Central processing unit, Xbox 360 - Graphics processing unit, Xbox 360 - Memory, Xbox 360 - System bandwidth, Xbox 360 - Overall System Floating-Point Performance, Xbox 360 - Audio, Xbox 360 - Video, Xbox 360 - DVD drive, Xbox 360 - Physical characteristics, Xbox 360 - Miscellaneous, Xbox 360 - Dashboard, Xbox 360 - Software development, Xbox 360 - XNA, Xbox 360 - Procedural synthesis, Xbox 360 - Backward compatibility, Xbox 360 - Xbox Live on the Xbox 360, Xbox 360 - Xbox Gamer Guide, Xbox 360 - Xbox Live Marketplace and Arcade, Xbox 360 - Marketing, Xbox 360 - Viral advertising and alternate reality games, Xbox 360 - Console launch, Xbox 360 - United States and Canada, Xbox 360 - Europe, Xbox 360 - Japan, Xbox 360 - HD-DVD, Xbox 360 - Technical Issues, Xbox 360 - Xbox 360 Screen of Death, Xbox 360 - Crashing, Xbox 360 - Disc Scratching, Xbox 360 - Disc Playback Problems, Xbox 360 - Power Supply, Xbox 360 - Red Light Patterns, Xbox 360 - List of Solutions

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Specifications are also available at the official Xbox website. Xbox 360 - Central processing unit. The central processing unit (CPU), named Xenon, is a custom IBM triple-core PowerPC-based design. [3] 90 nm process, 165 million transistors Three symmetrical cores, each one SMT-capable and clocked at 3.2 GHz One VMX-128 (IBM's branding for AltiVec) SIMD unit per core 128×128 register file for each VMX unit< ...

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Xbox 360, Xbox 360 - Retail configurations and pricing, Xbox 360 - Launch details, Xbox 360 - Dates, Xbox 360 - Available titles, Xbox 360 - Components and accessories, Xbox 360 - Controller, Xbox 360 - Detachable hard drive, Xbox 360 - Faceplates, Xbox 360 - AV connection cables, Xbox 360 - Other, Xbox 360 - Hardware specifications, Xbox 360 - Central processing unit, Xbox 360 - Graphics processing unit, Xbox 360 - Memory, Xbox 360 - System bandwidth, Xbox 360 - Overall System Floating-Point Performance, Xbox 360 - Audio, Xbox 360 - Video, Xbox 360 - DVD drive, Xbox 360 - Physical characteristics, Xbox 360 - Miscellaneous, Xbox 360 - Dashboard, Xbox 360 - Software development, Xbox 360 - XNA, Xbox 360 - Procedural synthesis, Xbox 360 - Backward compatibility, Xbox 360 - Xbox Live on the Xbox 360, Xbox 360 - Xbox Gamer Guide, Xbox 360 - Xbox Live Marketplace and Arcade, Xbox 360 - Marketing, Xbox 360 - Viral advertising and alternate reality games, Xbox 360 - Console launch, Xbox 360 - United States and Canada, Xbox 360 - Europe, Xbox 360 - Japan, Xbox 360 - HD-DVD, Xbox 360 - Technical Issues, Xbox 360 - Xbox 360 Screen of Death, Xbox 360 - Crashing, Xbox 360 - Disc Scratching, Xbox 360 - Disc Playback Problems, Xbox 360 - Power Supply, Xbox 360 - Red Light Patterns, Xbox 360 - List of Solutions

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The Dashboard is the main interface to the Xbox 360, governed by a series of "blades" to subdivide categories. The Dashboard will launch automaticially at boot if no game disc is inserted into the console. The Dashboard can also be accessed via the Xbox Guide button on the controller at any time to open a player specific blade. From there, the full Dashboard can be run, exiting the current game. The main dashboard is divided into 4 main sections: Xbox Live/MarketPlace For downloading maps, patches etc. ...

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Xbox 360, Xbox 360 - Retail configurations and pricing, Xbox 360 - Launch details, Xbox 360 - Dates, Xbox 360 - Available titles, Xbox 360 - Components and accessories, Xbox 360 - Controller, Xbox 360 - Detachable hard drive, Xbox 360 - Faceplates, Xbox 360 - AV connection cables, Xbox 360 - Other, Xbox 360 - Hardware specifications, Xbox 360 - Central processing unit, Xbox 360 - Graphics processing unit, Xbox 360 - Memory, Xbox 360 - System bandwidth, Xbox 360 - Overall System Floating-Point Performance, Xbox 360 - Audio, Xbox 360 - Video, Xbox 360 - DVD drive, Xbox 360 - Physical characteristics, Xbox 360 - Miscellaneous, Xbox 360 - Dashboard, Xbox 360 - Software development, Xbox 360 - XNA, Xbox 360 - Procedural synthesis, Xbox 360 - Backward compatibility, Xbox 360 - Xbox Live on the Xbox 360, Xbox 360 - Xbox Gamer Guide, Xbox 360 - Xbox Live Marketplace and Arcade, Xbox 360 - Marketing, Xbox 360 - Viral advertising and alternate reality games, Xbox 360 - Console launch, Xbox 360 - United States and Canada, Xbox 360 - Europe, Xbox 360 - Japan, Xbox 360 - HD-DVD, Xbox 360 - Technical Issues, Xbox 360 - Xbox 360 Screen of Death, Xbox 360 - Crashing, Xbox 360 - Disc Scratching, Xbox 360 - Disc Playback Problems, Xbox 360 - Power Supply, Xbox 360 - Red Light Patterns, Xbox 360 - List of Solutions

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Microsoft's current retail strategy involves two different configurations of the Xbox 360 in most countries. In United Kingdom and Europe, the console is available in two versions: an Xbox 360 SKU, frequently referred to as the "Xbox 360 Premium Edition"; and an Xbox 360 Core System SKU. The Core System is not available in Japan, instead Microsoft offers a package identical to the Xbox 360 SKU for ¥37,900 ($323.90 as of 21 December 05 8:09 UTC, [1]). The Xbox 360 Premium Edition is being sold in America fo ...

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Xbox 360, Xbox 360 - Retail configurations and pricing, Xbox 360 - Launch details, Xbox 360 - Dates, Xbox 360 - Available titles, Xbox 360 - Components and accessories, Xbox 360 - Controller, Xbox 360 - Detachable hard drive, Xbox 360 - Faceplates, Xbox 360 - AV connection cables, Xbox 360 - Other, Xbox 360 - Hardware specifications, Xbox 360 - Central processing unit, Xbox 360 - Graphics processing unit, Xbox 360 - Memory, Xbox 360 - System bandwidth, Xbox 360 - Overall System Floating-Point Performance, Xbox 360 - Audio, Xbox 360 - Video, Xbox 360 - DVD drive, Xbox 360 - Physical characteristics, Xbox 360 - Miscellaneous, Xbox 360 - Dashboard, Xbox 360 - Software development, Xbox 360 - XNA, Xbox 360 - Procedural synthesis, Xbox 360 - Backward compatibility, Xbox 360 - Xbox Live on the Xbox 360, Xbox 360 - Xbox Gamer Guide, Xbox 360 - Xbox Live Marketplace and Arcade, Xbox 360 - Marketing, Xbox 360 - Viral advertising and alternate reality games, Xbox 360 - Console launch, Xbox 360 - United States and Canada, Xbox 360 - Europe, Xbox 360 - Japan, Xbox 360 - HD-DVD, Xbox 360 - Technical Issues, Xbox 360 - Xbox 360 Screen of Death, Xbox 360 - Crashing, Xbox 360 - Disc Scratching, Xbox 360 - Disc Playback Problems, Xbox 360 - Power Supply, Xbox 360 - Red Light Patterns, Xbox 360 - List of Solutions

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With the launch of the Xbox 360, Microsoft's online gaming service, Xbox Live will go through a major upgrade adding a basic non-subscription service (Silver) to its already established premium subscription-based service (Gold). Xbox Live Silver is free of charge and allows users to create a profile, join on message boards, access to Microsoft's Xbox Live Arcade, and talk to other members. Silver members are not allowed to play any games online. Microsoft has also announced there will be trial weekends for Silver members to access the full f ...

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Xbox 360, Xbox 360 - Retail configurations and pricing, Xbox 360 - Launch details, Xbox 360 - Dates, Xbox 360 - Available titles, Xbox 360 - Components and accessories, Xbox 360 - Controller, Xbox 360 - Detachable hard drive, Xbox 360 - Faceplates, Xbox 360 - AV connection cables, Xbox 360 - Other, Xbox 360 - Hardware specifications, Xbox 360 - Central processing unit, Xbox 360 - Graphics processing unit, Xbox 360 - Memory, Xbox 360 - System bandwidth, Xbox 360 - Overall System Floating-Point Performance, Xbox 360 - Audio, Xbox 360 - Video, Xbox 360 - DVD drive, Xbox 360 - Physical characteristics, Xbox 360 - Miscellaneous, Xbox 360 - Dashboard, Xbox 360 - Software development, Xbox 360 - XNA, Xbox 360 - Procedural synthesis, Xbox 360 - Backward compatibility, Xbox 360 - Xbox Live on the Xbox 360, Xbox 360 - Xbox Gamer Guide, Xbox 360 - Xbox Live Marketplace and Arcade, Xbox 360 - Marketing, Xbox 360 - Viral advertising and alternate reality games, Xbox 360 - Console launch, Xbox 360 - United States and Canada, Xbox 360 - Europe, Xbox 360 - Japan, Xbox 360 - HD-DVD, Xbox 360 - Technical Issues, Xbox 360 - Xbox 360 Screen of Death, Xbox 360 - Crashing, Xbox 360 - Disc Scratching, Xbox 360 - Disc Playback Problems, Xbox 360 - Power Supply, Xbox 360 - Red Light Patterns, Xbox 360 - List of Solutions

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