XBox 360: The Gaming Console with a Difference

                                                                                         

The XBox 360 is a seventh generation video game console that has been designed and developed by Microsoft Corp. The device is a successor to XBox gaming console. The device competes with Nintendo's Wii and Sony's PlayStation 3 gaming consoles. Its Xbox Live feature allows the users to download arcade games, television shows and movies into the console. The device was officially launched on MTV in May 2005.

By the end of December 2007, about 17.7 million units of the gaming console were sold around the world. The gaming console supports .wmv, H.264, MPEG-4 video file formats. It uses USB mass storage for storing music, video and audio files. The device makes use of the Dashboard graphical user interface (GUI). The Dashboard is a tabbed interface that was designed by AKQA and features five Blades. Microsoft has released several updates for Dashboard since its launch. These updates have added new features to the console and have also enhanced its multimedia playback capabilities to a large extent.

The gaming console was officially launched with 13 games in the UK and 14 in North America. Some of the best selling XBox 360 games include "Call of Duty 2," "Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter" and "Dead or Alive 4." A new XBox Original feature was added as part of the December 2007 update of Dashboard. The XBox Original feature allows users to download original XBox games directly into their XBox 360.

The XBox 360 is presently available in four different versions - the Arcade, the Elite, the Core and the Premium. Microsoft has produced special editions of the device at times, usually to coincide with the release of a major product. These special editions of the gaming console are produced in limited numbers and are generally custom-coloured. The newest version of the gaming console comes loaded with a range of latest games that will keep the children enthralled for long hours.

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