Yesterday, November 22 saw the Xbox 360 celebrate its fourth birthday in the US. That’s right folks, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 was released all the way back in 2005, ushering in the era of HD console gaming.
Notable launch games included Project Gotham Racing 3, Perfect Dark Zero and Call of Duty 2 – and my personal favourite, Kameo – the first game that showed me the potential of High Definition gaming. The console has proved to be pretty gosh-darned popular just about everywhere – barring Japan – having sold an estimated 33,373,010 units to date. Of which at least 9 of them are said to still be working. 4 years in and the hardware issues still aren’t sorted?
Jokes about the undeniably shoddy hardware aside, happy birthday Xbox 360! With this console generation being ostensibly longer than expected, we’re looking forward to another 4 years of Xbox 360.
Tell us your Xbox 360 Happy or Horror Stories in the comments.
Last Updated: November 23, 2009
BobbyKotickmanhandledChuckNorris
November 23, 2009 at 13:49
4 years already? Unbelievable, so I suppose it’s reaching the end of its tenure in the next year or so? I don’t really believe that this gen’s consoles will run for a total of 10 years. There’s a part of me that wonders whether Natal won’t be a complete console upgrade.
Bobby Kotick is Boby Kotick in 3D
November 23, 2009 at 13:56
Speaking of birthdays, World of Warcraft is having it’s 5th anniversary this week. Guess I need to go logon and get my free pet or something. I really wish MS would give out some free avatar stuff on the box’s birthday.