Microsoft has stopped the release of Xbox 360
10 years after the release of the first Xbox 360, the production of a veteran console decided to stop
Microsoft announced the discontinuation of the release of the Xbox 360 console. The corporation has dedicated a separate post to the gaming system, which briefly describes how much success the company has achieved with its brainchild. But still the release of these consoles, it was decided to stop.
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Some time after the completion of production, the Xbox 360 can be bought at various stores, as the console supplies are quite bulky, and far from all devices have arrived at the stores. Microsoft also promises that the system will continue to be supported - the platform will be updated, and Xbox Live will continue to work and be accessible to Xbox 360 owners.
Interestingly, after the release of the new generation console, it was announced that there was no backward compatibility with Xbox 360 games. But in June of last year, Microsoft announced the start of work on the implementation of Xbox One’s partial backward compatibility with Xbox 360 games.
As for the games, Microsoft highlights such hits as Gears of War, Halo and others. Some of the most famous toys were originally created for the Xbox 360.
At the moment, gamers have played more than 78 billion hours, got about 486 billion Gamescore, 27 billion "achivok." The owners of the system will be able to continue to buy toys for it (more than 4,000 items), both on the web and in stores. It will be possible to acquire and “iron” for their consoles, including hard drives, controllers, Kinect, etc.
Well, the decision of the corporation is quite logical - after all, there is already a new generation console, which needs to be given maximum attention. So goodbye and hello, Xbox!
Microsoft announced the discontinuation of the release of the Xbox 360 console. The corporation has dedicated a separate post to the gaming system, which briefly describes how much success the company has achieved with its brainchild. But still the release of these consoles, it was decided to stop.
')
Some time after the completion of production, the Xbox 360 can be bought at various stores, as the console supplies are quite bulky, and far from all devices have arrived at the stores. Microsoft also promises that the system will continue to be supported - the platform will be updated, and Xbox Live will continue to work and be accessible to Xbox 360 owners.
Interestingly, after the release of the new generation console, it was announced that there was no backward compatibility with Xbox 360 games. But in June of last year, Microsoft announced the start of work on the implementation of Xbox One’s partial backward compatibility with Xbox 360 games.
As for the games, Microsoft highlights such hits as Gears of War, Halo and others. Some of the most famous toys were originally created for the Xbox 360.
At the moment, gamers have played more than 78 billion hours, got about 486 billion Gamescore, 27 billion "achivok." The owners of the system will be able to continue to buy toys for it (more than 4,000 items), both on the web and in stores. It will be possible to acquire and “iron” for their consoles, including hard drives, controllers, Kinect, etc.
Well, the decision of the corporation is quite logical - after all, there is already a new generation console, which needs to be given maximum attention. So goodbye and hello, Xbox!
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/393139/
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