By Emma Boyle
It had a production run of more than ten years and in that time it became one of the top ten highest selling consoles of all time. It’s safe to say that the Xbox 360 is one of the brightest stars in Microsoft’s sky. Not least because it’s outlined by a big red ring of death.
You voted, and we listened. The Xbox 360 earns its place in our list of the greatest games consoles of all time.
Though the red ring of death nightmare will no doubt always cast a shadow over the Xbox 360’s historical reputation (both in gamers’ personal memories and generally) it’s an incredibly important console both for Microsoft and the wider gaming world.
In the era where online gaming was beginning to flourish, the 360 was at the forefront, pushing it mass market with an excellently redesigned Xbox Live infrastructure. In addition, its introduction of Achievement Points and Gamerscores added a new competitive dimension to games that helped players extract as much as possible from their games.
Great games, great controller, great times
As well as building on and massively improving the online infrastructure of the original Xbox, the 360 offered a much more attractive and streamlined design. …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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