It worked, though, helping the brand stay alive while the company fixed the issues in production. Microsoft never admitted to what the failure rate was - with estimates above 30 per cent - but the company spent over a $1 billion (U.S.) responding to the problem, extending warranties and paying for customers to ship defective consoles back to it. You had your heart set on playing something, and your trusty Xbox 360 fired up like usual, but it wasn't: the normally green light on the front of the console flashed an ominous red three times and then, likely never lit up again. If you are a gamer of a certain vintage, you have a Red Ring of Death story. Combined with the multiplatform games that came out during its era, Xbox 360 had a great lineup over the course of its lifespan. There also somewhat overlooked gems like Bulletstorm and Crackdown.
It had a wide variety of experiences including a multiplayer darling like Left 4 Dead or even smaller games like Shadow Complex or Geometry Wars Retro Evolved. Here are some of the things that we will remember about the console as it heads off into the sunset.Įvery console starts and ends with the games, and over its lifespan, the Xbox 360 had a huge string of exclusives, including the Halo series, Gears of War and Bioshock. So it still has a ways to go until it emulates its precursor’s success. Microsoft said it’s halting production, but that remaining inventory will be sold and games will continue to be sold on its Xbox Live online service.īut the 360 is from a bygone era, as the company has moved onto the Xbox One, which is believed to have sold 19 million units after being out for almost three years. It sold more than 81 million units around the world and helped created modern online play as we know it. It is a testament to the popularity of the Xbox 360 that despite being plagued by a failure rate that became a part of the popular lexicon, it still did enough to make Microsoft a legitimate gaming company.įirst introduced in 2005, it was at the top of the heap in the gaming world for a while.
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