Xbox360 Collides With PS3

The Xbox 360 (pronounced as "3-60") is the replacement for Microsoft's home console video games. The game was officially launched on MTV last year, May 12, 2005, to be exact. The more detailed launch, including the presentation of the most important information for the Xbox, it was the same month at the Electronic Entertainment Expo famous.

However, there was an official version of the game almost six months later, on November 22 in North America and Puerto Rico. Other launches included those made in Europe in December last year and two in Japan last December 10th with the launch virtually simultaneously in the three major regions of the world, becoming the first video game console Xbox 360 in order to achieve such a feat. He is also the first operator in a new generation of game consoles that are supposed to give tough competition to Sony's PlayStation and Nintendo's Wii.

There are two different configurations of the Xbox 360 in most countries, including the Premium package price of USD 299 million, and Core System, with a market capitalization of $ 399 USD This is not even available in Japan. However, Microsoft will offer an identical package, it sells for Y37, 900th the price has obviously drawn the most negative criticism, particularly by Japanese customers as they said they are able to buy the smallest package Game at a price much lower than elsewhere. But it is usually coded region for Japan.

During its development, the Xbox was more commonly referred to as Xenon, Xbox2, Xbox Next or Nextbox. Now is the seventh generation consoles, originally developed for Microsoft to lead a small group of Seamus Blackley, a game developer and high energy physics. Voices of developing a video game first released during the second season in 1999, when the big boss of Microsoft Bill Gates said in an interview that the gaming / multimedia device was important for multimedia convergence in the new era of digital entertainment. Thus, the following year, the central concept of the video game was published a press release.

Analysts estimate that the Xbox 360 is Microsoft's way of capitalizing on the video game market booming, especially with the PC market has grown stagnant after the bust http://dot.com. The video game industry, Microsoft provided the opportunity to diversify its product line until the 1990s was heavily concentrated in the production of software.

Besides this, the Xbox 360 also came from the concept, because according to Heather Chaplin and Aaron Ruby, authors of the book Smartbomb, excellent Sony PlayStation game console in 1990, sent a message of concern for Microsoft. The growing success of the video game industry, where Sony is considered a pioneer, threaten the PC market, a sector long dominated by Microsoft and the largest share of turnover of the company was heavily dependent. Video Business dare game through the Xbox was the next logical step for Microsoft, said, Chaplin and Ruby.