xbox 360
The Xbox 360 launched in 2005 to take on the Sony PlayStation 3 and the Nintendo Wii in the home console market. Due to some manufacturing issues, Microsoft had a year head start over Sony in the seventh-generation console war. It succeeded the original Xbox, which didn’t see the kind of success the PS2 saw, but it laid the foundation to give the Japanese gaming giant a run for its money. On its 15th anniversary, let’s look back at some of the interesting and fun facts you probably didn’t know about the Xbox 360 and the Xbox brand. Information suggests that every Xbox 360 owner purchased 7.5 games. That may not sound like a lot, but users should know that the Xbox 360 could be modded to play pirated games. The Xbox 360 supported HD-DVD in the HD-DVD vs Blu-ray format war. While the format war was won by Blu-ray, users needed to purchase an external HD-DVD player to watch HD-DVDs on the console. Before finalizing on the Xbox 360 as the name for the console, Microsoft contemplated cal