The 360 is the latest of Microsoft's Xbox console systems. This is a sleek and smooth looking console and it signaled the arrival of the next generation of video game machines.
Microsoft aimed to captivate gamers worldwide with the release of the 360. The system has a CPU with three IBM PowerPC chips, an ATI 500 MHz graphics processor, 512 Mb of memory, a removable hard drive, three USB ports, two memory card slots, an infrared receiver, a wireless controller and much much more.
There are quite a lot of games for this Xbox console, the more popular being: Call of Duty 4, Quake 4, Need For Speed: Most Wanted, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06, The Darkness, Perfect Dark Zero, Gears of War, Saint's Row, and more. Don't worry about having to leave your old, original Xbox games behind, Microsoft has the answer with "backwards compatibility". A downloadable update provides you with an emulator that allows your 360 to play a large number of original games.
The number of original games that are "backwards compatible" with the Xbox 360 varies between regions, so you must check out your own region to make sure the games you would like to play are supported by "backward compatibility".
Microsoft provide an online gaming service, Xbox Live, which enables gamers to pit their wits against other users. There are different levels of online gameplay, including, casual, pro, family, and underground. Other useful features include the ability to connect to other devices like mp3 players and computers enabling the user to play movies, music and create slideshows of their photographs, viewing them on the television via the console. All in all the new Xbox console is as good as, if not better than, the Sony PS3.
