Xbox 360

Released:	U.S. - November 22, 2005 Japan - December 10, 2005 Europe - December 2, 2005 Australia - March 23, 2006
Announced	May 12, 2005 (E3 2005)
Generation:	Seventh generation
Price:	Xbox 360 price
Sales figures:	40.3 Million (as of April 31st, 2010) [2]
Best selling games:	Halo 3 - 8.1 million (Jan 2008) [3]

Xbox 360 (codenamed Xenon^[1]) is Microsoft's successor to the original Xbox and competes in the Seventh generation of video games. It competes directly with the PlayStation 3 and the Nintendo Wii. It will be succeeded by the Xbox 720 (tentative name).

The Xbox 360 was released on November 15, 2005, in the United States and Canada; December 2, 2005, in Europe and December 10, 2005, in Japan. It has sold 57.6 million units worldwide as of October 20th, 2011. (source)

Contents 1 Xbox 360 production costs 2 Xbox 360 success and failures 3 Xbox 360 games 3.1 United States only 3.2 Best selling Xbox 360 games in Japan through January 2009 (source) 4 Sales figures tidbits 5 See also 6 Charts 7 References 8 External links

Xbox 360 production costsEdit

According to iSupply, initial production costs for the premium Xbox 360 with a 120GB hard drive was $500 for the console plus another $55 for other accessories included in the package, such as controllers, power supplies and cables. While Xbox 360 with a 60GB was $300^[2]

Xbox 360 success and failuresEdit

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Positives Great software sales and attach rate outstanding third party support first to market great success in the U.S. impressive graphics online system (Xbox Live) is A-class Xbox Live Arcade ease of development [4]

Negatives Failed to gain popularity in Japan (less than 600K as of June 2008) red ring of death negative net profits confusion due to different SKUs lukewarm launch and first year supply problems for most of first year in the US

Xbox 360 gamesEdit

See also: Best selling games (seventh generation)

Best selling games of the seventh generation
Worldwide
Halo 3	8.1 million (Jan 2008)[3]
United States
Halo 3	4.82 million (Dec 2007)[4]
Japan
Blue Dragon (360)	203,000 (Dec 2008)[5]
United Kingdom (as of December 2008)
Halo 3, Grand Theft Auto IV	over 1 million[6]

3Xbox 360 games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies. (not complete)

1. Halo 3 (8.1 million) (January 2008)^[7]
2. Call of Duty Black Ops^[8]
3. Grand Theft Auto IV (4.074 million approximately: 2.7 million in US, 750,000 in UK, 34,000 in Japan)^[9]
4. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (3.772 million approximately: 3.04 million in US, 78,000 in Canada, 53,501 in Japan) (January 2008)^[10]
5. Call of Duty: World at War (3.35 million) (January 2009)^[11]
6. Gears of War 2 (4 million) (January 2009)^[8]
7. Forza Motorsport 2 (2.274 million approximately: 2.23 million in US, 31,255 in Japan, 12,600 in Canada)(January 2008)^[12]
8. Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (2.08 million in US) (December 2008)^[13]
9. Guitar Hero II (2 million in North America and Western Europe) (April 2008)^[14]
10. Saints Row (2 million) (June 2008)^[15]
11. Assassin's Creed (1.985 million approximately: 1.87 million in US, 60,000 in Canada, 55,041 in Japan)
12. Madden NFL 09 (1.87 million in US) (January 2009)^[16]
13. Madden NFL 07 (1.72 million in US) (December 2008)^[13]
14. Mass Effect (1.6 million) (January 2008)^[17]
15. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (1.562 million approximately: 1.49 million in US, 72,274 in Japan)
16. Madden NFL 08 (1.51 million in US) (December 2008)^[13]
17. Crackdown (1.5 million) (September 2007)^[18]
18. Fable II (2.6 million) (March 2009)^[19]
19. Perfect Dark Zero (1.5 million) (October 2007)^[20]
20. Lost Planet: Extreme Condition (1.5 million) (September 2008)^[21]
21. Call of Duty 2 (1.4 million) (July 2007)^[22]
22. Dead Rising (1.4 million) (September 2008)^[23]
23. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (1.352 million approximately: 1.32 million in US, 32,000 in Canada)
24. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas (1.291 million approximately: 1.27 million in US, 18,592 and 2,731 Platinum Collection version in Japan)
25. Call of Duty 3 (1.234 million approximately: 1.22 million in US, 14,194 in Japan)
26. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (1.211 million approximately: 1.2 million in US, 8,903 and 1,622 Platinum Collection version in Japan)
27. Fight Night Round 3 (1.15 million in US) (December 2008)^[13]
28. Left 4 Dead (1 million) (January 2009)^[24]
29. Dead or Alive 4 (1 million) (November 2006)^[25]
30. Geometry Wars (1 million)
31. Ninja Gaiden II (1 million) (August 2008)^[26]
32. The Orange Box (at least 1 million) (February 2008)^[27]
33. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 (1 million) (April 2007)^[28]
34. Uno (1 million)
35. Viva Piñata (1 million) (November 2008)^[29]
36. Halo Wars (1 million (March 2009)^[30]

Total Xbox Live Arcade games downloaded (including free demos) as of March 6, 2007: 25 million.

United States onlyEdit

• Banjo: Nuts & Bolts - 154k (January 2009)^[31]
• Blue Dragon - 189k
• Halo 3 - 4.66m (regular), 633k (CE), 479k (LE)
• Infinite Undiscovery - 110k
• Lost Odyssey - 348k
• Ninja Gaiden II - 517k
• Saints Row 1 - 1.02m
• Tales of Vesperia - 107k
• The Last Remnant 118k
• Viva Pinata 2 - 80k
• Assassin’s Creed - 2.3m (360),
• Bioshock - 998k (360),
• Burnout Paradise - 371k (360
• Dead Space - 337k (360),
• Fallout 3 - 1.14m (360),
• Guitar Hero 3 - 2.37M (360
• Fight Night 3 - 1.19M (360)
• Guitar Hero: World Tour - 924k (360)
• Mortal Kombat vs DC - 592k (360
• Mirror’s Edge - 207k (360
• Prince of Persia - 282k (360
• Rock Band 1 - 1.65M (360
• Rock Band 2 - 1.02M (360
• Saints Row 2 - 480k (360
• Skate - 606k (360
• Star Wars Force Unleashed - 823k (360

Best selling Xbox 360 games in Japan through January 2009 (source)Edit

1. Blue Dragon 203,740
2. Tales of Vesperia 161,070
3. The Last Remnant 134,611
4. Infinite Undiscovery 112,444
5. Lost Odyssey 109,517
6. Dead or Alive 4 108,618
7. Viva Pinata (Platinum) 101,552
8. Forza 2 (Platinum) 100,591
9. Ace Combat 6 95,002
10. Halo 3 83,696

• Update April 2009

Sales figures tidbitsEdit

• Worldwide:
  • February 2008: 18 million [5]
  • November 2008: 25 million [6]
  • April 2009: 30 million [7]
• United States
  • September 2006 (NA): 3.6 million[8]
  • April 2007: 5.4 million (shipped) [9]
  • June 2007: 6.8 million (shipped)
• Europe:
  • June 2006: 1.3 million [10]
  • September 2006: 1.7 million (shipped) [11]
  • December 2006: 3.1 million (shipped)[12]
  • June 2007: 3.3 million (shipped)[13]
  • May 2008: a little under 5 million [14]
  • June 2008: 5 million [15]
  • September 2008: 6 million [16]
  • November 2008: 7 million [17]
  • January 2009: 8 million [18] (including Middle East and Africa)
• France:
  • December 2007: 500,000 units [19]
  • June 2008: 700K units sold. [20]
  • January 2009: 1.1 million units [21]
• Australia and New Zealand:
  • March 2006 (launch): 30,241 units [22]
  • October 2006: 100,000 units sold [23]
  • February 2007: 145,000 units [24]
  • 68 weeks: 200,000 [25]
  • January 2008: 306,000 units sold [26]
  • July 2008: 410,000 units sold [27]
  • January 2009: 537,000 units sold [28]
• United Kingdom:
  • December 2005 (launch): 50-70,000 units [29][30]
  • 60 weeks since launch: 1 million [31]
  • June 2008: 1,193,008 [32]
  • September 2007 : 1.3 million [33]
  • January 2008: 1.8 million [34]
  • September 2008: 2.3 million [35]
  • January 2009: 3.2 million [36]
• Italy
  • August 2007: 216.500 units sold (GfK)
  • January 2008: 331.000 units sold
  • June 2008: 394.500 units sold
• Germany
  • April 2007: 262,000 [37]
  • August 2007: 281,000 [38]
• Canada
  • December 2007: 716,000 [39]
  • August 2008: 870,000 [40]

See alsoEdit

• Price cuts
• Xbox Live

ChartsEdit

See also: :Category:Charts

ReferencesEdit

External linksEdit

• Official Microsoft financial reports
• Best selling Xbox 360 games in Japan
• The Top 20 LIVE Games of 2008

News articles

• Xbox in Japan: A new Dawn
• Video Game Consoles 2007: Wii, PS3 and the Death of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 (premature announcement of 360's death?)
• Exclusive X360 games

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