The Xbox 360 is designed and manufactured by Microsoft and is the successor to the original Microsoft Xbox. The XBox 360 was officially unveiled on May 12, 2005 and released on November 22, 2005 in the US and Canada; December 2, 2005 in Europe and December 10, 2005 in Japan. The console is integrated with Microsoft's Xbox Live service which allows you compete online, download arcade games, game demos, trailers, TV shows, music and movies.
A full Microsoft Xbox 360 specifications follow:
| Hardware | CPU | 3.2GHz Triple-core Xenon processor | |
| FSB | 21.6 GB/s | ||
| L2 cache | 1 MB | ||
| GPU | ATI Xenos | ||
| Speed | 500 MHz | ||
| 4× FSAA, z-buffering, and alpha blending | |||
| RAM | 512 MB GDDR3 | ||
| Speed | 700 MHz; effective transmission rate of 1.4 GHz on a 128-bit bus | ||
| Audio | Dolby Digital 5.1 surroud sound 256 audio channels 320 independent decompression channels 32 bit processing 48khz 16-bit sound | ||
| Video | DVI; HDMI; Composite video; up to 1080p HD video out | ||
| Optical | 12x dual-layer DVD-ROM | ||
| Storage | Internal | 4 GB | |
| Detachable | 250GB | ||
| Connectivity | LAN | 10/100 Ethernet adaptor | |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 n | ||
| USB | 5x USB 2.0 | ||
| Software | Version | 2.0.14717.0 | |
The Xbox 360 also offers region specific access to third-party streaming services like Hulu, Netflix and ESPN in the US or Sky Go in the UK.
on June 14, 2010 Microsoft announced a redesigned slimmer version of the console which features integrated 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, TOSLINK S/PDIF optical audio output 5 USB 2.0 ports and a special AUX port.
