Game over for Xbox 360

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Game over for Xbox 360

tangor

9:33 pm on Apr 20, 2016 (gmt 0)

Microsoft has halted production of its Xbox 360 games console just over 10 years after it launched in November 2005.

"Xbox 360 means a lot to everyone in Microsoft. And while we’ve had an amazing run, the realities of manufacturing a product over a decade old are starting to creep up on us," said Xbox boss Phil Spencer on Wednesday.

[theregister.co.uk...]
Never owned one. Have played on one. Liked it.
Meanwhile, Live and all that other stuff will continue after existing stocks are sold.

bill

10:09 pm on Apr 20, 2016 (gmt 0)

Now they can exclusively push the more expensive Xbox One. ;)
However it's probably a good thing that the older platform is being retired in favor of the new. Microsoft has a habit of maintaining backward compatibility longer than is beneficial to them or the industry at large.