Xbox360 yayi karo da PS3

Xbox360 (ana kiransa da ‘uku da sittin’) shine maye gurbin Microsoft zuwa na’urar wasan bidiyo ta asali. An ƙaddamar da wasan bidiyo bisa ƙa’ida akan Channel MTV a bara, 12 ga Mayu, 2005, don ya zama daidai. Launcharin bayani dalla-dalla, gami da gabatar da mafi mahimman bayanai na xbox, an yi shi daga baya a cikin wannan watan a sanannen Expo na Nishaɗin Lantarki.

Koyaya, sakin bidiyo na yau da kullun an yi kusan watanni shida bayan haka, a ranar 22 ga Nuwamba, a Arewacin Amurka da Puerto Rico. Sauran gabatarwar sun hada da wadanda aka yi a Turai a Disambar da ta gabata 2 da Japan a Disamba na 10. Tare da kusan gabatarwa iri daya a fadin manyan yankuna uku na duniya, Xbox360 don haka ya zama na farko daga wasannin bidiyo na bidiyo don cimma wannan nasarar. Hakanan shine farkon mai shigowa a cikin sabon ƙarni na kayan wasanni wanda ake tsammanin zai samar da gasa mai ƙarfi ga PlayStation na sony da kuma Wii na Nintendo.

Akwai tsari daban-daban guda biyu na Xbox360 a mafi yawan ƙasashe, sune, Premium Package, wanda farashin sa yakai $ 299, da kuma Core System, tare da darajar kasuwa ta dalar Amurka $ 399. Babu wannan na ƙarshe a Japan duk da haka. Koyaya, Microsoft tana ba da wani kunshin daidai wanda yake sayarwa akan Y37,900. Farashin ya zana maganganu marasa kyau da yawa, musamman daga abokan cinikin japan, tunda sun ce suna iya sayan ƙaramin kunshin wasan a farashi mafi ƙanƙanci a wasu ƙasashe. Koyaya, wannan yawanci yawan yanki ne don Japan.

A yayin matakan haɓakawa, ana kiran Xbox ɗin da yawa kamar Xenon, Xbox2, XboxNext, ko Nextbox. Yanzu ana ɗaukarsa mai ɗaukar bidiyo na ƙarni na bakwai, wanda aka fara haɓakawa tsakanin Microsoft ta ƙaramar ƙungiyar da Seamus Blackley ke jagoranta, mai haɓaka wasan da kuma babban masanin kimiyyar lissafi. Jita-jita game da ci gaban wasan bidiyo ta fara fitowa ne a karshen shekarar 1999 lokacin da babban shugaban Microsoft Bill Gates ya fada a wata hira cewa na’urar wasan Kwaikwayo / multimedia na da mahimmanci ga sauyawar kafofin watsa labarai a cikin sabbin lokutan nishaɗin dijital. Sakamakon haka, a farkon shekara mai zuwa, an sanar da ainihin batun wasan bidiyo a cikin sanarwar manema labarai.

Manazarta sun yi amannar cewa Xbox 360 hanya ce ta Microsoft don cin gajiyar kasuwar wasan bidiyo, musamman tare da kasuwar PC da ke fuskantar tsayayyen ci gaba bayan bugu na http://dot.com. Masana’antar wasan bidiyo ta ba Microsoft dama ta fadada layin samfuranta, wanda, har zuwa shekarun 1990, ya kasance mai karfin gaske wajen kera kere-kere.

Baya ga wannan, ra’ayin Xbox360 shima ya samo asali ne saboda a cewar Heather Chaplin da Aaron Ruby, marubutan littafin Smartbomb, gagarumar nasarar da aka samu game da kayan wasan kwaikwayo na PlayStation na Sony a 1990 sun aika sako mai ban tsoro ga Microsoft. Babban ci gaban masana’antar wasan bidiyo, inda ake ɗaukar Sony a matsayin majagaba, yana barazanar kasuwar PC, masana’antar da Microsoft ta mamaye ta kuma a kanta yawancin kudaden shigar kamfanin suka dogara sosai. Wani kamfani da ya shafi kasuwancin wasan bidiyo, ta hanyar Xbox, shi ne mataki na gaba na hankali ga Microsoft, in ji Chaplin da Ruby.