Xbox360 Imayenda Ndi PS3

Xbox360 (yotchedwa ‘atatu-sikisite’) ndiyomwe Microsoft imalowetsa m’malo mwa kanema woyambirira wamavidiyo. Masewerawa adayambitsidwa pa MTV Channel chaka chatha, Meyi 12, 2005, kuti ichitike. Kuyambitsa mwatsatanetsatane, kuphatikiza kuwunikira kwa xbox zofunika kwambiri, kunachitika kumapeto kwa mwezi womwewo ku Electronic Entertainment Expo yotchuka.

Komabe, kutulutsidwa kwamasewera a vidiyoyi kunachitika pafupifupi miyezi isanu ndi umodzi pambuyo pake, pa Novembala 22, ku North America ndi ku Puerto Rico. Zoyambitsa zina zidaphatikizira zomwe zidapangidwa ku Europe Disembala lapitalo 2 ndi ku Japan Disembala lapitali 10. Pazomwe zidayambitsidwa munthawi imodzi kudera lalikulu zitatu zadziko lapansi, Xbox360 motero idakhala yoyamba pamasewera a kanema kuti akwaniritse izi. Ndiwonso oyamba kulowa nawo m’badwo watsopano wazitonthozo zamasewera zomwe zikuyembekezeka kupikisana kwambiri ndi PlayStation ya Sony komanso Wii ya Nintendo.

Pali mitundu iwiri yosiyana ya Xbox360 m’maiko ambiri, yomwe ndi Phukusi Loyamba, logulidwa pa $ $ 299, ndi Core System, pamtengo wamsika wa USD $ 399. Otsatirawa sapezeka ku Japan ngakhale. Komabe, Microsoft ikupereka phukusi lofanana lomwe limagulitsa pa Y37,900. Mtengo mwachilengedwe wabweretsa zodzudzula zingapo, makamaka kuchokera kwa makasitomala aku Japan, popeza adati amatha kugula phukusi laling’ono lamasewera pamtengo wotsika kwambiri m’maiko ena. Komabe, izi nthawi zambiri zimalembedwa m’chigawo ku Japan.

Pakukula kwake, Xbox imadziwika kuti Xenon, Xbox2, XboxNext, kapena Nextbox. Tsopano imadziwika kuti yotonthoza m’badwo wachisanu ndi chiwiri, yomwe idapangidwa koyamba mkati mwa Microsoft ndi gulu laling’ono lotsogozedwa ndi Seamus Blackley, wopanga masewera komanso katswiri wamagetsi. Mphekesera zakukula kwamasewera apakanema zidayamba kutuluka kumapeto kwa chaka cha 1999 pomwe abwana akulu a Microsoft a Bill Gates adati poyankhulana kuti chida chamasewera / matumizidwe ophatikizika amawu ndi ofunika pakuthandizira matumizidwe ophatikizika amawu munthawi yatsopano munthawi yosangalatsidwa ndi digito. Zotsatira zake, koyambirira kwa chaka chotsatira, malingaliro oyambira masewerawa adalengezedwa munyuzipepala.

Ofufuza akukhulupirira kuti Xbox 360 ndi njira ya Microsoft yopezera ndalama pamsika wamavidiyo omwe akuwonjezeka, makamaka msika wa PC ukukula pang’ono pambuyo pa kuphulika kwa http://dot.com. Makampani opanga masewera apakanema adapatsa Microsoft mwayi wosinthitsa malonda ake, omwe, mpaka zaka za m’ma 1990, anali okhazikika pakupanga mapulogalamu.

Kupatula izi, lingaliro la Xbox360 lidabweranso chifukwa malinga ndi a Heather Chaplin ndi Aaron Ruby, olemba buku la Smartbomb, kupambana kochititsa chidwi kwa zida zamasewera a Sony PlayStation mu 1990 adatumiza uthenga wodetsa nkhawa ku Microsoft. Kupambana kwakukula kwamakampani azosewerera makanema, pomwe sony amadziwika kuti ndi mpainiya, kumawopseza msika wa PC, msika womwe umayang’aniridwa ndi Microsoft ndipo ndalama zambiri zomwe kampaniyo imapeza zimadalira kwambiri. Kuchita nawo bizinesi yamasewera apakanema, kudzera pa Xbox, inali gawo lotsatira la Microsoft, atero Chaplin ndi Ruby.