I-Xbox360 ikhonkco kunye nePS3
IXbox360 (ebizwa ‘njengamashumi amathathu anesithandathu’) kukutshintsha kukaMicrosoft kwikhonsoli yayo yomdlalo wevidiyo. umdlalo wevidiyo wasungulwa ngokusesikweni kwi-MTV Channel kunyaka ophelileyo, nge-12 kaMeyi ka-2005, ukuba ichane ngqo. Ukwaziswa okuneenkcukacha ngakumbi, kubandakanya nokunikezelwa kweenkcukacha ezibaluleke ngakumbi zeXbox, kwenziwa kamva kwinyanga enye kwiElectronic Entertainment Expo eyaziwayo.
Nangona kunjalo, ukukhutshwa ngokusesikweni komdlalo wevidiyo kwenziwa phantse kwiinyanga ezintandathu kamva, ngoNovemba 22, eMntla Merika nasePuerto Rico. Olunye usasazo lubandakanya ezo zenziwe eYurophu ngoDisemba ophelileyo wesibini naseJapan ngoDisemba ophelileyo 10. Ngokusungulwa phantse ngaxeshanye kwimimandla emithathu ephambili yehlabathi, iXbox360 ke yaba yeyokuqala kwimidlalo yomdlalo wevidiyo ukuphumeza umdlalo onje. Ikwangumbonisi wokuqala kwisizukulwana esitsha somdlalo womdlalo ekulindeleke ukuba ubonelele ngokhuphiswano oluqatha kwi-PlayStation yakwaSony nakwiNintendo yeWii.
Zimbini Iindlela zokumisela ezahlukeneyo zeXbox360 kumazwe amaninzi, oko kukuthi, iPhakheji yePremiyamu, exabiso nge-USD $ 299, kunye neCore System, enexabiso lentengiso le-USD $ 399. Le yokugqibela ayifumaneki eJapan nangona. Nangona kunjalo, iMicrosoft ibonelela ngempahla efanayo ethengisa ngayo kwi-Y37,900. ixabiso ngokwendalo litsalile ukugxeka okungalunganga, ngakumbi kubathengi baseJapan, kuba besithi bayakwazi ukuthenga iphakheji yomdlalo omncinci ngexabiso eliphantsi kakhulu kwamanye amazwe. Nangona kunjalo, oku kuhlala kunekhowudi yommandla waseJapan.
Ngexesha lokuphuhliswa kwayo, iXbox yayiqhele ukubizwa ngokuba yiXenon, Xbox2, XboxNext, okanye Ibhokisi elandelayo. Ngoku ithathwa njengeconsole yesizukulwane sesixhenxe, eqale yaphuhliswa ngaphakathi kweMicrosoft liqela elincinci elikhokelwe nguSeamus Blackley, umphuhlisi womdlalo kunye nefiziksi yamandla ephezulu. Amarhe okuphuhla komdlalo wevidiyo aqala ukuvela ngexesha lokugqibela lowe-1999 xa umphathi omkhulu ka-Microsoft uBill Gates wathi kudliwanondlebe ukuba isixhobo semidlalo / semultimedia sibalulekile ekudibaneni kwemultimedia kumaxesha amatsha okuzonwabisa. Ngenxa yoko, kwangoko kunyaka olandelayo, umxholo wevidiyo yomdlalo wabhengezwa kukhutshwe iindaba.
Abahlalutyi bakholelwa ukuba i-xbox 360 yindlela kaMicrosoft yokwenza imali kwimakethi yomdlalo wevidiyo okhulayo, ngakumbi kwimakethi yePC ejongene nokukhula okumileyo emva kwe-http: //dot.com bust. Umzi mveliso wevidiyo unike iMicrosoft ithuba lokwahlulahlula imveliso, ethi, ukuya kuthi ga ngoo-1990, ibigxile kakhulu kwimveliso yesoftware.
Ngaphandle kwalonto, umbono weXbox360 nawo uvela kuba ngokukaHeather Chaplin noAaron Ruby, ababhali bencwadi iSmartbomb, impumelelo ephawulekayo yemidlalo kaSony’s PlayStation yokudlala ngo-1990 yathumela umyalezo oxhalabisayo kuMicrosoft. Impumelelo ekhulayo yomzi mveliso wevidiyo, apho uSony ethathwa njengovulindlela, isoyikisa intengiso yePC, ishishini ekudala lilawulwa yiMicrosoft kwaye uninzi lwengeniso yenkampani yayixhomekeke kakhulu. Ukuzibandakanya kwishishini lomdlalo wevidiyo, ngeXbox, yayilinyathelo elilandelayo elinobuchule leMicrosoft, utshilo uChaplin noRuby.