I-Xbox360 Ishayisana Ne-PS3

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I-Xbox360 (ebizwa ngokuthi ‘kathathu ngamashumi ayisithupha’) iyindawo yeMicrosoft engena esikhundleni sekhonsoli yayo yokuqala yevidiyo. umdlalo wevidiyo wethulwa ngokusemthethweni esiteshini seMTV ngonyaka owedlule, ngoMeyi 12, 2005, ukuthi ube yiqiniso. Ukwethulwa okunemininingwane eminingi, kufaka phakathi nokwethulwa kolwazi olubaluleke kakhulu lwe-xbox, kwenziwa kamuva ngayo leyo nyanga e-Electronic Entertainment Expo edumile.

Kodwa-ke, ukukhishwa ngokusemthethweni komdlalo wevidiyo kwenziwa cishe ezinyangeni eziyisithupha kamuva, ngoNovemba 22, eNyakatho Melika nasePuerto Rico. Okunye ukwethulwa kufaka phakathi okwenziwe eYurophu ngoDisemba 2 odlule naseJapan ngoDisemba wangonyaka odlule. Ngokuqaliswa cishe ngasikhathi sinye ezifundeni ezintathu ezinkulu zomhlaba, i-Xbox360 ngaleyo ndlela yaba eyokuqala kweziduduzo zemidlalo yevidiyo ukufeza isenzo esinjalo. Futhi kungumuntu wokuqala ukungena esizukulwaneni esisha semidlalo yokududuza okulindeleke ukuthi ihlinzeke ngokuncintisana okunzima ku-playstation yakwa-sony kanye naku-Wii kaNintendo.

Kunokulungiselelwa okubili okuhlukile kwe-Xbox360 emazweni amaningi, okuyiPremium Package, ebiza ama-USD $ 299, kanye neCore System, enenani lemakethe le-USD $ 399. Lesi sakamuva asitholakali eJapane noma kunjalo. Noma kunjalo, iMicrosoft ihlinzeka ngephakeji efanayo eliyithengisayo ku-Y37,900. Inani ngokwemvelo lidonse ukugxekwa okuningana okungekuhle, ikakhulukazi kumakhasimende aseJapan, ngoba bathe bayakwazi ukuthenga iphakethe elincane lomdlalo ngentengo ephansi kakhulu kwamanye amazwe. Kodwa-ke, lokhu kuvame ukubhalwa ngamakhodi wesifunda eJapan.

Ngesikhathi sesigaba sayo sokuthuthuka, i-Xbox yayibizwa kakhulu ngeXenon, Xbox2, XboxNext, noma i-Nextbox. Manje isithathwa njengekhonsoli yesizukulwane sesikhombisa, eqale yakhiwa ngaphakathi kweMicrosoft yithimba elincane eliholwa nguSeamus Blackley, umakhi womdlalo kanjalo nesazi samandla esiphezulu. Amahemuhemu wokuthuthukiswa komdlalo wevidiyo aqala ukuvela ngesikhathi sokugcina sika-1999 lapho umphathi omkhulu weMicrosoft uBill Gates esho kwinhlolokhono ukuthi ithuluzi lokudlala / le-multimedia lalibalulekile ekuhlanganeni kwemultimedia ezikhathini ezintsha zokuzijabulisa kwidijithali. Ngenxa yalokho, ekuqaleni konyaka olandelayo, umqondo oyinhloko womdlalo wevidiyo wamenyezelwa ekukhishweni kwabezindaba.

Abahlaziyi bakholelwa ukuthi i-Xbox 360 iyindlela yeMicrosoft yokwenza imali emakethe yemidlalo yamavidiyo ekhulayo, ikakhulukazi ngemakethe ye-PC ebhekene nokukhula okumile ngemuva kwesikhukhula se-http: //dot.com. Imboni yemidlalo yamavidiyo yanikeza iMicrosoft ithuba lokwehlukanisa ulayini womkhiqizo wayo, okwathi, kuze kube ngawo-1990, owawugxile kakhulu ekukhiqizeni ama-software.

Ngaphandle kwalokhu, umqondo weXbox360 nawo wavela ngoba ngokusho kukaHeather Chaplin no-Aaron Ruby, ababhali bencwadi iSmartbomb, impumelelo ephawulekayo yezinduduzo zikaSony’s PlayStation zemidlalo ngo-1990 yathumela umyalezo okhathazayo kwaMicrosoft. Impumelelo ekhulayo yomkhakha wegeyimu yevidiyo, lapho uSony ethathwa njengephayona, isongela imakethe ye-PC, imboni ende ebuswa yiMicrosoft nalapho iningi lemali etholwa yinkampani incike kakhulu kuyo. Ukungena ebhizinisini lomdlalo wevidiyo, nge-Xbox, bekuyisinyathelo esilandelayo esinengqondo seMicrosoft, kusho uChaplin noRuby.