Xbox 360: The Newest Gaming System
The Xbox 360 is Microsoft's newest gaming console, which will
hit the stores by Christmas, making it the most coveted gift on
the market this year. The Xbox 360 is the sleekest console in
its category and signals the arrival of the next generation of
video game machines. It is Microsoft's aim to captivate gamers
worldwide with its Xbox 360. The biggest change from previous
designs is that it is no longer black. Instead, the look is
softer, cleaner, and very white. The Xbox 360 has a CPU with
three IBM PowerPC chips, an ATI 500 MHz graphics processor, 512
Mb of memory, a removable hard drive, three USB ports, two
memory card slots, an infrared receiver, and more. The
controllers are wireless and matching in color.
There are many Xbox 360 games, including Call of Duty 2, Quake
4, Need For Speed: Most Wanted, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06, The
Darkness, Perfect Dark Zero, Gears of War, Saint's Row, and
more. Backwards compatibility, that is, compatibility with older
games is not a goal for this Xbox, so look forward to new games.
The console can connect to the online gaming service, Xbox Live,
which allows gamers to connect with other users at different
levels, such as casual, pro, family, and underground. Moreover,
the console also turns into a mini-entertainment system, which
can be plugged in to portable devices or computers to play music
and movies, display photo slideshows. A keyboard can also be
plugged in, though for text input only, not for gaming.
Microsoft's Xbox has finally evolved into a strong competitive
alternative to all-time gaming legends like Sony and Nintendo.