Xbox 360: A Revolution in Console Gaming

It wasn't so long ago that kids who got the "new"Microsoft PC with a modified Pentium III processor,
Nintendo 8-bit gaming console or the Sega systemsome powerful graphics and audio capabilities, and a
for Christmas were the envy of every less fortunatemodified version of the Windows 2000 operating
and burned out Atari owning neighborhood playmate.system, all packaged in that distinctive black box.
As time elapsed, Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, andThis year Microsoft has released two versions of the
NES's Turbo Graphix 16 became all the rave. AnyoneXbox 360: the Xbox 360 and Xbox 360 Core
now in their twenties can recall being impressed bySystem. The Xbox 360Core System is "plug and
the awesome advancements in playability and graphicplay", that is, that in addition to the console, it
display of the Nintendo 64 and Sega's Dreamcastincludes an integrated controller and an AV cable. The
system, and even more recently (only five or soXbox 360 (not the "Core system") comes with a
years ago) the advent of Microsoft's Xbox,wireless controller, an HD AV cable, an Ethernet
Nintendo's Game Cube, and the Play Station by Sony.connectivity cable, a headset, a media remote, and a
The Video Gaming industry has made great strides inremovable 20-GB hard drive.
the past twenty years: from slow-moving, barelyFor anyone who thought the original Xbox was a
recognizable forms on screen in original Atari gamestechnological marvel, you must try this out! As
such as Pac-Man, Calga, and Tron, to the extremelyamazing and realistic as the play on the first Xbox
vivid and life-like graphics of Tomb Raider, Splinterwas, the Xbox 360 makes its predecessor look tired
Cell, and Tekken; available for the Xbox and Playand worn-out. Microsoft has rebuilt the Xbox from
Station. Now, just in time for Christmas 2005,the ground up. From the name to the look, from
Microsoft has made the next move in the continuinghardware to features, the Xbox 360 is a radically
race for Video Gaming Supremacy with thedifferent and more powerful machine than the original
introduction of the Xbox 360. The result is trulyXbox. Far more than a video game console, the
phenomenal.Xbox 360 is a total media center that allows users to
The Xbox 360, as with all video game consoles, isplay games, network with other 360 owners; rip,
basically just a computer with hardware andstream and download all types of media, including
software dedicated to the function of running videohigh-definition movies, music, digital pictures and game
games. The original Xbox was pretty much just acontent, as well as play DVD movies and audio CD's.