Xbox 360 turns 10 Years Old

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I've never owned one, but I greatly appreciate what it did for the industry. It also got Sony's ass in gear when they thought they could rest on their laurels after the success of the PS2. A lot of people tend to forget the 360 was outselling the then $600 PS3 back in 2006-2007 and all the major exclusives came out on 360 first.

I've always been a Nintendo and Sony fan so I've never owned the console, but there's no doubt its significance to the industry as a whole. The online, the debut of strong third party games like Mass Effect, Bioshock, Dead Rising, Oblivion, etc. As well as some Rare games like Viva Pinata.

Its hard to believe its already been 10 years. Time really has flown by since the early/mid 2000's.

Likewise, I've never owned a 360 either, although I was interested in getting one around 2009, but ended up not doing so. It seemed like a better option to the PS3 due to the better online(albeit paid) and the lower price. PS3's launch price was insane and it also took some time for the console library to kick off. Remember the "PS3 has no games" meme?

Hard to believe it's been 10 years, yes.

Btw, how many 360's got the red ring of death? lol