Xbox 360
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The Xbox 360 is a video game console created by Microsoft as the successor to the Xbox. It was referred to during development as "Project Xenon," "Xbox 2," and "Xbox Next", before being released in late 2005 to start the seventh generation of video game consoles. The Xbox 360 found itself competing with the PlayStation 3 and Wii for the next several years. It was succeeded by the Xbox One in 2013.
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Overview
The Xbox 360 stands as a traditional upgrade over its predecessor, the Xbox, with vastly superior technical specifications, a more online-orientated focus and a multitude of new features straight out of the box from wireless controllers to (later) cloud hard drive storage for downloads. Though initially plagued by severe hardware issues, the Xbox 360 frequently led its generation in terms of sales, and a strong (and extended) line of first and third-party games eclipsed the prior successes of the original Xbox.
The Xbox 360 ran unopposed for roughly a year, when it was inevitably joined by the Wii and PlayStation 3, the former opting for radical changes in gameplay, and the latter trying to dethrone the Xbox 360 from a hardware perspective and repeat the success of the PlayStation 2. In the end, the Wii outclassed its rivals in terms of sales, but its shift in marketing strategy led to the perception that it was competing in an entirely different market (one Microsoft would try to capitalise on with its "Kinect" Xbox 360 peripheral), with the Xbox 360 instead competing directly with the PlayStation 3.
Although from a technical perspective the story is meant to be very different, sales of the Xbox 360 remained roughly on-par with the PlayStation 3 throughout the generation. Like the Xbox before it, Microsoft largely failed to make an impact in Japan, but its success in other markets, particularly North America, kept it in the race. This was also fueled in part by the generation's top games coming from western publishers - Electronic Arts, Activision and Ubisoft, causing Japan to have less of an impact in the video game market.
Sega support
Like other third-party publishers, Sega chose to back the Xbox 360 in roughly equal measure to the PlayStation 3, with very few "big" Sega titles opting for one console over the other (the only major example of this being the Yakuza series and other Japanese-centric games). This fell in line with Sega's late sixth-generation strategy which was to focus on multi-platform releases.
Many Sega Mega Drive conversions were brought to the 360's Xbox Live Arcade service fairly early on in the console's lifespan (mostly handled by Backbone Entertainment) with no PlayStation 3 counterparts, though many of these games have since been removed in favour of superior "Sega Ages Online" versions (which have also seen PlayStation 3 releases). Much suggests that Sega, among others, prioritised the 360 when dealing with the western markets during 2007 and 2008, although the playing field was leveled in the months which followed. In the second half of the generation, almost all games intended for a worldwide release were given to both platforms.
Sega also released two games as part of the "Xbox Originals" programme between December 2007 and 2009, allowing for the digital download of select games from the original Xbox. Microsoft rebranded the initiative as "Games on Demand" and offered digital downloads for Xbox 360 games while discontinuing the effort of putting out more Xbox games for the service (the Xbox Originals available prior to the change still being available to purchase/download).
The introduction of Microsoft's motion-controlled Kinect system in 2010 also attracted support from Sega for two games.
List of Sega games for the Xbox 360
- Condemned (2005)
- Full Auto (2006)
- Football Manager 2006 (2006)
- Chromehounds (2006)
- Phantasy Star Universe (2006)
- Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)
- Football Manager 2007 (2006)
- World Snooker Championship 2007 (2007)
- Armored Core 4 (2007)
- Virtua Tennis 3 (2007)
- Sega Rally Revo (2007)
- Virtua Fighter 5 (2007)
- The Golden Compass (2007)
- The Club (2008)
- Condemned 2 (2008)
- Sega Superstars Tennis (2008)
- Universe at War: Earth Assault (2008)
- Viking: Battle for Asgard (2008)
- Football Manager 2008 (2008)
- Iron Man (2008)
- The Incredible Hulk (2008)
- Beijing 2008 (2008)
- Golden Axe: Beast Rider (2008)
- Sonic Unleashed (2008)
- Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection (2009)
- Stormrise (2009)
- Virtua Tennis 2009 (2009)
- Bayonetta (2009)
- Planet 51: The Game (2009)
- Vancouver 2010 (2010)
- Resonance of Fate (2010)
- Aliens vs. Predator (2010)
- Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing (2010)
- Iron Man 2 (2010)
- Alpha Protocol (2010)
- Vanquish (2010)
- Dennou Senki Virtual-On: Force (2010)
- Dreamcast Collection (2011)
- Thor: God of Thunder (2011)
- Virtua Tennis 4 (2011)
- Captain America: Super Soldier (2011)
- Sonic Generations (2011)
- Binary Domain (2012)
- London 2012 (2012)
- Anarchy Reigns (2012)
- Dead or Alive 5 (2012)
- Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (2012)
- Aliens: Colonial Marines (2013)
- Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate (2013)
- Ge-Sen Love: Plus Pengo! (2014)
- Persona 4 Arena Ultimax (2014)
- Alien: Isolation (2014)
- Dead or Alive 5 Last Round (2015)
Xbox Live Arcade
- Golden Axe (2007)
- Sonic the Hedgehog (2007)
- Ecco the Dolphin (2007)
- Streets of Rage 2 (2007)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2007)
- Phantasy Star Universe: Ambition of the Illuminus (2007)
- Rez (2008)
- Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm (2008)
- OutRun Online Arcade (2009)
- Cyber Troopers Virtual-On: Oratorio Tangram M.S.B.S. Ver. 5.66 (2009)
- Altered Beast (2009)
- Comix Zone (2009)
- Gunstar Heroes (2009)
- Phantasy Star II (2009)
- Shinobi (2009)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2009)
- Sonic & Knuckles (2009)
- After Burner Climax (2010)
- Sonic Adventure (2010)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I (2010)
- Crazy Taxi (2010)
- Sega Rally Online Arcade (2011)
- Renegade Ops (2011)
- Sega Bass Fishing (2011)
- Space Channel 5: Part 2 (2011)
- Guardian Heroes (2011)
- Daytona USA (2011)
- Sonic CD (2011)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode II (2012)
- Sega Vintage Collection: Alex Kidd & Co. (2012)
- Sega Vintage Collection: Monster World (2012)
- Sega Vintage Collection: Golden Axe (2012)
- Sega Vintage Collection: Streets of Rage (2012)
- Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown (2012)
- Jet Set Radio (2012)
- Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit (2012)
- NiGHTS into Dreams (2012)
- Sonic Adventure 2 (2012)
- Sega Vintage Collection: ToeJam & Earl (2012)
- Fighting Vipers (2012)
- Sonic the Fighters (2012)
- Virtua Fighter 2 (2012)
- The Cave (2013)
- Cyber Troopers Virtual-On (2013)
- Virtua Striker (2013)
- Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (2013)
- Abyss Odyssey (2014)
Xbox Originals
- Puyo Pop Fever (2007)
- Sega Soccer Slam (2008)
Kinect
- Sonic Free Riders (2010)
- Rise of Nightmares (2011)
Backward compatible Sega games
- ESPN College Hoops
- ESPN College Hoops 2K5
- ESPN Major League Baseball
- ESPN NFL 2K5
- ESPN NHL 2K5
- Jet Set Radio Future
- NBA 2K3
- NCAA College Basketball 2K3
- NFL 2K2
- NFL 2K3
- NHL 2K3
- Outrun 2
- OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast
- Panzer Dragoon Orta
- Puyo Pop Fever
- Sega GT 2002
- Sega GT 2002/Jet Set Radio Future
- Sega GT Online
- Sega Soccer Slam
- Shadow the Hedgehog
- Shenmue II
- Sonic Heroes
- Sonic Mega Collection Plus
- Sonic Riders
- Super Monkey Ball Deluxe
- World Series Baseball 2K3
- Worms 3D
- Worms Forts: Under Siege
By region
- List of Xbox 360 games in Australia
- List of Xbox 360 games in Brazil
- List of Xbox 360 games in Canada
- List of Xbox 360 games in France
- List of Xbox 360 games in Germany
- List of Xbox 360 games in Italy
- List of Xbox 360 games in Japan
- List of Xbox 360 games in Mexico
- List of Xbox 360 games in Russia
- List of Xbox 360 games in South Korea
- List of Xbox 360 games in Spain
- List of Xbox 360 games in Taiwan
- List of Xbox 360 games in the United Kingdom
- List of Xbox 360 games in the United States
Gallery
Xbox Originals
Kinect
Promotional images
References
| Non-Sega consoles |
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| Nintendo |
| Nintendo Entertainment System (1983) | Game Boy (1989) | Super Nintendo Entertainment System (1990) | Nintendo 64 (1996) | Game Boy Color (1998) | Game Boy Advance (2001) | Nintendo GameCube (2001) | Nintendo DS (2004) | Wii (2006) | Nintendo 3DS (2011) | Wii U (2012) | Nintendo Switch (2017) |
| Sony |
| PlayStation (1994) | PlayStation 2 (2000) | PlayStation Portable (2004) | PlayStation 3 (2006) | PlayStation Vita (2011) | PlayStation 4 (2013) | PlayStation 5 (2020) |
| Microsoft |
| Xbox (2001) | Xbox 360 (2005) | Xbox One (2013) | Xbox Series X (2020) |
| Mobile |
| iOS | Android | Windows Phone |
| Other |
| Atari 2600 (1977) | Intellivision (1979) | ColecoVision (1982) | Atari 5200 (1982) | PC Engine (1987) | CD-ROM² (1988) | Super CD-ROM² (1991) | R-Zone (1995) | Game.com (1997) | WonderSwan (1999) | Neo Geo Pocket Color (1999) | N-Gage (2003) | LeapFrog Didj (2008) | Stadia (2019) |