Xbox 360 Left: Original model Xbox 360 Premium (2005) Center: Redesigned slim model Xbox 360 S (2010) Right: Latest model Xbox 360 E (2013) Developer Microsoft Manufacturer Flextronics, Wistron, Celestica, Foxconn Product family Xbox Type Home video game console Generation Seventh generation Release date November 22, 2005 (show) Original Xbox 360 NA: November 22, 2005 EU: December 2, 2005 JP: December 10, 2005 CO MX: February 2, 2006 KR: February 24, 2006 HK SG TW: March 16, 2006 AU: March 23, 2006 CL: July 7, 2006 IN: September 25, 2006 ZA: September 29, 2006 CZ PL: November 3, 2006 BR: December 1, 2006 RU: February 11, 2007 PE: February 25, 2008 UAE: October 28, 2008 NG TR: 2009 SC: Spring 2010 Xbox 360 S NA: June 18, 2010 AU: July 1, 2010 NZ: July 8, 2010 EU: July 16, 2010 Xbox 360 E NA: June 10, 2013 EU: June 20, 2013 Retail availability 2005 -- 2016 Discontinued WW: April 20, 2016 Units sold Worldwide: 84 million (as of June 9, 2014) (details) Media DVD, CD, digital distribution Add - on: HD DVD (discontinued) Operating system Xbox 360 system software CPU 3.2 GHz PowerPC Tri-Core Xenon Memory 512 MB of GDDR3 RAM clocked at 700 MHz Storage Storage media (show) Detachable Hard Drives 20, 60, 120 or 250 GB (older models); 250 or 320 GB (Xbox 360 S models) Memory Cards (Removable) (Original design only) 64 MB, 256 MB, 512 MB On - board storage chip Arcade Consoles (later models) 256 MB, 512 MB Budget level "Xbox 360 S '' consoles: 4 GB USB storage device (requires system software update) 1 GB to 32 GB Cloud storage (requires Xbox LIVE Gold Membership) 2 GB Display Video output formats (show) Composite video 480i, 576i (PAL) S - Video 480i, 576i (PAL) RGB SCART 480i, 576i (PAL) Component (YP P) 480i, 576i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p D - Terminal (YP P) 480i (D1), 480p (D2), 720p (D4), 1080i (D3), 1080p (D5) VGA 640 × 480, 848 × 480, 1024 × 768, 1280 × 720 (720p), 1280 × 768, 1280 × 1024, 1360 × 768, 1440 × 900, 1680 × 1050, 1920 × 1080 (1080p) HDMI (later models) 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p Note: 1080p video playback is limited to content from the Zune marketplace Graphics 500 MHz ATI Xenos Sound Analog stereo Stereo LPCM (TOSLINK and HDMI) Dolby Digital 5.1 (TOSLINK and HDMI) Dolby Digital with WMA pro (TOSLINK and HDMI) Controller input Controllers (show) 4 maximum * (any combination): Xbox 360 Controller (USB wired, 2.4 GHz wireless) Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel Rhythm game controllers Big Button Pads * Xbox 360 Arcade sticks Ace Combat 6 Flight Stick Kinect * 4 Big button pads may be used in addition to other controllers. Connectivity Original models 2.4 GHz wireless, 3 × USB 2.0, IR receiver, 100 Mbit / s Ethernet Add - on: Wifi 802.11 a / b / g, Wifi 802.11 a / b / g / n Revised "S '' models 2.4 GHz wireless, 5 × USB 2.0, Digital Optical audio out, IR receiver, 100 Mbit / s Ethernet, Wifi 802.11 b / g / n, AUX port, HDMI port Revised "E '' models 2.4 GHz wireless, 4 × USB 2.0, IR receiver, 100 Mbit / s Ethernet, Wifi 802.11 b / g / n, AUX port, HDMI port Online services Xbox Live Best - selling game Kinect Adventures! (24 million as pack - in game for Kinect) Backward compatibility 461 original Xbox games (requires hard drive and the latest update) Predecessor Xbox Successor Xbox One Website xbox.com/en-US/xbox-360/
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