The Making of Xbox 360

Xbox 360 had a built-in Windows Media Center extender through which the console could access data including movies, music, pictures, stored on the PC; these could then be streamed on to a television connected to the console. Even when the devices were in different rooms but connected through the same home network, the content on the PC could be streamed on to the television.

Similarly, audio files from the PC could be streamed on to television or any other audio output device, through Xbox 360. Xbox 360 had an Ethernet port to connect to the Internet. Xbox 360 had three USB 2.0 ports to connect other devices like MP3 players, digital cameras, etc...

By December 2006, Microsoft had sold 10.4 million consoles of Xbox 360 in 37 countries across the world. In the US market, for the month ending December 2006, Xbox 360 had emerged as the winner of the console wars, selling 1.1 million consoles, followed by Nintendo at 604,200 consoles and PlayStation3 with 490,700 consoles. Analysts attributed the lower sales of PlayStation3 and Wii to supply restrictions. With the success of Xbox 360, Microsoft's next target was iPod and iTunes. In November 2006, Microsoft released 'Zune' - digital audio player, and 'Zune Market' - online music store...