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Microsoft is ending Xbox 360 production more than 10 years after its debut

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Re: Microsoft is ending Xbox 360 production more than 10 years after its debut

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Surprised they continued manufacturing them this long. Why wait until three years after releasing the Xbox One?

I presume the fact that Xbox one got only recently the capability to play old 360 games might have something to do with it. But which one is the cause and which one the effect?

Re: Microsoft is ending Xbox 360 production more than 10 years after its debut

#12

Surprised they continued manufacturing them this long. Why wait until three years after releasing the Xbox One?

Console generations overlap; when a new console is released the older one is reduced in price and becomes the low-end value console.

Re: Microsoft is ending Xbox 360 production more than 10 years after its debut

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I am not a hardware guy, but honestly, they should mini-fy XB360 and make it appleTV competitor but with a huge game library.

but with a huge game library They have actually backported quite a few games[0] to run on the Xbox One (where you can use the original disk, or now even buy them as digital downloads). So my guess is that they are likely to push for more Xbox One sales (where buyers have the convenience of playing either era of game) rather than try to create a mini-device that would only be able to play older games and not newer one…

But that misses the parent's point. At $300, the Xbox One isn't an AppleTV competitor.

Re: Microsoft is ending Xbox 360 production more than 10 years after its debut

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

but with a huge game library They have actually backported quite a few games[0] to run on the Xbox One (where you can use the original disk, or now even buy them as digital downloads). So my guess is that they are likely to push for more Xbox One sales (where buyers have the convenience of playing either era of game) rather than try to create a mini-device that would only be able to play older games and not newer one…

But that misses the parent's point. At $300, the Xbox One isn't an AppleTV competitor.

Sure, but it would eat a non-zero amount of Xbox One sales. Presumably that's why Microsoft isn't about to do it.

Re: Microsoft is ending Xbox 360 production more than 10 years after its debut

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Good job on the awesome product! insert hand clapping smiley face here

Which iteration? My roommate went through two of them due to the red ring of death.

The S and E models don't have that problem. I've heard some of the later chipsets for the original model also fixed the problem.

From what I've heard, the 360 was original designed with an environmentally-friendly (read: not lead) solder that had never really been used in a major product. The original design already had heat problems and the solder turned out to be easily melted.

Re: Microsoft is ending Xbox 360 production more than 10 years after its debut

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which iteration? My roommate went through two of them due to the red ring of death.

The S and E models don't have that problem. I've heard some of the later chipsets for the original model also fixed the problem. From what I've heard, the 360 was original designed with an environmentally-friendly (read: not lead) solder that had never really been used in a major product. The original design already had heat problems and the solder turned out to be easily melted.

I must have had S or E... because I never had that problem. My kids and I still play it to this day.
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