The Xbox 360 is the second generation gaming console from Microsoft. It was originally debuted in 2005 and has had many different incarnations ever since from special edition Call Of Duty ones to black and white as well as transparent cases.
Microsoft made sure they took a large amount of their titles from the previous Xbox and are looking to migrate them onto the Xbox One in future such as the ever popular award game Halo. Halo could arguably be one of the biggest contributing factors to the global success of the console.
With any console you would expect there to be a large range of titles and the Xbox surely delivered on their promises of game selection. Everything from first person shooter, third person shooter, action, adventure, role playing, racing, simulation, flying, sports and even music creation. The gold subscription offers an Xbox owner exclusive access to a whole host of games on demand that you can purchase and download directly to your hard drive without the need for a disc. Not only are there blockbuster titles such as Grand Theft Auto, Call Of Duty and Halo, there are many indie developers on the arcade as well as hundreds of try before you buy titles too.
Gold subscription offers more than just a gaming experience. You have access to music on demand directly from the Xbox for either direct download or through their music streaming platforms and apps like Lastfm, Vevo, YouTube, Napster, Linkbo and many more. If that’s not enough there are apps like Eurosport player, Netfilx, 4OD, Daily Motion, Muzu.TV, Sky Go and Xbox Video for those times that you want to rent a latest blockbuster, watch live sporting events or catch up on some golden oldies or TV you missed during the week. Until recently the on demand services where not available without the gold subscription. Xbox then announced that they would provide that to silver subscribers but give gold subscribers up to 2 free full version games a month as well as allow them to play on-line with their friends as an incentive to say on a gold subscription.
As well as the large range of titles and features available for the console and in its app store Microsoft and third party companies releases a host of accessories to further utilise the consoles features and interactivity. The most noticeable of these advancements was the Xbox Kinect. The Kinect was a camera with a range of sensors to pick up movement and voice commands (provided you set that feature up). With the Kinect you could turn your Xbox on and off without the need to touch a button or a charged controller. Microsoft in conjunction with developers also put out a range of titles that were exclusively compatible with that hardware involving some physically strenuous activity and some mind boggling challenges.