Xbox is a sixth generation era video game console produced by Microsoft.
The Xbox 360 was released on November 22, 2005, in the United States and Canada; December 2, 2005, in Europe and December 10, 2005, in Japan.
At launch, the Xbox 360 was priced at US$399 and the Core System was priced at US$299.
The console's graphical user interface is the Xbox 360 Dashboard; a tabbed interface that features four "Blades".
Backward compatibility is achieved through software emulation of the original Xbox.
Microsoft has stated that they intend to release more emulation profiles as they become available, with a goal of making the entire Xbox library playable on the Xbox 360.
The Xbox 360 takes a new approach to hardware compared to its predecessor. The CPU, named Xenon-CPU (or XCPU) at Microsoft and "Waternoose" at IBM, is a custom triple-core PowerPC-based design by IBM.
Up to four controllers are supported by the Xbox 360, in the wireless form. However, there is a maximum of three wired controllers, as the Xbox 360 only has 3 USB slots.
