The market is crowded with many gaming consoles all of them produced by well known companies and corporations. It is difficult to decide on which to invest your hard-earned money on. Technological information moves on at breakneck speed and with the blink of an eye gaming consoles keep changing. So, the competition gets tougher among the world leaders in the manufacturing and marketing of gaming consoles, between companies like Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo. The Xbox 360 demonstrates the rapid development of the gaming console and the wonderful competition among the market leaders Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo has taken the level of these gaming consoles to new heights.

The Xbox 360 is a seventh generation gaming console and part of the seventh generation of gaming systems along with the Playstation3 by Sony and Win Wii by Nintendo. The Xbox 360 is a product from Microsoft. Microsoft developed the package of Xbox 360 in tie up with the big corporations like SiS, ATI, and the IBM.

The Xbox Live service allows users to play online and download arcade games, game demos, trailers, TV shows, music videos or rented movies. It contains a built-in wireless controller and memory unit. It contains the best of cutting edge technology and is a treat for the senses. It is a die hard gamer's dream come true.

The Xbox 360 console had sold out completely at release. Till 30 September, 2007, 13.4 million units have been sold out worldwide. It was officially unveiled on MTV on May 12, 2005. Its detailed launch and information release took place later that month at the Electronic Entertainment Expo(E3).The Xbox 360 is the first console to launch across three major regions of the world.

The Xbox 360 has a wide range of features like the high quality online gaming capability and HDTV Gaming compatibility. An important feature of the Xbox is its high level all round performance. The Xbox 360 comes in many packs ?the Xbox, the Xbox Aracade, the Xbox Live Marketplace and the Xbox Elite to name some of them. The Xbox 360 Core was replaced by the Xbox 360 Arcade in October 2007. It comes with series of exciting new titles. These games are the dream of every Xbox fan, especially the children and they swoon over it. The games are Halo3, Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action(it contains movie trivia), Rock Band, Mass Effect, Guitar Hero iii:Legends of Rock, Bee Movie Game, Need For Speed Prostreet and Beautiful Katamari Bom Rocket, Feeding Frenzy, LUxor 2, PacMan Championship edition, etc.

Many buyers of the Xbox 360 is putting off buying it because they are waiting for the next Playstaion3 which is likely to come out any time this year. The Playstation 3 will contain a Blu-ray high definition DVD Player. However it is likely to cost at least $200 more. The Xbox 360 continues to occupy an important place among all gamers and looks into the future towards attaining new heights. It has given rise to a revolution in the world of gaming consoles.