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Article: Hot New Products - Microsoft Xbox 360. The most advanced games console ever - if you've got the hardware.(Product/Service Evaluation)
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- Computer Act!ve
- Article date:
- December 8, 2005
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Byline: Luke Peters.
The Xbox 360 is the first of a new breed of games consoles to be launched over the next 12 months. Sony and Nintendo have their own devices waiting in the shadows but it's Microsoft who has managed to get its 21st century gaming box out first.
However, while the Xbox 360 boasts graphics and sound never before experienced on a games console, it's also geared up to embrace the digital home. Like the original Xbox, the 360 can be connected to broadband to compete against other gamers online - much like multiplayer gaming on a PC. But, if connected to a home network - wired or wirelessly - the 360 can also be used as a media streamer, ...