The REAL reason they called it the xbox 360 was because there were 360 different versions

@Scottgunner89

Жыл бұрын

It's how many consoles you had to go through until one survived a year.

@christiangaston3391

Жыл бұрын

fave comment!

@RHiscool19

Жыл бұрын

real

@gagnonny

Жыл бұрын

Yup

@GregHakes

Жыл бұрын

No, it's because it had 360 internal issues. LOL

The OG XBOX was a game changer that doesn’t get enough credit 🤷🏻‍♂️ I remember it blowing my mind with the internal storage able to rip music and play it while I games. It had some great new games and Xbox Live.

@bigstv15

Жыл бұрын

@@inkedsleeve4226 and the only shenmue 2 English version

@charlesbrown4483

Жыл бұрын

The OG Xbox was far ahead of it’s time. And as much of a scam as console gaming services like XBL have since been recognized to be, it was absolutely game changing back in the day.

@JHazard1000

Жыл бұрын

I remember getting the OG Xbox with WWF Raw,Halo and The Guy Game for Christmas loved that system

@TristanTheVRGamecat

Жыл бұрын

It brought about the aspect of paying for online , literally just made things worse for us

@charlesbrown4483

Жыл бұрын

@@TristanTheVRGamecat Not at all. Is it stupid today? Of course. Back but then it was an important step forward in the gaming industry. Most of the companies that went onto make tons of great games would’ve never had the money nor data to do so without the console services.

Oof, bit harsh on the Xbox One S I feel. Sleek, 4K blu ray compatibility which the PS4 Pro never offered (dumb call by Sony there), and it did have a slight performance boost over the regular Xbox One. Very slight, but it was there.

@AbdullahBasit24

Жыл бұрын

Exactly! It deserved some better respect.

@AbdullahBasit24

Жыл бұрын

As a matter of fact, I own it too. It's my daily driver for playing games since 2017

@aido.08

Жыл бұрын

i still have mine, and my only complaint is the loading times are much slower than my series x.

@jacksonsworld9075

2 ай бұрын

I’ll give it B 12:57

@Phantom_Foxx

Ай бұрын

lol that and they were reliable the one x are all kicking the bucket over a hdmi retimer chip

radio shack turned into The Source in Canada and thats how i got my ps5 pre order at launch , while all other mainstream places you'd think of to buy consoles ran out of pre-orders in minutes no one thought about the source and i pre ordered 6 hrs after pre orders went live lol

Like the list. Only things I'd change; move the One S up to B-tier & move up the 360 Slim up to X-tier.

Great video as always. I’ve been waiting for this since I first saw the PlayStation ranking in June/July. Please do ranking videos for video games series (gta, assassins creed, gran turismo etc). Keep up the good work.

Thanks for the throwback guys. I remember listening to my cds songs when I played forza on the og xbox. As always love the channel

I remember hearing that wrapping the 360 up in a towel and deliberately overheating it would solve the red ring issue for a solid 2-3 hours. That became my pre-game ritual for like 5 solid years

@winstonpoplin

Жыл бұрын

Truly an og.

@Stillxxen

Жыл бұрын

Bear Grylls of Gamers!

@arktischer

Жыл бұрын

I just beat the crap out of mine and it would work again like normal

@Osmium38

Жыл бұрын

"Pre-workout?" "No. Pre-game." -Probably any mid/late-2000s gamer

Matt: *Makes a reasonable point about paid online being a downside to the 360* Austin: "So you have chosen death?"

@joshjacobson9846

Жыл бұрын

PSN was honestly garbage town USA for most of the PS3 era

@YoDzOnHalo

Жыл бұрын

@@joshjacobson9846 ya no one I knew played the popular online games on psn. We all went to Xbox for rainbow six, CoD, etc

@davon6074

Жыл бұрын

@@joshjacobson9846 🧢you never played online on ps3 then. I played both systems and online was great on ps3. The only time it was bad was when it got hacked for a month, which was horrible. Got Infamous and LBP for free though. Then there’s also Party Chat, but regardless my friends would be playing the game we played so in game chat didn’t make it a problem.

@RealGengarTV

Жыл бұрын

@@joshjacobson9846 It was Garbage Town Europe too dude

@randlepmcmurphy6117

Жыл бұрын

Austin was right though because PSN was dog shit!

Despite the red ring of death, the original 360 holds a very fond place in my heart. It felt like such a huge step up in gaming and so many classic titles were coming out at the same time. I had multiple 360’s all with the red ring, luckily you could just wrap that thing in some towels and let it over heat then it would work again lol.

@regretabletangibility

Жыл бұрын

Wait...what??!

@attackstory9023

Жыл бұрын

He is telling the truth. It was a thing.

@philipadams3325

Жыл бұрын

I had 1 RROD. They fixed it free and I still have it and use it now. DVD drive is sticking, but I have a 360 E I play most the time and play games I downloaded on my original.

The OG xbox music was genious for the time. Copy several music CDs to the HDD and make custom playlists across them. That you then could use on games that supported it like Forza that changed tunes for the menu or races itself. 360 did not do the custom list, but ofc had music you could copy and use. It even paused when cinematics were played. Sadly the Xbox one version of it, even with Spotify is not that smart as he plays music regardless of what happens in game. So IMO... that's one area where Xbox has gone backwards with each new console.

I feel the 360 arcade should have gotten a better score as it was possible to remove the blanking plate up top and add a hard drive from your last console when it inevitably succumbed to red ring after the warranty ended

@Slow.S55

Жыл бұрын

This was my first upgrade from my Nintendo 64, received it late 2008, wasn't able to save any games until I bought my first brand new hard drive for 50$ 20gb in late 2009. It carried me till 2014 until I switched PlayStation

@JemasAlica

6 ай бұрын

Ok

I sometimes wonder if the 360 sold so many units because the amount of consoles that died. I had 3 and my brother bought about 7 over it's lifetime, luckily my Elite still lives.

@mcwizar1

Жыл бұрын

I probably had 6 in total from the original to the square slim one

@totalrko

Жыл бұрын

You guys seem to mistreat the console, I had an xbox since gta 4 up until they stopped supporting the console

@mcwizar1

Жыл бұрын

@@totalrko ohhhhh no I only had a problem with the 1st generation 360 cause of the ring of death I think I replaced it about 3 time at the time I was a kid and did not buy the warranty 😂😂😂 the other 3 I was just upgrading

@Scottgunner89

Жыл бұрын

@@totalrko GTA4 came out 2.5 years into the 360s life, they had ironed out many of the issues at that point. On the earlier models with the Hitachi disc drives, they had a huge failure rate and would cause disc drive errors frequently. If you watch the video, they review the Launch 360 seperately and put it into D Tier.

@flawlesswill1987

Жыл бұрын

i had 5 and all my other xboxs i only bought 1 and they all still working inculding my original xbox which i had chipped

The 360 E was my favorite 360. I got it on a good sale and it ran almost 24 hrs a day for several years.

@philipadams3325

Жыл бұрын

My blue/teal e gets played more than any ther console. Games are cheap now so have picked up many I missed.

I have a series X and Series S. When used with a good OLED TV you don’t really care too much about the difference between the two due to the excellent upscaling that LG had. Everyone I know that bought the series S is 100% happy and have no regrets not spending more.

@codmonster1493

Жыл бұрын

does tv matter in upscaling because i believe if i disable 4k on my series s the game looks better.

@BruceRichwineJr

Жыл бұрын

@@codmonster1493 depends on your TV. Also disabling 4K on the Series S shouldn’t do anything that I’m aware of. The 4K output is for video streaming and apps that output in 4K not gaming. But if you limit the output overall to 1080p and your TV has good upscaling that could be the reason it looks better. Your TV could upscale 1080P better than 1440P to say the least. But I’m just speculating. Never tried all these different scenarios myself.

@codmonster1493

Жыл бұрын

@@BruceRichwineJr as far as I have notice that when set to 1080p my game looks better than when set to 4k. Moreover my TV shows 4k icon even when I am playing games if the setting is set to 4k. That's why I think that my TV ruins the game by upscaling.

@deadpoolcoolkidg1222

Жыл бұрын

@@codmonster1493 idk or care about all that all ik is that the series x is better than the s😂😂😂😜

@ml3677

Жыл бұрын

@@deadpoolcoolkidg1222 What’s so funny about it though??

I agree with Matt. I loved the HDMI input port on the Xbox One, and the IR function to turn on your tv and stereo was nice too. When you put an HMDI switch onto the HDMI input port, you could do a lot without having to change input ports on the TV. I love the XBox One and currently have two XBox One X's still rockin.....

@Robyn--

8 ай бұрын

I still use my Xbox One, Day 1 2013, the only thing that has degraded is it's disc drive, but other than that it's still soldiering on

Austin bring back your mustache it was a thing of beauty (chef kiss) lol love the channel guys keep up the great work.

@austinbeck8386

3 ай бұрын

I'm Austin an I don't do that

There were 5 motherboard versions on the phat 360, fun fact. All but Jasper (the last) are really gonna last well over time

Im so happy to see the Series S is A tier. It deserves alot of praise imo in this market where things are pretty expensive. A digital market is not a bad thing right now and game pass exists. It's price point, games available (and in the future) and capabilities are well worth it.

@RGGeek

Жыл бұрын

I even think it should’ve been X tier. It’s a solid console!

@WilliamHollinger2019

Жыл бұрын

I never got the current generation but Xbox one x I had to go through 3 consoles one vcr is a joke performance was lack. Xbox one x man it hold up today standards. So yes series s for game pass console is good because not everyone have $60 to buy every game. And once you finished the game uninstall and find something else. 500 GB ssd yes it fill up fast but not everyone will play a lot of games at first.

@jacobporter419

Жыл бұрын

@@WilliamHollinger2019 External hard drive

@justinpollock2627

Жыл бұрын

for sure id give it X tier

@joshd3192

Жыл бұрын

S is awesome.

I would’ve given the One S a much higher rank tbh. It was half the size, had an integrated power supply, was the first console that could output in 4K (upscaled games to 4K, some apps had 4K, and had a 4K Blu-ray player) and was just a great and popular Xbox overall, even surpassed the PS4 for a few sales months after it came out. 😄

@dawoodwilliams3652

9 ай бұрын

That integrated Power supply was also a detriment to the console

@Chumpal

9 ай бұрын

@@dawoodwilliams3652 Being genuine here, how?

@BigMackhan

5 ай бұрын

and the s had a much cooler gpu. actually it made it faster because it didnt overheat and made the s last longer for gamers.

I got the 360 Elite was my first Xbox on launch day, and the main reason I waited for it was because it was the first Xbox to have an HDMI output. I think the HDMI output alone makes it worthy of a higher score.

@buggerlugz6753

3 ай бұрын

Very true and it still looks awesome on a 2024 LED TV.........totally missed that, these guys did.

I could afford and get series X but I deliberately bought series S instead. Because of the physical size: at the moment I live in another country and when time will come to go back home I can just throw it into my backpack and still have space for other stuff. And then I realised that it’s handy even now- I can easily carry my console to play with friends at their homes. Plus TV I use now isn’t good enough to get benefits of series X and it costs twice as much as S here, don’t see a point in paying that. I like it, paired with game pass ultimate it’s a really great little entertainment box.

@aido.08

Жыл бұрын

i already have a series x, but i wish i had an s. ive already bought too many physical games.

Xcloud has been a great experience for me. My PC is getting behind, and playing with the wired controller solves the lag a lot

I just got a series S after being a PlayStation guy my whole life. The price was a major selling point for me and honestly I was blown away by the performance of the little console. It’s made me an Xbox guy and once I can find/afford a series X I will definitely be getting that and giving my series S to my wife.

Xbox series S is what I got before I got the series X. It's a great secondary console if you you need more than 1. (And most your games are digital) super under rated if you you do games pass or in you prefer the convenience on digital games. "A" tier is appropriate.

@MichaelJones-mc7ud

Жыл бұрын

I also think it would be great too if you travel a lot!

@ResidentWeevil2077

Жыл бұрын

I personally went with the Series X because I wanted the greater processing power, and in the off chance I'll buy bargain game discs.

@dark5674

Жыл бұрын

Right I got the series X as my main console

@TristanTheVRGamecat

Жыл бұрын

Hang on you had a series s seen the poor quality of the games coming from Xbox and thought il buy a series x...........Microsoft really do have some clowns that support them no wonder they think they can take away your say of vote with your wallet with gamepass

@toegangtoegang6116

Жыл бұрын

@@TristanTheVRGamecatI don’t understand the problem with Xbox tbh I enjoy PlayStation also I think when you start looking at every little detail it takes the fun out of it

The 360 even after the RROD models had very bad disc drives as well. I had about 5 different 360s over time .One slim model that still works to this day, but aside from that on all of them the disc drive eventually failed sooner or later. You couldn't put in a different drive without cracking the system software, so what I did was replace the lasers inside the disc drive. Still 3 RRODed eventually and one I threw away, because it was loud as shit and the disc drive failed (In 2016, bought in 2007).

@bobby_c07

Жыл бұрын

Ya the disc drive on the Elites died all the time

Netflix on the 360 chillin with my friends in HS was the best. Used to be able to sit in a mock theatre with your avatar.

I had a launch Xbox 360 and Microsoft replaced it three times. The last replacement worked for about six months before it also died. It was a great system but those launch systems were rushed and very faulty.

@kasrakh86

Жыл бұрын

holy fuck 3 times lol

@MOG0311

Жыл бұрын

I remember the carboard coffins they would send to ship the systems to them in. At least for awhile they would give you a one month card for Xbox live when they sent it back to you.

11:06 they didn’t take into account how impressive the hardware actually is. I think this console is underrated

The Xbox 360 Arcade was my first console since the SNES, I'd been a PC gamer forever but games were really pushing to console only at this time. The new slim versions of the 360 had dropped and I got this for only $100, plus a used wifi adapter for 28, and an aftermarket 160GB hdd for like $50. I put this at the B tier personally but no worse than C tier, it was cheap and played anything I wanted to play for many years and it still works today. That's the only ranking I had any problem with on your list.

Got my 360 pro fixed in 2008, still works to this day, sometimes I have to smack it for the disc tray to come out. Just got a Series X after being on PS4 Last gen, and I love it so far.

My thing with the red ring of death (xbox360) as a kid was I had gotten three replacements in one year and always thought if they knew they were malfunctioning like that to the point where they had to put an indicator letting you know that the life is over on it it seems like they were just making them to break to make more money

@SakuraAvalon

Жыл бұрын

Well, it's because they couldn't meet demand, using their factories. So they went to unregulated factories to help make enough stock to meet the demand they were facing. Which lead to the poor production of the console, leading to the Red Ring. Also, they got sued over this, and had to start repairing these outside of the warranty, which comes out of pocket. I doubt Microsoft was happy with this situation. But it was the price they paid to make sure they could meet demand.

@Bond007er

7 ай бұрын

I had 4 die in 1 year 1 due to disc drive failure 6 mos in 3 rrod the next 6 mos

I still have the launch model. Fully working at that :)

That Xbox fridge sells out at my target more than the consoles ! It works good to keep a couple beverages but if you're constantly opening to grab something its useless.

my 360 had red ring of death back in the day so my uncle helped me take apart the console clean it and put it back together. Worked for like 2 days and then it had the red ring of death again.

I eventually upgraded to the XboxOne Elite console(Series 1 controller included) but the fact that you guys didn't put it on this list makes me feel a way...

So I got a launch 360 on EBay & paid for MS’s extended warranty, & I went through 4 360’s with them until my 5th unit lasted long enough until I could trade it in for the Slim via a GS trade promotion around the release of Mass Effect 3 in March 2012. A month after I traded it in, another customer bought it & it red ringed on them. I will NEVER trust any 360 that isn’t a Slim or an E model.

@djutmose

Жыл бұрын

I have a 360 "Jasper" revision that still works (I think was first HDMI one), but before that I went thru two that RROD'ed on me. Still pisses me off when some people claim red rings were because of "user error." Never had anything like that happen to me with consoles before or since.

@MSUHitman

Жыл бұрын

@@djutmose I had the PS1 disk drive fail after 2 years (a college friend did the Walmart swap for me) and my launch PS2 died within 1 year but I had the EB Games replacement plan and got a new unit that lasted me until the PS3 (after I went back to the store and complained the refurb replacement they gave me was dead as soon as I plugged it in.)

I just remember 3 years ago I got a One S Digital on sale for 170 Canadian after taxes, specifically so I could flip it a year later to pay for the PS5. I sold it to a friend for retail (which is like 220 before taxes I believe.)

The xbox series s/x can also do emulation as well as the Xbox one generation (although not as well) without jailbreaks, there is dev mode retroarch, and a few standalone emus, and retail mode retro arch, and a few standalones, just to add to anything to this

My first Xbox was the base Xbox 360...RROD was a pain...BUT Microsoft fixed it for free. Then about a year or two later the disc tray broke...So...I bought a 360 Arcade that lasted throughout the remainder of the lifespan of the console generation. Yeah it didn't have Wifi but at the time I was able to get the adapter for like...$20 and got a 250GB Hard drive for I think $60? They were EXPENSIVE back then lol. But I remember it very fondly.

that moment when you preordered a logitech g cloud and now you're having doubts.. -_-

11:18 bro Austin I remember you made a video back in the day called “Top 5 Tech Failures” or something and you listed the original Xbox One as number one on that list man 😭

I’m still playing my launch 360 to this day haha. It red ringed on halo wars but my dad took it to get fixed and everything still works quite well today

I have been collecting my couch pennies to get a Series X, but with what you said about the Series S, and the type of user I am, (I play FIFA and an occasional Game Pass game that gets my interest), and considering that here in Mexico prices are up to the sky the series S selling for what can be translated to 400 USD and the X in roughly 6 to 700, I guess I am going to give thin boy a chance to replace my OG Xbox One

@henryt2612

Жыл бұрын

I’m going for the s aswell, the value is incredible

@6thHokageJuan

Жыл бұрын

bruh if only i could find a Series X for $600 US...the scalpers still have it a $700+ US

If the logi G Cloud was priced at $179 it would be an amazing handheld retro emulator. The thing can handle Gamecube emulation pretty well. Currently waiting for it to get a price drop.

@cooldaddyslick6869

5 ай бұрын

Was just $180 on eBay from Secondipity

Not all HDMI 360s have the fixed GPU underfill. Non repaired or refurbished Zephyrs and Early Falcons also suffered from flip chip failure.

Austin's laugh at the 7 min mark seriously gave me Juaquin Phoenix Joker Vibes!

I like this list. ☺️. I forgot how many versions of the 360 were made. I had a launch model that red ringed and I replaced it with a slim model and that was stolen. 🙄 I currently have the Series S and I love it. Yeah, it's focused on 1080p and 60fps but, my television is from 2017 and I'll upgrade it when it does finally break. I treat the series S like a powerful 360 and play all my old titles and some of the ones I missed on game pass 😀

@ghomerhust

Жыл бұрын

i loved and hated the 360. it had a great following during it's reign, but trying to repair them was a nightmare because of how many versions there were. and even within the same "run" there was differences internally.

@RecklessRobert

Жыл бұрын

Love how cheap the series S is

@TristanTheVRGamecat

Жыл бұрын

Support great games not Xbox execs , screw gamepass that anti consumer garbage

@Tmtrnr

Жыл бұрын

@@TristanTheVRGamecat are you stupid

@TristanTheVRGamecat

Жыл бұрын

@@RecklessRobert you get what you pay for

If anyone remembers the Xbox SAD edition reveal, they literally made fun of themselves and their engineering ability. It was very funny.

@Chriva

Жыл бұрын

That was one S All Digital. Not even related :)

I did get the 360 launch version and it lasted about a month. Thankfully I bought it at Costco and at that time they didn't have there 90 day return policy for electronics. I went through 5 of the OG design. The 5th one was the charm. I got the HDMI version back in 07 and it lasted until 2012. Good times. Lol. I too am not crazy about the PS5 design as well.

Should have done a what-if grading if the rumoured disc drive add-on becomes reality. Now the list will become outdated if it does get an announcement.

The Xbox 360 E was the first console I bought with my own money 😂 whilst even back then I felt the S model was more aesthetically pleasing. The E has really grown on me over the years

@Asbestdeparting24

Жыл бұрын

Me too bro! Did you get a blue edition?

@spslayer9113

Жыл бұрын

@@Asbestdeparting24 No. The regular black

@Asbestdeparting24

Жыл бұрын

@@spslayer9113 👍

I still have an xbox 360 e lying around, I'll say this, even after 9 years with this console I have never had to sent it to repairing and I've never felt a lag playing games like gta or arkham or farcry. The kinect sensor had a ton of potential. i still enjoy playing kinect sports with my family. The xbox was not all that bad

I just want to thank you for putting the SS so high on the list. I was certain you would conform to the rest of the community and dump all over it. Terribly underrated.

@whorror_punx

Жыл бұрын

The series S was the first time Ive been able to afford a next gen console literally ever lol havent been able to get anything since my parents got us a 360 forever ago. This allows me to play literally almost all the games I want, but cant, play on my laptop (Elden ring, Cyberpunk, Hogwarts, and soon, Jedi Survivor) as well as some older games I want, like Red Dead 1. Im so stoked on my series S, man. I fucking love it. If they didnt have a such a cheap buy-in cost (245 is what I paid after tax), theres no way Id be able to play any of these games until years later, as theres just no way Ill be able to afford 500 dollars any time in the foreseeable future. So I really, seriously, applaud microsoft for having this as an option.

Shoutout to the editor who used the Ehergize sound effect during the XBox prototype part.

0:50 NBA and NFL 2k, and Forza motorsport was my favorite games to use that feature with

Imagine if MS comes out with a Xbox Series S with disc drive and 1TB storage for $350

I honestly can`t help but feel that the one s was done dirty a little bit... It`s true that it wasn`t a massive improvement in performance like the one x was, but it still did alot of things right... It was sleek, compact, was a really good price, was often on sale with game bundles (I bought my little brother`s 1tb one s bundled with 5 games, 2 controllers, and 3 months of gold for 250€, in christmas of 2018), it was available in upto 2tb form (which I have, and I have some 50 games installed, with over 200gb still free), it still had HDMI in (which I use with my switch, since I play on a monitor with no speakers and having my headphones plugged in the switch is impractical with my setup, I can use the xbox controller`s audio jack with no issues), and the one s still saw enough of a performance improvements to smooth out the experience of many games the og one struggled with, and I believe that many of the games the og one could only do 900p on, the one s targets 1080p (might be wrong though). I would have atleast given it a solid B, and maybe even an A... Also, the series s absolutly deserves more respect than it gets, because even though the 500gb ssd (of which only 386gb is usable, ask me how I know) is really tight, and the lack of a disk drive is a bummer for those who don`t have an exclusively digital library, it is still a good value, and is the console that has truly brought next gen to the masses.... It is by far the cheapest next gen console, it is the most readily available (in my area both the series x and ps5 are still out of stock with the only way to get one for msrp being to order one and get on a waiting list), and since 4k monitors and tvs still aren`t that widespread, a 1080p console for less money makes perfect sense. The most disappointing thing about my series s is the lack of hdmi in though, which I had really taken for granted... Good thing I kept and still use my one s...

@lewisplayzandplayz5229

Жыл бұрын

Agreed and honestly it’s a perfect console for new people who want to try an Xbox out and little kids too lol they could play halo,fortnite, Apex, and Overwatch 2

@lewisplayzandplayz5229

Жыл бұрын

I kid you not I have these games on my series S and have like 10 gigs left and honestly I don’t mind these games are top tier and I love playing them

@andrewcurti9313

Жыл бұрын

The One S was also the first game console to have a 4K Blu-ray player.

I want to make a note about the 360, i still have my Launch 360, the OG boi from 2005, and it still works. never had the RRoD or failed drive. i still use it to this day sometimes. edit: spelling and correction

They play off each other so well. Such a great chemistry!!

I bought series S knowing full well the drawbacks, and I love it.

As a PlayStation fan i always had a PlayStation in the house the only Xbox i ever got was the Xbox elite the story is when psn went down for about a month i got it from my local game store with a game and was in near new condition i sold the game to get other games like halo gears of war and fable then used the free trial to play online for the month after that when psn was back sold it back to the game store and made a nice profit that why the elite it X

I don't think I saw a pro.... But I had a 360 pro (first gen 2006-2007) and I had it until 2009-10 when it finally died, I tried the towel trick (overheat it by covering it in a towel) and it lasted 2-3 more months. A few weeks later I got an xbox 360 arcade and slapped my HDD on it. The internal memory was nice too since I could use it for my profile and all the goodies your character got. I had the RC warthog lol

yooo same use to be a asm at radioshack to!!! and i remember thinking why do we sell games at all !!!!

The Arcade came with a soldered memory card of I think 256MB and later a 60GB hard drive, the Core is the one that came without any storage.

@dyslectische

Жыл бұрын

The arcade come out with a 256mb on the board . And you had a free of you register by Microsoft a 512Mb stick . Well here in the Netherlands.

fun fact the main problem with the launch 360's (at least in the UK) was the cheap thermal paste that Microsoft used to cut costs on the first mass production, it was barely a thermal paste at all and was so bad that it would dry and solidify after maybe 10 - 30 hours of console use. this was causing overheating issues or "Hardware Malfunctions" which is what the 3 red lights error was or as it later become known as The Red Ring of Death. i actually used to make a little bit of money on the side (£20 per console) taking my friends 360's apart and replacing the cheap paste with better quality stuff. 8 out of 10 times that would fix the issue. if not the thermal paste then the board had probably warped already or there was a problem with the power brick itself. another fun thing i used to do which was especially helpful when rental stores like blockbuster were still about was to take the cover and the metal casing off the Xbox and remove the top of the cd drive, but first cut the circular magnet out of the top of the cd drive so you just have this small magnetic disc the sits on top of the game disc to hold in place when its being read. this can be used to bypass having multiple copies of a game if playing with siblings or for LAN parties. as once the game is installed on the hard drive and the game has been launched the disc will stop being read and you can just take the magnet off and put the disc into another console without issue, the game will still run perfectly as it only needed the disc read for booting up. my brother and i had a lot of good times playing multiplayer games in separate rooms with only one rented disc back in the day.

@bobothn

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The 360's failure was due to the solder used in the CPU had nothing to do with thermal past was designed for leaded solder then was changed at the last min to comply with upcoming EU laws and the lead free solder wasn't flexible enough to stand the head and cool cycle as it was designed for different solder.

@d1nky68

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Nope, it was caused by flip chip failure in the GPU.

@d1nky68

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@@bobothn GPU not the CPU.

I love that Austin used the word Skulduggery. It's my favorite word.

So former RadioShack manager.. Man I remember the year we sold consoles... also remember getting Gears Of War 3 shipped to the store a good two weeks early. Someone us might have been playing our copies well before launch day lol

I loved the Duke controller. It fit my hands perfectly. I've recently bought the Hyperkin Duke just to have a perfectly sized controller for my PC. My first X360 was an Elite model. I bought a Halo 4 Limited Slim X360 when it came out, and that thing was great. I still have it hooked up to my TV and play games on it. X tier: X360 Slim. F Tier: Series S. Backwards compatibility should be a guaranteed option for modern consoles, and without a disc drive a lot of people would need to buy the same games all over again. Boo.

Series S would be X tier if they also sold a separate disk drive for it that you could plug in as needed.

@doublejumpvideogames....

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Or buy an x

@Galvamel

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@@doublejumpvideogames.... Absolutely. Though, I always felt that the X or S choice really boiled down to whether you had or were getting a 4K TV.

@toxicgracie3772

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@@Galvamel The X isn't just better because of 4k. At 1440p, it will have better frames than the S at 1440p, especially with more graphically demanding games. It also comes with a disk drive and 1TB of storage compared to the 500GB on the S and the X has considerably better cooling/venting. The S is still a great option at $300 though.

@toxicgracie3772

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@@Galvamel Like for me, I bought the Series X and have a 1440p monitor. I'm not even interested in 4k. 1440p is enough and the Series X will have a better chance of hitting 120fps than the Series S

I had the 360 arcade I loved that console! I wasn’t a big online gamer so it wasn’t a big deal to not have the wifi adapter to me.

Enjoyed this tier teardown, would love to see a PlayStation & Nintendo version!

In terms of X tier, the original xbox, xbox 360, and xbox game pass are what I have on top. I think the Xbox 360 really helped introduced the video game market to indie games, but the indie games store was really fun. Truly the wild west of gaming because you could buy a development kit and sell your game right on the xbox 360. What was nice is that many of these indie game devs took advantage of the xbox avatars, and allowed you to play as them, and in some games, you could play with or against the avatars in your friendlist, which I really liked. What's crazy is that some of these devs were able to sell over a million copies. It was interesting times to say the least. Now, there was tons of shovel ware, but wade through the shit and finding the hidden gems was half the fun, and all indie games had playable demo so you could try before you buy. In fact, all games on xbox 360 arcade/indie games required demos.

I think your list is pretty accurate only change I'd make is I'd put the series S in X tier as well

My Xenon is still going strong. But i did repaste it along with some new capacitors and a later revision GPU heatsink.

The One S was the first console to output 4K. It only upscaled to 4K for gaming but it had 4K for video and streaming.

I hated the 360 that came with the kinect included. My parents got me one for Christmas when I was a kid it was cool and all but it was the like 4 GB version so it could hold like 3 games and the the entire storage was full

360 Arcade was considered shitty, but here in Brazil it was THE console to buy, cause it endup so much more affordable than the Elite one.

got all the 360 models, but forgot the Xbox One Elite that came with the 1st gen Elite controller

Loved the tutorial man this thing is legit 100% !! althogh i wish if theres a way you can do it on computer

I had the glossy finish 360 slim. Freakin loved it. Great memories

The series s makes an amazing companion console. I have my main series x in my livingroom with my PS5, but sometimes I just want to relax in bed and finish up a couple missions or play some backwards compatibility titles where I’m not as concerned with performance or visuals and having the series s in my bedroom is fantastic. Recently it’s been getting even more use than my series x just because I want to relax in bed after work and not on a couch.

The elite had a ton more storage(cheaper to upgrade to the elite than buy the replacement storage alone) that’s what made it stick out at the time!

10:43 I still have one of these My 360 that I had since 2009 started having issues and it kept getting worse So when I went to get a new one i saw the E model on sale so I picked it up Then they announced backwards compatibility

my launch 360 had one red ring of death and somehow fixed itself when i literally shutted down the console immediately and it still works to this day

I’m pretty sure my Xbox 360 lasted 5 years before it came up with the red ring, and if I remember correctly, it still played fine for a while after that as well

I miss my elite from back in the day, still have the 120GB HDD for it and it still works now.

The One S deserves more love. It was my first Xbox, the reason I primarely switched to Xbox and I still use it on a daily basis. It's been my primary device from january 2019 until last december when I bought my Series X, but even now it's still being used in my bedroom, plays a lot of games in amazing quality and is a great media centre. Game Pass didn't even convince me to switch. It was the snappy system OS, the console being super quiet, the nature of play anywhere, Xbox Live features like uploading your captures etc. Just being able to play all my games on my Series X in the living room, the Series S or my PC at the desk and my One S in the bedroom is a dream come true.

The 360 was revolutionary with Xbox live, party system, watching movies together. It created an ecosystem. Definitely an S tier

The PSN being free on the PS3 era is so relatable. My dad gave me a X360Arcade in early 2010 and I was so hyped to play online… then I discovered that it didn’t have Wi-Fi and to play online I have to play. So I sell the 360 and buyed a PS3 slim with LBP2, and I became the happiest kid.

My OG 360 is still running strong but sounds like i'm running a dishwasher whenever there is a disc in it

I've owned an original and an elite and everything else has been playstation but I always love hearing things about xbox and nintendo I just love hearing about their journey, awe video guys

Wait. The xbox 360 that didn’t have the red ring of death issue was the one with the added hdmi ? I have a fat one without the hdmi port that still works to this day. Crazy

There were definitely more than two revisions of the OG 360 motherboard. Four if im not mistaken ((the mentioned) Xenon, Zephyr, Falcon, Jasper AFAIR. Wasn't really untill the Falcon where the RROD was at a normal failure rate for a console. The Jasper was the best one obviously).

I got the X360 elite. It worked fine. Didn’t ran into any issue, before I sold it. My PS3 phat, on the other hand, was riddled with issues. It worked for couple of years. Got repaired many times, till it finally got YLOD.

as someone who playes games on lesser than 10 ping i cant imagine cloud gaming i get anoyed when my ping hits 60

I will never forget when the demo for bioshock killed my 360.

I had a launch 360 and within a month I added an external fan just for the hell of it and it lasted 10 years before it red ringed and only because that fan stopped working.

I got the 360 E as my first xbox, so i loved it haha, 2 years later i got an Xbox One:)

i bought the 360 arcade for 200 dollars from walmart when i was about 9 or 10 and carried it home on the public transit alone to play my games. im glad they sold the 360 without a harddrive because i literally just bought a used one later to attach to it. 200 was a lot of money back then