Xbox 360 E
Variant of Xbox 360
- Manufacturer
- Microsoft
- Released
- 2013
- Generation
- Gen 7
- Type
- Home
- Launch price
- $199
- Media
- Disc
- Units sold
- 84.0M
About Xbox 360 E
The Xbox 360 video game console has appeared in various retail configurations during its life-cycle. At its launch, the Xbox 360 was available in two retail configurations: the morning "Xbox 360" package, priced at US$399.99 or £279.99, and the "Xbox 360 Core," priced at US$299.99 and £209.99. The original shipment of Xbox 360s included a cut-down version of the Media Remote as a promotion. The Elite package was launched later at a retail price of US$479.99. The "Xbox 360 Core" was replaced by the "Xbox 360 Arcade" in October 2007 and a 60 GB version of the Xbox 360 Pro was released on August 1, 2008. The Pro package was discontinued and marked down to US$249.99 on August 28, 2009 to be sold until stock ran out, while the Elite was also marked down in price to US$299.99. In June 2010, Microsoft announced a new, redesigned model and the discontinuation of the Elite and Arcade models.
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Library & collector facts
2,155licensed games
- North America: 2,073
- Japan: 395
- PAL: 1,700
What's different from Xbox 360
- Cosmetic redesign matching Xbox One angular aesthetic (squared edges, two-tone)
- Single touch-sensitive button strip (vs. Slim's circular touch buttons)
- Quieter operation (incremental fan tuning)
- S/PDIF optical audio output (present on Slim, removed on E — controversy similar to PS4 Slim)
- AV Multi Out port — replaced with composite-only output (no component HD via Multi Out)
- HDMI is now the only HD output (composite for SD only)
- form factor: Curved glossy Slim → angular matte two-tone E (Xbox One styling preview)
- target market: Premium Slim → budget-tier rebox aimed at end-of-life price-conscious buyers
- internal hardware: Same 'Trinity' or 'Corona' SoC as late Slim — no performance improvements
Lineage
Pricing
Launch price (2013)
- 🇺🇸 USD
- $199
Controller
Xbox 360 Controller (USB wired / 2.4 GHz wireless)
Launch titles & exclusives
Call of Duty 2 · Perfect Dark Zero · Project Gotham Racing 3 · Kameo: Elements of Power · Condemned: Criminal Origins · Dead or Alive 4 · Madden NFL 06 · NBA 2K6 · Tony Hawk's American Wasteland · Ridge Racer 6 · Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
None on Core SKU; Premium SKU included 20GB HDD + wired controller
Halo 3 · Gears of War trilogy · Forza Motorsport series · Fable II / III · Lost Odyssey · Blue Dragon · Alan Wake (original release) · Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts · Crackdown
Just Dance 2019 (2018) was among the last major releases
Limited-edition consoles (Halo 4 Edition, Gears 3 Red, Star Wars R2-D2/C-3PO, Mass Effect 3 N7); NCAA Football 14 sealed (~$200–$400)
Hardware specs
- Weight
- ~2.8 kg
- Dimensions
- 264 × 67 × 254 mm
- Cpu
- 3.2 GHz PowerPC Tri-Core Xenon
- Gpu
- 500 MHz ATI/AMD Xenos, 240 GFLOPS
- Ram
- 512 Megabyte, MB of unified GDDR3 RAM clocked at 700 MHz, 10 MB of eDRAM cache on Xenos (graphics chip), Xenos GPU
- Sound
- Analog stereo, Stereo LPCM (TOSLINK and HDMI), Dolby Digital 5.1 (TOSLINK and HDMI), Dolby Digital with WMA pro (TOSLINK and HDMI)
- Os
- Xbox 360 system software
Hardware revisions
- Xenon 'Phat' (Falcon, Zephyr)(2005)
original launch hardware
⚠ Red Ring of Death (RRoD) from solder cracks under thermal stress — ~30–55% lifetime failure rate by some estimates
- Jasper (Falcon revision)(2008)
smaller 65nm CPU/GPU, lower thermal load, RRoD rate falls sharply
- Slim 'Trinity'/'Corona' (S model)(2010)
45nm SoC, built-in WiFi, RRoD virtually eliminated, touch-sensitive power and eject
- E model(2013)
final cosmetic redesign matching Xbox One styling, no internal changes
Launch colorways & special editions
- No major special editions — released too late in 360 lifecycle (June 2013, alongside Xbox One reveal) for themed SKUs
- Sold primarily as bundles (Forza Horizon, Halo 4, Kinect Sports)
Modding scene
- Difficulty
- hard-mod
- Custom firmware
- RGH (Reset Glitch Hack) 3.0; JTAG (older, only pre-2009 dashboards); Aurora dashboard for homebrew
Reception & legacy
Strong launch despite limited stock; praised for Xbox Live integration and Achievements; criticized for Core SKU lacking HDD
Released only 5 months before Xbox One launch — felt like a cynical attempt to clear inventory; loss of optical audio AND component output was a step backward from Slim; widely seen as the worst 360 revision for modders and audiophiles
Established Xbox Live and modern online console gaming standards (Achievements, party chat, digital marketplace) that every platform later adopted
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