Microsoft ends Xbox 360 console manufacturing, but will keep supporting hardware and Xbox Live
Over 10 years after the launch of the Xbox 360 console, Microsoft has announced it will end the manufacturing of new Xbox 360 hardware units.
In an Xbox Wire post, Xbox head Phil Spencer wrote:
While the Xbox 360 will no longer be made, Microsoft will continue to support current hardware units. In addition, Xbox Live will continue to work for the Xbox 360 consoles that are still using it, and Xbox 360 games and accessories will also continue to be sold. Microsoft has not yet offered a specific date for when support for Xbox 360, or Xbox Live services for the console, will end.
Microsoft launched the Xbox 360 in November 2005 and it is estimated that the company sold 80 million units worldwide by November 2013, when its successor, the Xbox One, was released.
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