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In 2006, Gears of War became the best-selling game for Xbox 360 when it sold 3 million copies.The Xbox 360 let users change the faceplate making it easy for gamers to put custom faceplates on the console.The Xbox 360 was available in a number of configurations called Xbox 360 Core, Xbox 360 Arcade, Xbox 360 Premium, Xbox 360 Elite, Xbox 360 Slim, and Xbox 360 E.The reason the Xbox logo is green is that the designer only had 'the green nobody wanted' marker left when it was time to colour the design.Before finalizing on the Xbox 360 as the name for the console, Microsoft contemplated calling the console Nextbox, Xbox Next, Xenon, and Xbox 2.While the format war was won by Blu-ray, users needed to purchase an external HD-DVD player to watch HD-DVDs on the console.

The Xbox 360 supported HD-DVD in the HD-DVD vs Blu-ray format war.

That may not sound like a lot, but users should know that the Xbox 360 could be modded to play pirated games.

Information suggests that every Xbox 360 owner purchased 7.5 games.

On its 15th anniversary, let’s look back at some of the interesting and fun facts you probably didn’t know about the Xbox 360 and the Xbox brand. It succeeded the original Xbox, which didn’t see the kind of success the PS2 saw, but it laid the foundation to give the Japanese gaming giant a run for its money. Due to some manufacturing issues, Microsoft had a year head start over Sony in the seventh-generation console war. The Xbox 360 launched in 2005 to take on the Sony PlayStation 3 and the Nintendo Wii in the home console market.