I Loved My Xbox 360s–All Four Of Them

Xbox is celebrating its 25-year anniversary today, November 15, 2026. Below, we take a look back at Microsoft's great, and infamously buggy, second console. In the mid to late aughts, the Xbox 360 reigned supreme. It felt like the center of the gaming universe, as the best place to play multiplatform hits like Modern Warfare and Grand Theft Auto, and the only way to play exclusive blockbusters like Halo 3. All of my high school friends were on Xbox Live every night, and online gaming became a...