![]() November 22nd: The Xbox 360 is released in North America. November 6th: The first instance of Red Ring of Death (RROD/E 74) was found in a Walmart kiosk prior to launch. Because of this, it does not qualify as a "technological protection measure" (TPM) device as they claimed and thus modchips are declared legal in Australia again. October 6th: The Australian Stevens v Kabushiki Kaisha Sony Computer Entertainment case is taken to High Court and it is ruled that Sony's PlayStation was designed to prevent illegal copies of games being played, and was not designed to prevent illegal copying. September 27th: Microsoft declares support for HD-DVD, in opposition to Blu-Ray, technology. Andrew "bunnie" Huang joins the Free60 Project.Īugust 17th: Official launch price of the Xbox 360 is announced to be $299.99 at GC2005. May 23rd: The Xbox-Linux team begins the Free60 Project, dedicated to port Linux to the Xbox 360. May 15th: Bill Gates announces that Halo 3 will launch on the launch day of the PlayStation 3. ![]() The official Xbox 360 website,, opens its doors. Original Xbox games are demonstrated on the system, confirming backwards compatibility. May 12th: The Xbox 360 is unveiled on MTV, confirming leaked data including the name, the logo, the wireless controllers, the system specs, and the console design. March 24th: Microsoft reveals a games development platform, XNA (which stands for "XNA's Not Acronymed") for the unannounced Xbox successor.
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