Golden age of Xbox 360 timeline
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Published 2023-08-07
Based on a median of sales, reception, nominations, awards.
Excluded categories: digital-only, DLC, late 6th-gen ports, DC licensed.
All menus have been recorded on their original Xbox 360 version for this video.
Dates source: mobygames.com
Sales metric: vgchartz.com
Reception metric: metacritic.com
Awards & nominations metrics:
Golden Joystick Awards
Spike Video Game Awards
British Academy Games Awards
Annual Interactive Achievement Awards
Game Developers Choice Awards
All Comments (21)
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Man the 360 generation was peak gaming. The games felt unique, could be played offline, didn't require a 100GB patch, and they actually worked the day you got it!
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I never realized how close all those releases are given how iconic so many are it always felt like they were far from eachother
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How I played 3/4 of these games is unreal my ass was NOT doing homework
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Halo 3, Orange Box, MW2, Assasin’s Creed, and Mass Effect in less than 2 months was insane. You really don’t know you were in the good times until after youve lived through them.
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You never know how good you truly had it until it’s all gone by.
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It can be hard to believe that there was a time when the budget of a AAA game was usually reflected in its quality
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The world really did end after 2012.
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The best era in gaming. So much experimentation and creativity. A brief moment in gaming history before they realized they could milk us like cows. You still get great games here and there now, they are not extinct, but they are few and far between. The sheer volume of great games that came out during this era is unmatched. These days it's mostly unfinished microtransaction-riddled shit.
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These games have had such a heavy impact even the main menus is giving me chills
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Halo 3 to The Orange Box to Modern Warfare to Assassin's Creed to Mass Effect in the space of 2 months is absolutely insane.
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2007 was ridiculous. Probably the best year for games in history
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I was working at Gamestop as a 19 through 23 year old during this era. I miss working the launches of these events with my coworkers.
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Just goes to show the level of quality of video games during this time. I don’t think we’ll see anything like it for a while.
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It’s crazy i thought this era would never end as a kid i thought it would be even better as an adult
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As kids we couldn’t wait for graphics to get better. Now we have ultra realism, and we’d give anything to go back
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The peak of gaming. Never again will we see such a superb era.
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The 360 era was definitely a golden experience. Nearly every franchise was at it's peak back then. 😇
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This makes me miss old game menus. Simple, clean, no nonsense. 90% of menus these days are over cluttered and trying to sell you add ons, it drives me insane.
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The Golden Era = pure art The New Era = Corporate Greed
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RIP Xbox 360. What a time to be alive with enough freetime to game after school until bed
