{"id":89951,"date":"2016-04-21T07:44:38","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T05:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=89951"},"modified":"2016-04-21T08:04:21","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T06:04:21","slug":"microsoft-stops-production-of-xbox-360","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/xbox\/89951-microsoft-stops-production-of-xbox-360","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft stops production of Xbox 360"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.xbox.com\/2016\/04\/20\/xbox-360-celebrating-10-years\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Microsoft has decided to stop manufacturing Xbox 360 consoles<\/strong><\/a>, but will continue to sell existing inventory, with availability varying by country.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after the Xbox 360 turned 10 in November 2015, making it one of the most successful gaming platforms ever.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft said there are still many active Xbox 360 gamers, which means it will continue to support the platform in multiple ways.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Xbox Live, including online multiplayer gaming and parties; access to apps; Games with Gold; and Deals with Gold will be supported.<\/li>\n<li>Xbox Live servers that support Xbox 360 services will remain active.<\/li>\n<li>Gamers will be able to buy over 4,000 Xbox 360 games or Xbox 360 accessories\u00a0while stocks last.<\/li>\n<li>Xbox 360 hardware will be supported at xbox.com\/support.<\/li>\n<li>Xbox One Backward Compatibility remains active.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cI want to personally thank the Xbox community who brought so much passion and creativity to the Xbox 360,\u201d said head of Xbox, Phil Spencer.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gaming\/162670-microsoft-stops-making-the-xbox-360.html\" target=\"_blank\">MyBroadband<\/a><\/strong> and is republished with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Types of jobs in game development in South Africa\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/88653-types-of-jobs-in-game-development-in-south-africa.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Types of jobs in game development in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Meet Matthew Smith \u2013 South African World Championship Gamer\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/87926-meet-matthew-smith-south-african-world-championship-gamer.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Meet Matthew Smith \u2013 South African World Championship Gamer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to 5 platformers worth taking the leap for\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/89253-5-platformers-worth-taking-the-leap-for.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">5 platformers worth taking the leap for<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has ceased production of the Xbox 360 just after its 10-year anniversary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":173,"featured_media":89953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[31,18155,91,16683,79],"class_list":["post-89951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-xbox","tag-active","tag-ceased","tag-microsoft","tag-production","tag-xbox-360"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/173"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}