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The Xbox 360 launched on the 22nd of November 2005 in the United States and Canada, followed by the 2nd of December 2005 in Europe and the 10th of December 2005 in Japan. In its first year, the console launched in 36 countries, more countries than any other console had launched in a single year.
The Red Ring of Death was a general hardware failure indicated by three quadrants of the ring around the power button flashing red. Microsoft extended the console's warranty to three years for this failure type, and later in April 2009 also extended coverage to include the E74 error code.
Lifetime worldwide Xbox 360 sales reached 84 million units. In the United States alone, Circana data put lifetime sales at 42.7 million units, and UK lifetime sales topped 9 million units.
Halo 3 became the best-selling Xbox 360 game with over 8 million copies sold in 2007, surpassing Gears of War, which had been the top-selling title in 2006 with 3 million copies.
Microsoft announced the end of Xbox 360 hardware production on the 20th of April 2016, though it continued to provide hardware and software support. The Xbox 360 game marketplace stopped accepting new purchases on the 29th of July 2024.
TechRadar named the Xbox 360 the most influential console of the seventh generation for its emphasis on digital media distribution, Xbox Live online gaming, and game achievement awards. By March 2008, the console had a software attach rate of 7.5 games per console in the US, compared to 3.8 for the PlayStation 3 and 3.5 for the Wii.