A decade after the popular game console first released, Microsoft announced that it would stop making the Xbox 360.
The company said it will continue to sell the current inventory of consoles, and continue to support the Xbox 360 in the foreseeable future, full service Xbox Live for applications and online games. Microsoft third-party partners have begun to withdraw services Xbox 360.
"Xbox 360 means a lot to everyone at Microsoft," Xbox head Phil Spencer posted online. "And then we had an amazing career, the realities of making a product more than ten years begin to creep in us. So we decided to stop making new Xbox 360 will continue to sell the current inventory of Xbox 360 with availability vary by country. "
First published in late 2005 to replace the original Xbox, the 360 becomes a huge success, selling over 80 million units.
"The console has become a center of games and beloved entertainment with more than 78 million hours of game played almost 486 million in 27 billion Gamerscore and achievements of more than 25 trillion hours spent in applications for his life, "Spencer wrote.
Microsoft introduced its current console, the Xbox One in 2013 and is expected to launch an updated version of hardware this year.
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