The REAL reason they called it the xbox 360 was because there were 360 different versions

The OG XBOX was a game changer that doesn’t get enough credit 🤷🏻‍♂️ I remember it blowing my mind with the internal storage able to rip music and play it while I games. It had some great new games and Xbox Live.

Oof, bit harsh on the Xbox One S I feel. Sleek, 4K blu ray compatibility which the PS4 Pro never offered (dumb call by Sony there), and it did have a slight performance boost over the regular Xbox One. Very slight, but it was there.

radio shack turned into The Source in Canada and thats how i got my ps5 pre order at launch , while all other mainstream places you'd think of to buy consoles ran out of pre-orders in minutes no one thought about the source and i pre ordered 6 hrs after pre orders went live lol

Matt: *Makes a reasonable point about paid online being a downside to the 360* Austin: "So you have chosen death?"

Like the list. Only things I'd change; move the One S up to B-tier & move up the 360 Slim up to X-tier.

I have a series X and Series S. When used with a good OLED TV you don’t really care too much about the difference between the two due to the excellent upscaling that LG had. Everyone I know that bought the series S is 100% happy and have no regrets not spending more.

Im so happy to see the Series S is A tier. It deserves alot of praise imo in this market where things are pretty expensive. A digital market is not a bad thing right now and game pass exists. It's price point, games available (and in the future) and capabilities are well worth it.

Great video as always. I’ve been waiting for this since I first saw the PlayStation ranking in June/July. Please do ranking videos for video games series (gta, assassins creed, gran turismo etc). Keep up the good work.

I remember hearing that wrapping the 360 up in a towel and deliberately overheating it would solve the red ring issue for a solid 2-3 hours. That became my pre-game ritual for like 5 solid years

Despite the red ring of death, the original 360 holds a very fond place in my heart. It felt like such a huge step up in gaming and so many classic titles were coming out at the same time. I had multiple 360’s all with the red ring, luckily you could just wrap that thing in some towels and let it over heat then it would work again lol.

Thanks for the throwback guys. I remember listening to my cds songs when I played forza on the og xbox. As always love the channel

I sometimes wonder if the 360 sold so many units because the amount of consoles that died. I had 3 and my brother bought about 7 over it's lifetime, luckily my Elite still lives.

The 360 E was my favorite 360. I got it on a good sale and it ran almost 24 hrs a day for several years.

The OG xbox music was genious for the time. Copy several music CDs to the HDD and make custom playlists across them. That you then could use on games that supported it like Forza that changed tunes for the menu or races itself. 360 did not do the custom list, but ofc had music you could copy and use. It even paused when cinematics were played. Sadly the Xbox one version of it, even with Spotify is not that smart as he plays music regardless of what happens in game. So IMO... that's one area where Xbox has gone backwards with each new console.

I feel the 360 arcade should have gotten a better score as it was possible to remove the blanking plate up top and add a hard drive from your last console when it inevitably succumbed to red ring after the warranty ended

Xbox series S is what I got before I got the series X. It's a great secondary console if you you need more than 1. (And most your games are digital) super under rated if you you do games pass or in you prefer the convenience on digital games. "A" tier is appropriate.

I would’ve given the One S a much higher rank tbh. It was half the size, had an integrated power supply, was the first console that could output in 4K (upscaled games to 4K, some apps had 4K, and had a 4K Blu-ray player) and was just a great and popular Xbox overall, even surpassed the PS4 for a few sales months after it came out. 😄

I could afford and get series X but I deliberately bought series S instead. Because of the physical size: at the moment I live in another country and when time will come to go back home I can just throw it into my backpack and still have space for other stuff. And then I realised that it’s handy even now- I can easily carry my console to play with friends at their homes. Plus TV I use now isn’t good enough to get benefits of series X and it costs twice as much as S here, don’t see a point in paying that. I like it, paired with game pass ultimate it’s a really great little entertainment box.

Austin bring back your mustache it was a thing of beauty (chef kiss) lol love the channel guys keep up the great work.

There were 5 motherboard versions on the phat 360, fun fact. All but Jasper (the last) are really gonna last well over time

Xcloud has been a great experience for me. My PC is getting behind, and playing with the wired controller solves the lag a lot

I just got a series S after being a PlayStation guy my whole life. The price was a major selling point for me and honestly I was blown away by the performance of the little console. It’s made me an Xbox guy and once I can find/afford a series X I will definitely be getting that and giving my series S to my wife.

that moment when you preordered a logitech g cloud and now you're having doubts.. -_-

11:06 they didn’t take into account how impressive the hardware actually is. I think this console is underrated

I got the 360 Elite was my first Xbox on launch day, and the main reason I waited for it was because it was the first Xbox to have an HDMI output. I think the HDMI output alone makes it worthy of a higher score.

I agree with Matt. I loved the HDMI input port on the Xbox One, and the IR function to turn on your tv and stereo was nice too. When you put an HMDI switch onto the HDMI input port, you could do a lot without having to change input ports on the TV. I love the XBox One and currently have two XBox One X's still rockin.....

I had a launch Xbox 360 and Microsoft replaced it three times. The last replacement worked for about six months before it also died. It was a great system but those launch systems were rushed and very faulty.

I like this list. ☺️. I forgot how many versions of the 360 were made. I had a launch model that red ringed and I replaced it with a slim model and that was stolen. 🙄 I currently have the Series S and I love it. Yeah, it's focused on 1080p and 60fps but, my television is from 2017 and I'll upgrade it when it does finally break. I treat the series S like a powerful 360 and play all my old titles and some of the ones I missed on game pass 😀

Netflix on the 360 chillin with my friends in HS was the best. Used to be able to sit in a mock theatre with your avatar.

my launch 360 had one red ring of death and somehow fixed itself when i literally shutted down the console immediately and it still works to this day

So I got a launch 360 on EBay & paid for MS’s extended warranty, & I went through 4 360’s with them until my 5th unit lasted long enough until I could trade it in for the Slim via a GS trade promotion around the release of Mass Effect 3 in March 2012. A month after I traded it in, another customer bought it & it red ringed on them. I will NEVER trust any 360 that isn’t a Slim or an E model.

If anyone remembers the Xbox SAD edition reveal, they literally made fun of themselves and their engineering ability. It was very funny.

The xbox series s/x can also do emulation as well as the Xbox one generation (although not as well) without jailbreaks, there is dev mode retroarch, and a few standalone emus, and retail mode retro arch, and a few standalones, just to add to anything to this

My 360 elite is still running strong. Never had an issue. X tier.

I still have the launch model. Fully working at that :)

I have been collecting my couch pennies to get a Series X, but with what you said about the Series S, and the type of user I am, (I play FIFA and an occasional Game Pass game that gets my interest), and considering that here in Mexico prices are up to the sky the series S selling for what can be translated to 400 USD and the X in roughly 6 to 700, I guess I am going to give thin boy a chance to replace my OG Xbox One

Agree with the rankings, the real thing stopping the Xbox 360 Slim from X tier is that it came out too late. If it came out in 2009 when the PS3 Slim did, it would've kept the pressure on Sony. Instead, they waited until Kinect was ready and launched it months before that peripheral that ended up stealing a lot of their focus, and lead to the loss of the Xbox One generation.

360 Arcade was considered shitty, but here in Brazil it was THE console to buy, cause it endup so much more affordable than the Elite one.

Imagine if MS comes out with a Xbox Series S with disc drive and 1TB storage for $350

I just want to thank you for putting the SS so high on the list. I was certain you would conform to the rest of the community and dump all over it. Terribly underrated.

My thing with the red ring of death (xbox360) as a kid was I had gotten three replacements in one year and always thought if they knew they were malfunctioning like that to the point where they had to put an indicator letting you know that the life is over on it it seems like they were just making them to break to make more money

Got my 360 pro fixed in 2008, still works to this day, sometimes I have to smack it for the disc tray to come out. Just got a Series X after being on PS4 Last gen, and I love it so far.

I have owned an OG xbox, Xbox 360 (red ring edition), xbox 360 slim (to replace the red ring edition) and am still currently using my xbox one (year 2 edition without crappy kinect)... it has been a pretty solid system. Yes it is the size of an early 1980's VCR but it still works great. It is the best all around media center. I use it to watch blu-rays, I can download movies and plug in a USB drive. it all works great. I would by a series S, it's all I would need with my current setup BUT I do use it to play DVD's and Blu-ray movies that I own. I don't need the disc drive for games... and if I factor in buying a bluray player... then I would save money buying the series X. For now my Xbox one is running amazingly and I'll keep running it until it dies *knock on wood*

I still have an xbox 360 e lying around, I'll say this, even after 9 years with this console I have never had to sent it to repairing and I've never felt a lag playing games like gta or arkham or farcry. The kinect sensor had a ton of potential. i still enjoy playing kinect sports with my family. The xbox was not all that bad

I bought series S knowing full well the drawbacks, and I love it.

The 360 i still have, had the red ring twice and it still works today. I call it a miracle

I’m still playing my launch 360 to this day haha. It red ringed on halo wars but my dad took it to get fixed and everything still works quite well today

The 360 even after the RROD models had very bad disc drives as well. I had about 5 different 360s over time .One slim model that still works to this day, but aside from that on all of them the disc drive eventually failed sooner or later. You couldn't put in a different drive without cracking the system software, so what I did was replace the lasers inside the disc drive. Still 3 RRODed eventually and one I threw away, because it was loud as shit and the disc drive failed (In 2016, bought in 2007).

My first Xbox was the base Xbox 360...RROD was a pain...BUT Microsoft fixed it for free. Then about a year or two later the disc tray broke...So...I bought a 360 Arcade that lasted throughout the remainder of the lifespan of the console generation. Yeah it didn't have Wifi but at the time I was able to get the adapter for like...$20 and got a 250GB Hard drive for I think $60? They were EXPENSIVE back then lol. But I remember it very fondly.

The Xbox 360 Arcade was my first console since the SNES, I'd been a PC gamer forever but games were really pushing to console only at this time. The new slim versions of the 360 had dropped and I got this for only $100, plus a used wifi adapter for 28, and an aftermarket 160GB hdd for like $50. I put this at the B tier personally but no worse than C tier, it was cheap and played anything I wanted to play for many years and it still works today. That's the only ranking I had any problem with on your list.

Austin's laugh at the 7 min mark seriously gave me Juaquin Phoenix Joker Vibes!

I eventually upgraded to the XboxOne Elite console(Series 1 controller included) but the fact that you guys didn't put it on this list makes me feel a way...

I honestly can`t help but feel that the one s was done dirty a little bit... It`s true that it wasn`t a massive improvement in performance like the one x was, but it still did alot of things right... It was sleek, compact, was a really good price, was often on sale with game bundles (I bought my little brother`s 1tb one s bundled with 5 games, 2 controllers, and 3 months of gold for 250€, in christmas of 2018), it was available in upto 2tb form (which I have, and I have some 50 games installed, with over 200gb still free), it still had HDMI in (which I use with my switch, since I play on a monitor with no speakers and having my headphones plugged in the switch is impractical with my setup, I can use the xbox controller`s audio jack with no issues), and the one s still saw enough of a performance improvements to smooth out the experience of many games the og one struggled with, and I believe that many of the games the og one could only do 900p on, the one s targets 1080p (might be wrong though). I would have atleast given it a solid B, and maybe even an A... Also, the series s absolutly deserves more respect than it gets, because even though the 500gb ssd (of which only 386gb is usable, ask me how I know) is really tight, and the lack of a disk drive is a bummer for those who don`t have an exclusively digital library, it is still a good value, and is the console that has truly brought next gen to the masses.... It is by far the cheapest next gen console, it is the most readily available (in my area both the series x and ps5 are still out of stock with the only way to get one for msrp being to order one and get on a waiting list), and since 4k monitors and tvs still aren`t that widespread, a 1080p console for less money makes perfect sense. The most disappointing thing about my series s is the lack of hdmi in though, which I had really taken for granted... Good thing I kept and still use my one s...

0:50 NBA and NFL 2k, and Forza motorsport was my favorite games to use that feature with

Series s , with an external hard drive. Can move games between storage rather than having to re install games, Also quick resume and load times are awesome

If the logi G Cloud was priced at $179 it would be an amazing handheld retro emulator. The thing can handle Gamecube emulation pretty well. Currently waiting for it to get a price drop.

As a PlayStation fan i always had a PlayStation in the house the only Xbox i ever got was the Xbox elite the story is when psn went down for about a month i got it from my local game store with a game and was in near new condition i sold the game to get other games like halo gears of war and fable then used the free trial to play online for the month after that when psn was back sold it back to the game store and made a nice profit that why the elite it X

I had the 360 arcade I loved that console! I wasn’t a big online gamer so it wasn’t a big deal to not have the wifi adapter to me.

my 360 had red ring of death back in the day so my uncle helped me take apart the console clean it and put it back together. Worked for like 2 days and then it had the red ring of death again.

The Xbox 360 E was the first console I bought with my own money 😂 whilst even back then I felt the S model was more aesthetically pleasing. The E has really grown on me over the years

fun fact the main problem with the launch 360's (at least in the UK) was the cheap thermal paste that Microsoft used to cut costs on the first mass production, it was barely a thermal paste at all and was so bad that it would dry and solidify after maybe 10 - 30 hours of console use. this was causing overheating issues or "Hardware Malfunctions" which is what the 3 red lights error was or as it later become known as The Red Ring of Death. i actually used to make a little bit of money on the side (£20 per console) taking my friends 360's apart and replacing the cheap paste with better quality stuff. 8 out of 10 times that would fix the issue. if not the thermal paste then the board had probably warped already or there was a problem with the power brick itself. another fun thing i used to do which was especially helpful when rental stores like blockbuster were still about was to take the cover and the metal casing off the Xbox and remove the top of the cd drive, but first cut the circular magnet out of the top of the cd drive so you just have this small magnetic disc the sits on top of the game disc to hold in place when its being read. this can be used to bypass having multiple copies of a game if playing with siblings or for LAN parties. as once the game is installed on the hard drive and the game has been launched the disc will stop being read and you can just take the magnet off and put the disc into another console without issue, the game will still run perfectly as it only needed the disc read for booting up. my brother and i had a lot of good times playing multiplayer games in separate rooms with only one rented disc back in the day.

That Xbox fridge sells out at my target more than the consoles ! It works good to keep a couple beverages but if you're constantly opening to grab something its useless.

I love that Austin used the word Skulduggery. It's my favorite word.

In terms of X tier, the original xbox, xbox 360, and xbox game pass are what I have on top. I think the Xbox 360 really helped introduced the video game market to indie games, but the indie games store was really fun. Truly the wild west of gaming because you could buy a development kit and sell your game right on the xbox 360. What was nice is that many of these indie game devs took advantage of the xbox avatars, and allowed you to play as them, and in some games, you could play with or against the avatars in your friendlist, which I really liked. What's crazy is that some of these devs were able to sell over a million copies. It was interesting times to say the least. Now, there was tons of shovel ware, but wade through the shit and finding the hidden gems was half the fun, and all indie games had playable demo so you could try before you buy. In fact, all games on xbox 360 arcade/indie games required demos.

Series S would be X tier if they also sold a separate disk drive for it that you could plug in as needed.

11:18 bro Austin I remember you made a video back in the day called “Top 5 Tech Failures” or something and you listed the original Xbox One as number one on that list man 😭

I did get the 360 launch version and it lasted about a month. Thankfully I bought it at Costco and at that time they didn't have there 90 day return policy for electronics. I went through 5 of the OG design. The 5th one was the charm. I got the HDMI version back in 07 and it lasted until 2012. Good times. Lol. I too am not crazy about the PS5 design as well.

I loved the Duke controller. It fit my hands perfectly. I've recently bought the Hyperkin Duke just to have a perfectly sized controller for my PC. My first X360 was an Elite model. I bought a Halo 4 Limited Slim X360 when it came out, and that thing was great. I still have it hooked up to my TV and play games on it. X tier: X360 Slim. F Tier: Series S. Backwards compatibility should be a guaranteed option for modern consoles, and without a disc drive a lot of people would need to buy the same games all over again. Boo.

The Arcade came with a soldered memory card of I think 256MB and later a 60GB hard drive, the Core is the one that came without any storage.

Xbox 360 Elite was straight up X tier (X Gon' Give It To Ya), that 120gb then was clutch.

I had the glossy finish 360 slim. Freakin loved it. Great memories

I think your list is pretty accurate only change I'd make is I'd put the series S in X tier as well

Loved the tutorial man this thing is legit 100% !! althogh i wish if theres a way you can do it on computer

I just remember 3 years ago I got a One S Digital on sale for 170 Canadian after taxes, specifically so I could flip it a year later to pay for the PS5. I sold it to a friend for retail (which is like 220 before taxes I believe.)

Should have done a what-if grading if the rumoured disc drive add-on becomes reality. Now the list will become outdated if it does get an announcement.

I still have my first model of the xbox 360 and it still works for a while I did get the red ring of death but it was only because the inside was really dusty cause I haven't played it in a while and after taking it apart and fumbling the bag by breaking the case I cleaned the inside and it works perfectly

So former RadioShack manager.. Man I remember the year we sold consoles... also remember getting Gears Of War 3 shipped to the store a good two weeks early. Someone us might have been playing our copies well before launch day lol

Shoutout to the editor who used the Ehergize sound effect during the XBox prototype part.

mine never red ringed, i used it until the tray stopped working properly

I want to make a note about the 360, i still have my Launch 360, the OG boi from 2005, and it still works. never had the RRoD or failed drive. i still use it to this day sometimes. edit: spelling and correction

“Just buy a controller for your phone” no! Gaming is the one thing that really justifies a big screen (in mobile terms) and I really like my small phones (well, more like I DESPISE big phones)! Also it’s just awkward IMO (and using Bluetooth increase latency a ton when streaming, and a cable is just more awkward). Those Joy con style phone controllers like the Backbone are much better, but there’s still the size issue. I really want a tablet style gaming device for local streaming + android games, I just want the price to be reasonable with better specs. Edit: also, I like having a discrete device that isn’t my phone. If I’m on my phone I’m going to get distracted and check twitter every five minutes. Or if I actually need to do something on my phone I can just pause the device instead of losing the game. Etc. My preferences are probably a bit niche but hey, I exist! I don’t think my preferences are that unreasonable

A controller and a battery bank is the way to go for playing on the go! I keep that on me for the long work shifts

Original xbox should be s tier…first time i played it it absolutely blew my mind…online gaming was amazing, lan gaming was fantastic, this console completely mapped the consoles of the modern era

The only one of these I've heard of is the 360. It gets so complicated! How does anybody know which one to get or what the newest one is? I heard that they are good for emulation, but I have zero idea which one does what or which is the latest. It's crazy!

I got the 360 E as my first xbox, so i loved it haha, 2 years later i got an Xbox One:)

They play off each other so well. Such a great chemistry!!

The 360 was revolutionary with Xbox live, party system, watching movies together. It created an ecosystem. Definitely an S tier

I actually had my launch xbox 360 for 3 years and it never even broke even though it went red ring once lol (good old unplug and plug back in), upgraded to the black 4gb one a year after it released

My Xenon is still going strong. But i did repaste it along with some new capacitors and a later revision GPU heatsink.

I don't think I saw a pro.... But I had a 360 pro (first gen 2006-2007) and I had it until 2009-10 when it finally died, I tried the towel trick (overheat it by covering it in a towel) and it lasted 2-3 more months. A few weeks later I got an xbox 360 arcade and slapped my HDD on it. The internal memory was nice too since I could use it for my profile and all the goodies your character got. I had the RC warthog lol

I will never forget when the demo for bioshock killed my 360.

yooo same use to be a asm at radioshack to!!! and i remember thinking why do we sell games at all !!!!

I need you to do an emulation video on mobile devices on the main channel the ultimate mobile phone episode

The xbox 360 ps3 era, still my favorite era of gaming.

I think the 360 e deserves a little more credit in today’s context. It is nice to have the 360 with only 10 year old parts instead of 18 year old parts

Honestly, the Xbox One was a pretty clever name for the console that came after the 360, because where do you find yourself after a 360? Back to one. Amazing.

gotta give the fridge X tier. no console keeps beer cold, except that one. plus, ANYTHING made for the memes, like the Razer Toaster, is gonna be top tier.

i have a quastion if i buy compiuter with GeForce 1650 and 64 gb of 1terabyte of space windows 11 intel icore 7 for 900 euros is it worth it ?

PSN wasn't hacked. The earthquake in Japan was so disastrous that it kept PSN offline for 3-4 months