The Forgotten Xbox 360 E - Retrospective Review

The Xbox 360 was finally succeeded by the Xbox One in 2013- but that wasn't the only console to launch that year, with the Xbox 360 E being a small, strange revision to the 360 S.

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[Tech]

Any of you ever have this Xbox? I'm half convinced it never existed, even though I, you know... actually own one now. But seriously, not sure why Microsoft decided to make the change from the 360 S, interesting stuff.

[LightBlazeMC]

i own a 500gb one, such an underrated console that came at the wrong time.

[RowdyRatMan]

So I have this Xbox. My uncle died about 2 1/2 years ago and this was one of the things I received from him. I remember looking at it and being amazed at how different it was. I still use it to this day, keeping only mine and his Xbox accounts on it. It's sad to see his avatar forever asleep, But all his progress on there will live on. Thanks Uncle E, for all of the memories you've giving me before and after you left us.

[anonymousperson]

'If you have no internet, then we have a product for that. It's called Xbox 360' - Don Mattrick

Yeah he wasn't joking, but this is the version I had so I have nostalgia for it

[ghoulflier]

I've got the Xbox 360 E and I love it. It was dirt cheap, it's super quiet, has HDMI and I can play tons of great Xbox classic and 360 games on it. I use it more than my Xbox One.

[sealard]

Imagine you’re out for a walk and you look up to see a man placing an Xbox in a tree, carefully balancing it, then backing up and taking a photo of it

[HoeChan]

I owned this and was confused why everyone else's looked different

[RetroGamerr]

"June 2013 I would have been 13 years old"

This hurt me on a pretty deep level

[seanbrosnan]

I have a 500GB Xbox 360 E. My first console and I've owned it since about 2013. I stopped using it around 2016 when I got more involved in PCs at the time. Well, I finally fired the 360 up in 2022 and man it is nostalgic just playing everything I used to play. Great video about an underrated 360 version.

[horse_mblem]

I got the 360 E after my parents thought it was the one I wanted, 8 years later it’s a Netflix machine

[max-antoined.]

The 360E was a blessing for 2014 me, and as I was in a more rural area, it still gave me good bang for the buck. I absolutely adore this tiny brick

[Rojiblanco]

"I think there is a reason Microsoft and Sony don't use the touch button anymore" Yeah there is. I have dogs and one happy wag if their tail or a touch of their curious snout and there goes my progress in COD. So cute but INFURIATING!!

[HalfDayHero]

3:43 Microsoft put that sticker there because when the Xbox 360 first came out, people were moving the console from horizontal to vertical whilst discs were running inside them and unknowingly destroying their discs...it was HUGE news at the time so yeah, these warning stickers came out with later iterations of the console.

[outertoaster]

Mine is still in use to this day, my brother and I never really upgraded from it.
Second hand games are thankfully often cheap.

[kilook]

"The forgotten xbox 360 E"

Me with xbox 360 E: This is fine

[trevorgahagan]

"I don't know why they even put this sticker on here"

This man clearly never accidentally bumped his Xbox while it was running, to watch in helpless horror as it fully chewed and digested his favorite game disk. I can still hear the noise in my head, it is seriously awful and if you've ever heard it you'd know exactly why that sticker is there lol

[kristianolsenlarsen]

Literally me going: HEY that’s the one I had, and yeah I kinda forgot about it ahahah

[matthewaderhold]

This was my main source of entertainment for 2 years, and I liked it because I found it the most reliable over the other 2.

[dergeraet]

I owned one. I turned it on and started GTA V before school, and when i came back, i only had to wait 20-30 more minutes until it finished loading.

[genemachine]

I bought my Xbox 360 E on release. Upgraded the hard drive and started playing Xbox games for the first time. Had a great time with it. Definitely felt like I got my money’s worth. I didn’t care for the Xbox One or PS4 when they released since my gaming PC was so far ahead already. This console allowed me to play exclusive 360 games I missed out during that generation since I was mostly a PC and PlayStation gamer. Love the console and am a proud owner to this day.