Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Unboxing an Untouched Xbox 360 20 Years Later: youtu.be/Bf3jMl1kwXY

The concluding part of Xbox 360's big launch retrospective is here! First up, John Linneman takes a look at the much-shorter-than-today 2005 version of the cross-gen period, as late generation PlayStation 2 software takes on the brand-new, shiny Xbox 360 ports - with some bizarre results. Then it's on to sports games and the unfortunate reality that games that ran at 60fps would often run at 30fps on the seventh gen consoles. And finally, it's on to Xbox Live Arcade - the downloadable game initiative that set the stage for the digital libraries to come.

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00:00 - Introduction
01:07 - Sponsored by MSI
01:36 - Cross-gen: King Kong
10:01 - Neversoft's GUN
14:11 - Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
18:16 - Digital Foundry Sports: Madden NFL 06
21:29 - FIFA 06 - Great Looks, No Features
23:27 - Tiger Woods 06
25:09 - Tiger Woods vs 36 Great Holes Starring Fred Couples
25:45 - NBA Live 06
28:41 - NBA 2K6 - Should be NBA 60 FPS
30:16 - NHL 2K6 - From $20 to $60!
31:47 - Amped 3 - Unhinged Snowboarding
35:55 - XBLA Ignites!
37:24 - Hexic HD
38:16 - Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved
39:13 - Midway at Home
41:25 - Mutant Storm Reloaded
42:22 - PopCap Games
43:19 - Wik!
44:07 - Outpost Kaloki X
44:36 - The Hardwood Trilogy
45:21 - Bankshot Billiards 2
46:09 - The Wrap-up