01 XBOX 360
After the runaway success of the first Xbox console, expectations were high for its follow-up – and Microsoft delivered.
More streamlined than its predecessor, the 360 became an even bigger hit thanks largely to its huge catalogue of brilliant games. Take your pick from , , , , and – and that’s just the exclusives. There was also , and , along with the emergence of now-classic franchises such as , and , not to mention the golden age of .