MTV unveiled the new technology of the Xbox 360 game console six months before its official release. Upon release, the console sold out completely. It revolutionized the industry with the Xbox Live service, which allowed players to compete with one another online and to download multimedia products.

It was on this day, November 22nd, in 2005 that Microsoft released the Xbox 360 video game console in the United States, which ushered in a new generation of video game consoles.

Considered to be part of the seventh generation of video game technologies, the Xbox 360 competes with Sony’s PlaySation 3 and Nintendo’s Wii. As of January 2012, almost 66 million Xbox 360 units had been sold worldwide.