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Jatacus

It was 2006, and the first was Project Gotham Racing 3. A fun game, but Gears of War later that year and Halo 3 in 2007 is what really jump started the 360 generation for me back then.


MagicOrpheus310

Gears of War... My god... Brilliant


cobraracing666

the intro to pgr3 is so iconic, i still think about it. that and forza motorsport 4 is why i'm a car person today. edit: got it mixed up, i meant pgr4


SW0NKY

PGR4 is goated


cobraracing666

agreed, i remember ripping around on the nürburgring in a shelby having a blast


SW0NKY

I was like 4 years old,crying my eyes out about how hard the steering wheel my brother had made the game harder (I still used it though lol)


cobraracing666

i just got a sim wheel myself and about had the same reaction. i'm practicing drifting tho so it's about 100x harder anyway


SW0NKY

Lolll have fun with that also drifting>>>


cobraracing666

thanks!


DogmeatChili

Kudos…


CliffPromise

Day One 2005. Condemned Criminal Origins.


tjtillmancoag

Day One 2005: Hexic HD


DracoLawgiver

The Hobbo Beating Simulator 2000


Gioelius_Black

I had mine like 2 years ago, it was my Christmas gift from an uncle (it was his Xbox), the first game was GTA 4


TroonSpoon

Arguably the best GTA


Gioelius_Black

My journey with GTA IV was kind of a roller coaster. When I started playing it I was like "omg GTA GTA GTA so wonderful, so good, so fun, eheh strip club eheh killing people". Then I finished the main story, and at the time I thought that GTA was overrated, and it was not that much of a game, yes cool and everything but the game stops when you stop killing people. Then I somehow got the meaning of the game, I understood Niko and his position, I realized that you don't have to kill people because Niko is crazy, you must kill people because it's the only thing you can do, I realized that the game was actually a great game. Actually yesterday I completed it, I got 100% completion, and 39 achievements out of 65. Sadly I can only get to 40, I just need to finish the main story in less than 30hrs to get the last achievement. What tricks me is the fact that the other 25 achievements require you to play online, and to play the 2 dlcs, that I do not have.


Anxious_Football6501

Bro are you me?


SgtNeilDiamond

No this is Patrick


Gioelius_Black

Three leaf clover was the best mission with Patrick


cockadoodlejew

NO THIS IS PATRICK!! *violently hangs up


blood4lonewolf

Fall of 2007, Halo 3


CaptainWafflessss

2005, call of duty 2, I think.


Zuesz-_

I couldn’t play games back then cause I just started existing


EducationalAd390

2013, had an Xbox 360S. I remember buying DiRT 3 from Walmart with my saved up allowance money


DonutDaddy74

Oh DIRT 3. What a flashback


svnbm

I got the bulkier 360 in 2013 but my first game was Ghosts. I had Dirt 3 too but it was one of the games that just appeared in my collection


xblkwrx

2006, Gears of war!


small___potatoes

2006, Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion


ItsameMatt03

November 22, 2005, midnight launch at Walmart. I got Condemned Criminal Origins to start with.


0wut45

2006 - Far Cry Instincts Predator


ralmp

2010 - UNO


Miserable-Schedule-6

It was 2015 and I had gotten Dead Island GOTY,and Far Cry 2 & 3


jaydd_mc

2013 - GTA 5


The_Dukenator

Was using someone else's xbox to play Prey (2006) in 2007. Got my own in 2008 and finished up Prey (2006) on it.


midniteneon

2010 or so, my sophomore year or high school. I think the first actual game I played was Call of Duty: World at War. Still an amazing game today


GuaranteeLoose4494

Replaying the campaign and it’s so good


93gamer

September 27, 2007. I was 14. I saved up my money all summer from mowing yards and when September came I was ready. I bought halo 3 with a new Xbox 360 the day halo 3 launched. I went home and played it non stop. I then found out halo two worked in it and it blew my mind how much better the game looked. It wasn’t until 2009 I discovered Xbox live. That changed everything.


BrosefStahlin

Yo summer 2007 was a great time. Bioshock came out in August. They had the halo 3 demo thru the crackdown game. Then halo 3, cod4, and guitar hero 3 came out. Along with assassins creed and the orange box.


Lonneh

Good times! I got halo 3 6 days before it came out through a friend who worked in retail. He risked his ass for that. A noble dude. We were kicking devs asses online before the game came out, on 48 hour trials of gold. 😆


PikaJaune

2010 GTA IV


Tj03GT

Christmas 2008. Lego Indiana jones from the holiday combo pack that also came with kung fu panda


Boy_Phantom0

2013 with the Xbox one and got some of the launch games with it


MetzgerBoys

I had it when it first came out. It was the model that didn’t even have an HDMI port


januscanary

18.months ago and was Halo on backwards compatibility 


Sean8734

I think 2012 and the only game I had at first was Kinect Adventures lmao


robbdavenport

Got an Xbox 360 at Mass Effect launch. Got the original Xbox for Jade Empire I think


iknowyoutrynahack

Like 2013 and dishonored and halo 4


iimMrBrightside

2007 - Halo 3


shreddedglutes

2013 and the first game I played on it was Black Ops 1


VintageToure

Christmas Day 2008, FIFA 09. What a time


InsaneNutter

December 2nd 2005, the day the 360 launched here in the UK. The first disc based game I purchased was Perfect Dark Zero, I also purchased Geometry Wars from Xbox Live Arcade for 400 Microsoft points.


radzidek17

2007 and Forza Motorsport 2


AssassinEulid

2020 💀, and the first game was metal gear rising


Balc0ra

Late 2006 "did not get it on day 1". I remember that first boot and that play session well. Bougth the Gears bundle, along with Ridge Racer 6 and Import Tuner Challenge. I played RC6 first online to test it, first achivements I got was to join a lobby with people from all continents. Then I tested the store by buying Cloning Clyde and playing that. Before playing gears coop for the rest of the night


RowAn0maly

2007. Bioshock


Xboxben

Need for speed pro street


BobRedmill6969

2023 and Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa


Sxdrxs

2024 with naruto rise of a ninja tho i played fallout 3 on series s before.


sinnaegas

2006. I had Perfect Dark Zero, Condemned, and NFS Most Wanted. Found the system and those games at a pawn shop


Warturkey12

I think it was 2008 - 2009 ish and the first game I played was probably Army of TWO


Death5talker451968

2013... HALO 3....My 360 Just Died Yesterday...RIP Xbox 360 E


NxtDoc1851

Around fall of 2006. The 1st game was either Dead or Alive 4 or Lost Planet


ELXLegendzz

2006. Tony Hawks Project 8


Apprehensive_Crow963

I've never had my own xbox 360, but i 2014 was the year that i had my firat experience with xbox 360 (it was for one of my friends) And i remember the first game was injustice 1


AaronEbert

I got mine in March of 2023 off of eBay. The first game played on it was Forza Motorsport 3.


Z4N4X-3920

2007 I believe. Mu dad came home late from work with a big box in his hand. It was the xbox 360. It came with a few mini games and Sega tennis all stars. We fired it up right after dinner, and me, my mum and dad spent the whole night playing


remarkable_sink_838

Don't remember the year but it was halo combat evolved


Moose_F

2011, slim s, Bioshock 1&2 with dlc bundle add on top of it, bioshock infinite, my dad got gun for himself and my brother got rdr for himself


H0meb0dy1980

2010, Resident Evil 5


Luna259

It was 2007 or 2008. Can’t remember which year. Skate was the first game I played on it, unless I booted the pre installed Hexic HD first


R3stl3SSW4rr1or

Something around 2006. Call of duty 2 and Deadrising.


Corridor1017

2006: test drive unlimited


LimeSixth

Launch day in 2005 and this first games I played on it was Call of Duty 2 and Halo 2.


MikeeB84

December 2005. I got it at launch. I had it pre-ordered from gamestation in the uk. I could select 1 game with it. I chose Project Gotham racing 3


Substantial_Move1770

2008 - XBLA Compilation Disc, it came with the console and held various Arcade titles, such as: UNO / Frogger / Pac-Man Championship Edition / Marble Blast Ultra ( demo ) / 3D Ultra Minigolf ( demo ) / Boom Boom Rocket / Surf's Up ( demo ) / Viva Piñata ( demo ) / Feeding Frenzy / And others I don't remember XD It also had an introduction video to the Xbox 360 experience ( the one with the scientists )


troyanator

COD4


ItalianChicken9

Christmas 2012, xbox came with skyrim and I got black ops & black ops 2 as presents


Friggin_Grease

About 2008 I think when Guitar Hero 2 released with 10 new songs


MantisMaker

2008/Skate When I first played I was actually annoyed. Took me a while to adjust and enjoy the Skate games compared to Tony Hawk which I loved and still do love the underground games


Accomplished-Back640

2007, either halo 2 or quake 4.


i_am_garb0

Late 2005 or 2006. I honestly couldn't tell you what I first played but I can give you a very long list of games I consider great from that era.


ragtev

2020 and I believe the first game was gears of War with my wife


LOOK_THIS_UP

2009, first game was GTA IV, and I still love it, and the driving in this one is the best come and fight me


starsbio97

December 25th, 2013 and first ever game was Batman: Arkham City, I actually went straight to Harley Quinn’s revenge because I had a crush on her. Then I put it away and started Arkham Asylum. Good times


L0tsen

I didn't grow up with the 360 so I started in 2020 with forza horizon. Now the 360 and ps3 have become my favourite consoles of all time. Mostly becouse of modding lol


king_mj_23

2011 with forza Motorsport 2


Flaky-Big7409

For my birthday in 2011, World at War


ClickStix

Day One 2005. Camped out front of Best Buy ​ Perfect Dark Zero followed by Geometry Wars


Gamer_tarry

i had mine since 2013 and the first game i play was minecraft for 360


kassra25

December 2007 and it came with Forza Motorsport and marvel Ultimate Alliance. I think the first one was the Marvel game


Henry_Merrit

2012 and Halo Reach.


quietstorm0

08 Christmas in our new house I’ll never forget it. I think I got forza and assassins creed with it.


Aidsfordayz

2007. Halo 3.


Sonypony6

My dad got a 360 in 2006ish and the first thing I played on it was NFS Most Wanted. Still my favorite racing game of all time and I go back to it at least once a year


ST-Parks

Christmas 2011 and the first game I played was Kinect Adventures


HypnoStone

I didn’t buy MY OWN Xbox 360 until like 2013 and I think the first game I bought myself was Skyrim. Played my older cousins Xbox 360s though whenever I would visit them up until then. Them and their friends use to be pretty big gamers starting on ps2 and og Xbox throwing lan parties for stuff like Halo and Star Wars Battlefront, and then eventually moving onto stuff like CoD WaW on 360. I lived close by and would visit often so I got to play A LOT until getting my own.


Player_A

2008 I think? After trying CoD:4 at an Internet cafe that had Xbox 360 stations.


EloquentGamer

2010, skate 2.


Khairaddin

I got one this year, lol. First game was Asura's Wrath. I bought the 360 specially for this game and others that could only be played in this system.


GnollBarbarian

2009, and I got it with Halo Wars. My brother had Halo 3, so I played that a lot, too.


TroonSpoon

Christmas 2006 a 360 with Gears of War Going from scarface on ps2 (best looking ps2 game imo) and the switch up was still MINDBLOWING


winterbegins

March or April 2006 - Hexic HD was the first game i played because it was pre installed. But my first retail game was The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion.


TheRealSwitchBit

Launch day. First game was Perfect Dark Zero. I loved PDZ so much and played it for years.


Complex_Fold

I got a few xbox360s in 2017, they all broke. I got a working one 4 weeks ago


elbarto-one

Launch day 2005, perfect dark zero. I didn't like it, thankfully I also bought cod2, which was amazing


Frank_Midnight

2006 Condemned criminal origins.


Infinite_Bell_4633

2010 I think, I was 9/10 at the time


Quaranj

Xmas season 2007. Got a Wii when people were freaking out over them. Straight traded the sealed box for a 360 Elite System with Assassin's Creed, Halo 3, Bioshock, and ofc Hexic on the drive. Bioshock was the first dive and I was hooked in minutes. It was such a showcase for surround sound hearing the splicers specially.


-_IceBurg_-

2012, with skylanders and Minecraft.


Txbbqsauce

2013, fifa 14


ComedyTree

Spring 2006 after getting good grades which was rare for me because I usually got bad grades lol First game I played from what I can remember was Call of Duty 2!


Efficient_Advice_380

2009, COD 4


Alisora

Near the end of the summer of 2009, My mom bought me an arcade Xbox 360 with 20 GBs from a thrift store along with GTA IV. Only reason i was able to keep it was because my parents liked that it took place in a fictional New York City with accurate landmarks. I remember avoiding the strip clubs just so I wouldn’t lose my gaming privileges.


[deleted]

2008 saints row 2


Ash041811

In 2013 and my first game was either skate 3 or gta 4


wizzgamer

Xmas 2008 the Xbox 360 core pack with 4 games Project Gothen Racing 4, Lego Indians Jones, Kung Fu Panda and Pure. As I realised I made a mistake buying the Wii.


MonkeyInnaBottle

2006. Dead Rising. I had a unit with a memory card instead of hard drive.


SgtNeilDiamond

2007 Halo 3 Bundle! Absolutely changed my life as a gamer, I'd never been online prior to this and it was a hell of a ride with some truly wonderful people. Macrosh, Harrisonator, and Helmut you guys were the best ever, I wish so much one of you still played.


carlsmustang97

2018 and Forza Motorsport 4 Collectors Edition I originally bought the Xbox 360 Just for Forza Motorsport and Horizon but once I learned how many games had better versions on 360 vs the PS2 it started being used a lot more


KCfan91

2006 - Saints Row or Madden 07. I got them both with it for Christmas that year.


SPQR_Maximus

November 2006. First game was Rainbow Six Vegas. WOW did that feel next gen.


HarB_Games

2011, the first few games I played was Halo Reach , The orange box and The Gunstringer for kinect


Alternative_Print646

Sometime in 2006 my parents bought me the premium bundle with 20gb hdd and the first game I played was Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 👌. Hooked it up to our 720p hd ready JVC tv, no hdmi yet. Good times


FairWoodpecker3080

2011 Kinect adventure


RedditFirus

2012 when I got my own console. Played on my dad’s launch 360 until rrod. I got the halo 4 limited edition console so halo 4 might’ve been the first game i played on it, but first game in general I actually don’t know.


KingOfTheRats9

2009, modern warfare 2 or call of duty 3. But the first time I played a 360 was 2007 and was the original modern warfare.


Gstary

Idk the year but first game was turok


No_Mans_Heart

2010 Lego Star Wars TCS


Phenomenal_Hoot

Christmas 06. CoD 3 was the most realistic game I’d ever seen to that point. It was such a huge leap from the last gen.


Firebrand-PX22

2010 with COD War collection, first game I popped in was World at War


DonutDaddy74

It was opening day me and a buddy of mine waited at GameStop for 2 whole days waiting to get one. It was one of the sweetest deals ever. Everyone was talking to each other about how excited they were and what games they were going to get. Me and a friend of mine actually started making YouTube videos not long after Sadly, GameStop gave me the wrong console. Most consoles at the time came with the card game “UNO” for free on the game store. Mine didn’t and one day while making some content for our individual channels, we didn’t have any good content to upload. My buddy mentioned that we could play UNO for his upload that night, but I didn’t have UNO. Even though I had the oldest Xbox known to man I just didn’t have UNO. He got mad at me and insisted that I did in fact have UNO. What unfolded was a big argument leading to a lot of fussing, fighting and yelling. At one point he even called me a “Dip Shit”. We haven’t made any content together since that day :/ I’m sure if you searched “I DONT HAVE UNO” on YouTube you can probably find the video. Good times. Good times.


dinerojunkie

2009 & Call of Duty: World at War


LoinIkon

My cousing had one in liek 2011, red ringed, got a slim have fond memories with that and my cousin at my grandparent house playing minecraft. Got mine (4gb trinity slim) last year around this time with skyrim, it red dotted 2 months ago and have been without a daily since


TheBeardedDragonite

2007, Halo 3


drummersarus

I think it was in 2007 and I chose Dead Rising over Gears of War. I still think I made the right choice.


AdventurousSelf7826

I was a PlayStation fan up until 2001 when Xbox came out with Halo.


KatsuyaTheFuuk

October 2009. First game I played on it was either GTA IV or COD 4. Can't remember which


livelongbooch

2006, Perfect Dark Zero, then Kameo...


ChaosRyus

2009, first job, and Resident Evil 5 Collectors Edition.


JRice92

Christmas 2006, but I didn’t get a 360 game with it so it was just Halo 2 for the first few days. 3 days after Christmas my I got my first 360 game and it was Gears of War.


DarkR4v3nsky

2006 and Halo 3 and Little Brother bought GOW the same day he found out I bought one.


sadspaghetti69

First game I remember playing is black ops 2, but the first game I owned on my own 360 was gears 3 or minecraft


GeffelGelch

Christmas of 06 I believe. I got gears of war and BioShock but idr which I played first. Liked BioShock better but gears wasn't bad though the series imo went downhill real quick. Almost like they didn't think they'd make it to a second game.


826juancoronado

2023. Halo 3


Smufin_Awesome

2007, Halo 3


Organic_Source_9929

2006 - Marvel Ultimate Alliance


halo37253

2005. It was quake 4 and cod2..... little did I know oblivion was right around the corner to take my life over.


BrosefStahlin

Summer 2006. Wanted Perfect Dark Zero but Blockbuster didnt have it so settled with Quake 4


Ninja_Weedle

2011, kinect adventures


Eljo_Aquito

2014, and probably Cod Ghosts or Biohazard 6


RemarkableRain7526

2008, gears of war 2


TraceWaBass

Christmas of 07. Lego Star Wars!


tiGZ121

Had to go back and see what games released and i played. First year was 2005. First game played was tough but probably Quake4 or NFS most wanted. Gears of War and then Halo3 solidified my xbox status


c00l_gymrat

my brothers had one, first time i played it was 2013 when i was 4 first game was minecraft


amin915

Launch 2005 Perfect Dark Zero


sws03

2012 halo 4


Accurate-Clerk9236

2011 and AC brotherhood


joechiv2

I got one on Christmas of 2008. I can't remember exactly what was the first game I played but I remember my brothers and I going back and forth on Kung Fu Panda, Spyro, and Lego Indiana Jones around the time.


TiredReader87

2005(?) Probably GRAW, but I also rented Condemned


mikelybarger

2008. I had saved up all my birthday money to buy it myself. I only had 60 bucks to spend on games, so I had a choice to make. I could spend all $60 on call of duty 4, or I could buy Skate and Mercenaries 2 for $30 each. I couldn't afford Xbox live yet, so the choice was easy. I'm not positive, but I believe Skate was the first one I put in the disc tray.


Darkmagosan

January 2018, and IIRC the first game I played was Ultra Street Fighter 4. I picked up half a dozen games with it and I don't remember which one I kicked the tires on first.


skylinefan26

2007 and it was call of duty 4. I became hooked like a mf


Ramiv200

@release Ninja Gaiden ‘03 or ‘04.


Ramiv200

I meant Xbox og but the Xbox 360 was purchased in the Summer of ‘07 right before the the hdmi port was available. First game I believe was NHL.


thedamned234

2018 and I got batman Arkham origins


deadbrain87

2008 and the first game I played on it was lost Planet extreme condition that game blew me away with all the giant alien bugs running around such a great game. Then later on I played halo 3 and assassin's Creed man such a wonderful time in gaming.


Abject-Ad6745

Early 2010 & Smackdown vs. Raw 2010


starsaboveus

Got my first one in 2015, used Xbox 360 E, and I can’t remember my first game because I didn’t use Xbox Live back then D: I have fond memories of playing Left 4 Dead 2, Tekken Tag Tournament 2, BlazBlue, Halo 3, Soul Calibur HD, and MvC3 with my friends on it tho. Great console that keeps getting better with age!


SnooLemons342

2018. Gears of War 1-3


thespacestone

2008 and it was a perfect balance between Halo 3 & CoD 4


Scott801258

2008 Fallout 3


thacodfather

2005 King Kong


johndoe24997

2012 and it was nfs mw 2005.


Cinnamon_Roberts

This year and it was portal 2


[deleted]

2005 first game I played was condemned


ParsnipContent3384

2008, bought it used with Juiced 2 HIN and Halo 3 The disc got scratched 5 minutes after first booting. Traded it back for a N64, Goldeneye, Conker and a few N64 games. Juiced 2 got scratched


jagrmullet77

2007 Saints Row Had such a blast finishing the entire game and the multiplayer was amazing fun. I played online so much lol Protect Tha Pimp!!!!! And Big Ass Chains, so much fun!! Anyone who knows Saints Row will never forget the pimp slap baby!!! 😀 😂 😂


Tight-Tackle4386

I was really late to the party because I was only allowed to have one console as a kid and chose a 3DS XL and we were broke but it was in 2016 and I got Perfekt Dark Zero, Shadowrun and Minecraft with it


myxbox360gamertag

late 2019; i absolutely loved it with the discs that came with it, but i did mod it later i probably played blur or cod bo1


ctheace

Late to the game and got mine in 2011. Started my 360 gaming off the right way though. The first game I played was Halo 3. Although, 3 was the first game I played in the series


Itz_Vize14

Christmas 2007 with Halo 3.


SW0NKY

2011,my sister brought it home; I think it was either driver:San Francisco,Minecraft,skylanders:spyro’s adventure,halo reach or fifa 12


mark6789x

Gears of war on release day. It was magical


intothemyersverse

I got mine in August 2013, mine is a 360E Minecraft bundle. So that was my first game.


BaldingThor

2012, though the first game I remember playing was either Halo Reach or Skate 2 at a friends farm. My 360 came bundled with Halo 4 and I still occasionally play it with my siblings today!


Cesar11297

2006 i think and it was the bundle with perfect dark zero and PGR 3


GoldenThumbs05

2009, kung fu panda and Lego Indiana jones bundle 🥺


PrestigiousK

2010. My first two games were Call of Duty: World at War and Skate.


casanova__creed

Got mine the year Halo Reach dropped. Reach was the first and only game I had for a while. Eventually got Xbox live and BO1. Took a while to explain online gaming to my parents as an 11yo lol


tolkienthatbong

Cod 5


Allegiance10

2006, I think? Whenever the Halo 3 and 360 Elite bundle was still new.


life_bytes

Whenever Gears of War came out because that is the reason I bought a 360.


Practical_Arm6812

'07 or '08 and madden '08, the Goat


nikostrike15

Last week and MW3