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November 24, 2025

The funny thing about the Xbox 360 is that it actually lost. I know the idea of winners and losers in the Great Console Wars ™ are a bit childish. But it feels surprising that, between the Wii , PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, it’s Microsoft’s console that sold the fewest of that trio. It even had a…

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