The Xbox 360 is now five years old, but how long will it last?

It was yesterday, November 21st when the Xbox 360 celebrated its 5th birthday.  The Xbox was the first gaming system of what is now called " Next-Gen " and has stayed relevant for much longer than any other system in the past.  Though many agree [ myself included ] that the Xbox 360 will end up in retirement very soon, though stranger things have happened.  It has seemed this way for a while now, as things such as the Red Ring of Death actually destroyed incredible amounts of Xbox's, but now it seems as though their systems are not upgrading in ways they should to compete head on with other consoles.  This is seen particularly with the PS3 which is currently the leading system in means of graphics, and the only thing that Microsoft's Xbox 360 has on the others, is Xbox Live which is slowly being caught up to by the PS3.

When the so called "Console Wars" began, the Nintendo Wii led the pack with sales [much do to the hype around it] but then the Xbox 360 took back the lead, by a lot.  The Xbox 360 has stayed in the lead for a very long time now but slowly we have seen the Playstation 3 catch up to the Xbox in sales.  Even though there is still quite the gap between the two, it is obvious that many are switching to or becoming users of the PS3.

Only time will tell if the Xbox 360 will stay in the lead over the Wii, and especially the PS3.  Though, it should not take very much time before we will have a good idea of which console might win the war.

Make sure to leave a comment with your thoughts on which console should win, and which one is actually "better".  Stay tuned for more information on this too, as we will have an update after the holidays on which is winning the sales game.