We imagine this is the way the Xbox 360 would say goodbye to us if it could talk. (credit: Tomasland)
Xbox chief Phil Spencer took to the company's primary blog to make a hardware announcement on Wednesday, but it had nothing to do with recent rumblings about the future of the gaming console. Instead, Spencer came to bury its past.
"While we’ve had an amazing run, the realities of manufacturing a product over a decade old are starting to creep up on us," Spencer wrote in his announcement that Xbox 360 system production has officially ceased. Remaining 360 consoles will continue to be sold in stores, and Xbox Live-related services and connectivity for current 360 users will continue to function, but if you're looking to buy a brand-spanking-new 360 system, your time is limited.
Spencer's announcement didn't go so far as to announce how many 360 systems have sold in its nearly 11 years of life—which is probably because recent Xbox-related announcements from Microsoft have lumped in sales figures for both the 360 and the One to make the latter sound better. Still, we know the platform has at least surpassed the 84 million sales mark announced in 2014.
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