The Xbox 360 was incredibly popular during its generation and is regarded by many as their favorite Microsoft console. The original Xbox saw modest success for the company, but was out-sold massively by the industry titan, the PlayStation 2. The Xbox 360, however, manged to even the playing field with its main console rival the PlayStation 3, although both of these consoles would be out sold by the Nintendo Wii.
The Xbox One would then struggle to match the incredible sales figures of the PlayStation 4, and the PS5 currently leads the sales for the next-gen consoles. But the Xbox 360 is still remembered fondly as a seminal system of the seventh console generation.
Now, a fan of the Xbox 360 has shared their appreciation for the console by creating a blueprint-style informative piece of fan-art. The art was made by a Reddit user named Snowway22 and displays the Xbox 360 console's schematics on a gridded background of green, which is the color that represents all the Xbox consoles. The design calls to mind a blueprint document, or a Microsoft patent for the Xbox which shows off the scale of the Xbox 360 console. The fan art sticks to this theme by showing measurements of the console from all sides along with images of the later versions and updated designs for the Xbox 360 console that were released in 2010 and 2013 respectively.
The fan-art also conveys a lot of information and history about the Xbox 360 console. This includes where it was first unveiled, when it was released, and what consoles the Xbox 360 had competed against as part of the seventh console generation. Snowway22’s art is a very clean piece for fans of both the Xbox 360 and minimalist design.
The Reddit user’s color choice in changing the background of the blueprint document from blue to green also calls to mind the green gridded design of a hobbyist's crafting/cutting board. This dual-purpose design is quite appropriate for representing the Xbox 360, as it is itself a highly technical piece of design, but its main purpose is to play video games for entertainment. This makes it a strangely perfect mix between hardware and hobby.
All consoles, however, live and die by the games that are released for it and the Xbox 360 is fondly remembered because it had a lot of great games. The entire seventh generation of consoles saw some classic games release, and many of these are still popular today such as Grand Theft Auto V and Skyrim.