Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: An san shi yayin ci gaba kamar Xbox Next, Xenon, Xbox 2, Xbox FS ko NextBox, an tsara Xbox 360 a farkon 2003. A watan Fabrairun 2003, an fara shirin dandalin software na Xenon, kuma Mataimakin Shugaban Microsoft J Allard ne ke jagorantar. A wannan watan, Microsoft ta gudanar da wani taron don masu haɓaka 400 a Bellevue, Washington don ɗaukar tallafi don tsarin. Hakanan a wannan watan, Peter Moore, tsohon shugaban Sega na Amurka, ya shiga Microsoft. A ranar 12 ga Agusta, 2003, ATI ta sanya hannu don samar da rukunin sarrafa hoto don sabon wasan, yarjejeniyar da aka sanar da jama'a kwanaki biyu bayan haka. Kafin ƙaddamar da Xbox 360, an hango kayan haɓaka Alpha da yawa ta amfani da kayan aikin Apple na Power Mac G5. Wannan ya faru ne saboda tsarin sarrafawa na PowerPC 970 yana aiki da tsarin gine-ginen PowerPC iri ɗaya wanda Xbox 360 zai yi aiki a ƙarƙashin mai sarrafa Xenon na IBM. An haɓaka ɗakunan na'urar sarrafawa ta Xenon ta amfani da sigar da aka ɗan canza ta tsarin gine-ginen PPE na PlayStation 3 na Cell Processor. A cewar David Shippy da Mickie Phipps, ma'aikatan IBM suna "ɓoye" aikinsu daga Sony da Toshiba, abokan haɗin IBM a cikin haɓaka Cell Processor. Jeff Minter ya kirkiro shirin ganin kiɗa na Neon wanda aka haɗa tare da Xbox 360.  Tambaya: Yaushe aka ƙirƙiri Xbox 360?
farkon shekara ta 2003