Xbox 360 Fan Shows Off Impressive Console Collection

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Fans of physical media face an uphill battle in the modern gaming era; as digital downloads become more ubiquitous, many fear that the days of cartridges and CDs could be coming to a swift end. The same could be said for dedicated gaming hardware as major industry players like Google and Xbox push for cloud-native games. This, however, hasn’t deterred one dedicated Reddit user who managed to amass an undeniably impressive collection of Xbox 360 consoles.

Recently submitted to the r/xbox subreddit, Redditor u/Sera_gamingcollector shared a post detailing their extensive lineup of Xbox 360 systems. With the red Resident Evil 5 console and controller front-and-center, this nine-system set likely outpaces those owned by most other Microsoft superfans. From the notoriously malfunction-prone original model to the limited edition Gears of War 3 variant, u/Sera_gamingcollector won’t have to worry about being sidelined by a red ring any time soon.

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Collecting older Xbox consoles may not be a particularly popular hobby given Microsoft’s focus on backward compatibility, but many collectors will argue that there’s something to be said for running games on the hardware on which they were intended to play. Last year, Microsoft made a slew of legacy Xbox and Xbox 360 games playable on the Xbox Series X, though there were still some notable exclusions. Of course, u/Sera_gamingcollector will never have to wait for updates to more modern Microsoft consoles, as they’ve got a surplus of systems on which to play.

This collection calls to mind a similar showcase posted on r/xbox back in May when Redditor u/quattroconcept showed off a collection of classic original Xbox controllers. Ranging from sealed