{"id":54642,"date":"2016-04-24T23:58:09","date_gmt":"2016-04-24T21:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=54642"},"modified":"2016-04-24T23:58:09","modified_gmt":"2016-04-24T21:58:09","slug":"54642","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=54642","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"main-content\">\n<div id=\"articleContent\" class=\"group wrap\">\n<h1 class=\"article-header\" dir=\"ltr\">Microsoft says game over for Xbox 360<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><span class=\"articleLocatio&lt;\/span&gt;n\" style=\"transform: translate3d(0px, 0px, 0px);\">Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday it would stop production of its popular Xbox 360 video game console, which helped the company gain a firm foothold in the market.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">More than 80 million units of the console have been sold since it was launched in 2005.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Xbox 360 also introduced Microsoft&#8217;s Kinect motion-sensing game device. 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