Xbox 360

• Type: Muggle device (Video game console)
• Owners: Room of Requirement (presumably) (film)
• Maker: Microsoft Corporation (Muggle company)

The Xbox 360 is a piece of advanced Muggle electronic technology known as a video game console. The model seen is the original white version, a rectangular box with a concave design on its main face. In its only known appearance within the wizarding world, it was connected to a Muggle television set. (film)

In the Muggle world, the Xbox 360 is used for entertainment, primarily to play interactive electronic games displayed on a screen. It is operated using handheld controllers and requires a constant supply of electricity to function. Notably, complex Muggle devices that run on electricity are known to malfunction or cease working entirely in areas with high concentrations of ambient magic, such as Hogwarts Castle. This is a well-established principle mentioned in books like Hogwarts, A History.

The Xbox 360 does not appear in the original seven novels by J.K. Rowling. Its presence is exclusive to the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. In the film, the console can be briefly seen in the background of the Room of Requirement during a training session for Dumbledore's Army. This appearance is a significant anachronism for two primary reasons:

1. Technological Anomaly: As a sophisticated electronic device, it should not be functional within the magical confines of Hogwarts.
2. Chronological Error: The events of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix occur during the 1995-1996 school year. The real-world Xbox 360 console was not released by its Muggle creators until November 2005, nearly a decade later.

The appearance of the Xbox 360 in the 2007 film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a well-known continuity error, often cited by fans as an amusing production oversight or an intentional Easter egg. Coincidentally, the official video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was released on the Xbox 360 platform in the same year the film was released. (video game)