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Microsoft's partner program gave developers/studios a license and hardware for the commercial development and sale of video games.
Microsoft's '''Partner Program''' gave developers/studios a license and hardware for the commercial development and sale of video games.
Early adopters received:
Early adopters received:
*Initial [[Alpha#Alpha XDK|Alpha hardware]]
*Initial [[Alpha#Alpha XDK|Alpha hardware]]
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*Subsequent final [[Development kit]] and/or [[Test Kit|Test kit]] hardware
*Subsequent final [[Development kit]] and/or [[Test Kit|Test kit]] hardware


=== XDK hardware group ===
It's important to note that the consistency of Partner Units isn't exact as the program experienced cost-cutting measures, due to the current and increasing cost of hardware development for the Xbox 360, rending various "Variants" across multiple SKUs of systems.
 
these following systems are the most commonly effected:
*[[Development Kit#Xbox 360 Development Console|XDK Dev Kit]]
*[[Refresh Beta#Refresh 3|Refresh 3 XeDK]]
 
=== XDK Hardware Group ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+XDK
!
!Hardware
!Hardware
! colspan="4" |Units
! colspan="4" |Units
|-
|-
!
|'''Alpha'''
|'''Alpha'''
| colspan="4" |[[Alpha#Partner Alpha XDK|XDK]]
| colspan="4" |[[Alpha#Partner Alpha XDK|XDK]]
|-
|-
!
|'''Beta'''
|'''Beta'''
| colspan="2" |[[Refresh Beta|XeDK]]
| colspan="2" |[[Refresh Beta|XeDK]]
| colspan="2" |XeTK
| colspan="2" |XeTK
|-
|-
!
| rowspan="7" | '''Final'''
|'''Final'''
|[[Development Kit#Xbox 360 Development Console|XDK Dev Kit]]
|[[Development Kit#Xbox 360 Development Console|XDK Dev Kit]]
|[[Test Kit#Development Kit#Xbox 360 Test Console|XDK Test Kit]]
|[[Test Kit#Development Kit#Xbox 360 Test Console|XDK Test Kit]]
|[[Reviewer Kit|Reviwer Kit]]
|[[Reviewer Kit|Reviewer Kit]]
|[[Demo Kit]]
|[[Demo Kit]]
|-
|-
!
|
|[[Development Kit#Xbox 360-GB Development Console|XDK GB Dev Kit]]
|[[Development Kit#Xbox 360-GB Development Console|XDK GB Dev Kit]]
|[[Test Kit#Xbox 360-GB Test Console|XDK GB Test Kit]]
|[[Test Kit#Xbox 360-GB Test Console|XDK GB Test Kit]]
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|-
|-
|AK1-00001
|AK1-00001
|North America Alpha XDK
|Xbox 360 Dev Kit - NA Alpha Dev Kit
|-
|-
|AK1-00002
|AK1-00002
|
|Xbox 360 Dev Kit - EMEA Alpha Dev Kit
|-
|-
|AK1-00003
|AK1-00003
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|AK1-00006
|AK1-00006
|
|
|-
|AK1-00007
|
|-
|AK1-00008
|
|-
|AK1-00009
|Xenon Dev Kit - EMEA and APAC Hdwr Direct [[Refresh Beta#Refresh 1|Dev Kit Beta]]
|-
|AK1-00010
|Xenon Dev Kit - Japanese Hdwr Direct [[Refresh Beta#Refresh 1|Dev Kit Beta]]
|-
|AK1-00011
|Xenon Dev Kit - NA Hdwr Direct [[Refresh Beta#Refresh 1|Dev Kit Beta]]
|}
|}
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Latest revision as of 14:58, 2 December 2024

Microsoft's Partner Program gave developers/studios a license and hardware for the commercial development and sale of video games. Early adopters received:

It's important to note that the consistency of Partner Units isn't exact as the program experienced cost-cutting measures, due to the current and increasing cost of hardware development for the Xbox 360, rending various "Variants" across multiple SKUs of systems.

these following systems are the most commonly effected:

XDK Hardware Group

Hardware Units
Alpha XDK
Beta XeDK XeTK
Final XDK Dev Kit XDK Test Kit Reviewer Kit Demo Kit
XDK GB Dev Kit XDK GB Test Kit XDK S

SKUs

Known list of SKUs for the tracking of partner program XDK hardware.

SKU Item
AK1-00001 Xbox 360 Dev Kit - NA Alpha Dev Kit
AK1-00002 Xbox 360 Dev Kit - EMEA Alpha Dev Kit
AK1-00003
AK1-00004
AK1-00005
AK1-00006
AK1-00007
AK1-00008
AK1-00009 Xenon Dev Kit - EMEA and APAC Hdwr Direct Dev Kit Beta
AK1-00010 Xenon Dev Kit - Japanese Hdwr Direct Dev Kit Beta
AK1-00011 Xenon Dev Kit - NA Hdwr Direct Dev Kit Beta
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