Partner Program
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Microsoft's Partner Program gave developers/studios a license and hardware for the commercial development and sale of video games. Early adopters received:
- Initial Alpha hardware
- Beta hardware to replace/refresh old alpha hardware.
- Subsequent final Development kit and/or Test kit hardware
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 |