Biography of the xbox 360
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History of Xbox
With the 20th anniversary of Xbox at the end of 2021, the folks at Microsoft decided to really embrace the brand’s history in a number of interesting ways. I figured this thread could function as a way to not only catalogue the official Xbox history celebrations, but also showcase other interesting pieces of Xbox history or related content.
OFFICIAL CONTENT
20th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
On November 15th, 2021 Xbox had a 20th anniversary stream, where they celebrated the past 20 years:
XBOX HISTORY ROUNDTABLE
On November 22nd, 2021 the Microsoft Alumni Network posted a roundtable about the history of Xbox and other interesting related topics. The discussion was lead by Reggie Fils-Aimé of former Nintendo-fame, and aside from him it features Ed Fries, Robbie Bach, Peter Moore, and Bonnie Ross:
THE XBOX MUSEUM
On November 23rd, 2021 Microsoft launched the Xbox Museum website, which contained exhibits all about the corporate history o
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How Xbox 360 Dominated a Decade
This article was originally published on GameSpot on November 22 to mark the Xbox 360's ten-year anniversary. Here we have republished it in light of Microsoft's decision to cease production of its longstanding console.
The Xbox grupp had djärv ambitions, but few within the company would have expected the 360 to become the most successful Western-made console in history. The Xbox 360 transformed the landscape of triple-A titles. It broke Sony’s 11-year spell of dominance in the market. It championed an era of HD games. Below we look back at some of the major decisions that shaped its success, with input from key people who were there at the time.
War Games
Few things are so wonderfully absurd to imagine than Peter Moore pretending to be PlayStation architect Ken Kutaragi for two whole days. And yet it happened.
Late in 2004, roughly a year before the launch of the Xbox 360, Moore and about 30 Microsoft employees were summoned to the Doubletree
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Xbox
Video gaming brand owned by Microsoft
This article is about the brand. For the 2001 console, see Xbox (console). For other uses, see Xbox (disambiguation).
Xbox is a video gamingbrand that consists of five home video game consoles, as well as applications (games), the streaming service Xbox Cloud Gaming, and online services such as the Xbox network and Xbox Game Pass. The brand is produced by Microsoft Gaming, a division of Microsoft.
The brand was first introduced in the United States in November 2001, with the launch of the original Xbox console. The Xbox branding was formerly, from 2012 to 2015, used as Microsoft's digital media entertainment brand replacing Zune.[1][2] In 2022, Microsoft expanded its gaming business and reorganized Xbox to become part of its newly formed Microsoft Gaming division. Under Microsoft Gaming, Xbox's first-party publishers are Xbox Game Studios, ZeniMax Media (Bethesda Softworks), and Activision Blizzard (Activision,