Right after the collaboration with Sega through porting the Windows CE in the Dreamcast console, the said console was the primary product that Microsoft ventured to the video game console market. A small Microsoft team together with a certain game developer Seamus Blackley developed the first edition of the Xbox game. During an interview with Bill Gates the Microsoft CEO, Microsoft repeatedly adjourned the said console.

Through a press release, Microsoft confirmed the fact about the importance of the multimedia/gaming device as Bill Gates stated that devices for online or multimedia gaming are essential for the convergence of multimedia of the modern times. Several audiences were amazed by the technology the console has as Bill Gates exposed the Xbox to the conference of Game Developers in the year 2000. The announcement made by Bill Gates diminished Sega’s Dreamcast and had let Sony’s PlayStation 2 to hit the streets of Japan.

Though Europe was later proven to be a receptive market, Microsoft adjourned the European Launch to concentrate in making huge success in Japan. Later on, two original Xbox team members left the company. Other founding members of the Xbox team namely Ted Hase and Otto Berkes still worked with Microsoft by that time but did not anymore worked with the Xbox team.

As a sort of preparation, the Microsoft Company used Bungie and Halo: Combat Evolved to be its title launch. This had made some of the Microsoft Company’s plan to be efficient and profitable. During the particular time, the Goldeneye 007 and for the Nintendo 64 had been 2 of the most successful FPS games that had appeared in the console. Some FPS games that had also been successful were the Medal of Honor and Perfect Dark. Microsoft’s acquisition to Bungie had driven the company’s sale into a massive success.

Nintendo took over the second niche in North America’s best selling console during the year 2002. Some of the most prominent launch games for the said console do include the following games:

• Project Gotham Racing
• Fuzion Frenzy
• Halo: Combat Evolved
• Amped: Freestyle Snowboarding
• Dead or Alive

Originally, the first name of the Xbox console was the DirectX box which came from the Microsoft DirectX Developers Group. After a focus testing, the first name of the console was later on changed into Xbox.

Xbox is a video game console that has been so popular nowadays. It’s been played all around the world. Young and old can play it not just because it is now popular but it is easy to use by any one.

XBox is the sixth-generation video game console, it was been produced by Microsoft Corporation. The integrated Xbox Live service allows players to compete online. In North America it was been released on November 15, 2001, and on February 22, 2002 in Japan, while in Australia and Europe was released on March 12, 2002.

The Xbox first edition was initially developed by a small Microsoft team. This video game console was the first major console to incorporate a hard disk drive, it used primarily for storing game saves compressed in ZIP archives and content downloaded from Xbox Live. It is also the first product in the gaming industry to feature Dolby Interactive Content-Encoding Technology. Xbox is based on commodity PC hardware and is larger and heavier than its contemporaries.