Microsoft's first home console and one of the first to include an internal hard drive.

After seeing how successful the gaming market was, Microsoft decided it was time to produce a home console; The Xbox (which originally was going to be called the DirectX-box), it was released in North America on November 15, 2001, Japan on February 22, Europe and Australia on, March 14, 2002.

It was the direct competitor of the Nintendo GameCube and the PlayStation 2. It was the first console on the market to include an internal hard drive a breakthrough at the moment as it made games run faster -games used the HDD cache to run faster- but also allowed player to save their progress without the use of a Memory Card.  Also the Xbox was shipped with a custom made Intel processor based on the Intel III models this processor allowed faster calculation resulting in a much more real experience at the time in addition to the processing power; nVidia produced the Xbox’s GPU which allowed better graphics.

When first released, the standard controller for the Xbox (except in Japan) was quite larger than many had expected which incited a fair amount of criticism from gamers. Eventually, it became known as "The Duke", and was replaced with the controller sold in Japan since launch.

The Xbox sold fairly well, but could not stand up to the colossus that was the PlayStation2, and finished in a distinct second place in the console race, although it did beat Nintendo's tepid offering, the Gamecube.

The system was replaced by the Xbox 360 in 2005 and by the end of 2005 there were no units being produced. The final game for the system was Madden NFL 09 released on August 12th 2008.


Xbox - Recent Games

Name Platforms Developer
Madden NFL 09
released on Aug. 12, 2008
PSP, PS2, X360, XBOX, PS3, WII, DS EA Tiburon
Combat: Task Force 121
released on Feb. 5, 2008
XBOX, PC Direct Action Games
Pocketbike Racer
released on Nov. 19, 2007
X360, XBOX Blitz Games
World Racing 2
released on Oct. 3, 2007
PS2, XBOX, PC Spiral House Ltd.
Madden NFL 08
released on Aug. 14, 2007
MAC, PSP, PS2, X360, GC, XBOX, PS3, WII, DS, PC Team Fusion, EA Tiburon
Crime Life: Gang Wars
released on July 26, 2007
XBOX, PC Hothouse Creations Ltd.
NCAA Football 08
released on July 17, 2007
PS2, X360, XBOX, PS3 EA Tiburon
NCAA Football 2008
released on July 17, 2007
PS2, X360, XBOX, PS3 EA Tiburon
Ratatouille
released on June 26, 2007
GBA, MAC, PS2, X360, GC, XBOX, PS3, WII, DS, PC Heavy Iron Studios, Helixe
Major League Baseball 2K7
released on Feb. 26, 2007
GBA, PSP, PS2, X360, XBOX, PS3, DS Kush Games
TOCA Race Driver 3 Challenge
released on Feb. 16, 2007
PSP, PS2, XBOX, PC Sumo Digital Ltd.
Ghost Rider
released on Feb. 13, 2007
GBA, PSP, PS2, XBOX Climax Entertainment, Climax Group, The
Taito Legends 2
released on Jan. 31, 2007
PS2, XBOX, PC Taito Corporation
Capcom Classics Collection: Volume 2
PS2, XBOX Backbone Entertainment
Thrillville
released on Nov. 21, 2006
PSP, PS2, XBOX Frontier Developments Ltd.
Superman Returns
GBA, PS2, X360, XBOX, DS EA Tiburon
College Hoops 2K7
released on Nov. 20, 2006
PS2, X360, XBOX, PS3 Visual Concepts
Sneak King
released on Nov. 19, 2006
X360, XBOX Blitz Games
Big Bumpin'
released on Nov. 19, 2006
X360, XBOX Blitz Games
Xiaolin Showdown
released on Nov. 14, 2006
PSP, PS2, XBOX, DS Razorback Developments Ltd, Bottlerocket Entertainment

Xbox - Upcoming Games

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General Information Edit
Platform Name: Xbox
Release Date: Nov. 15, 2001
Online Support: True
Install Base: 24,000,000
Original Price: $299
Producing Company: Microsoft Game Studios
Total Games: games
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