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

		Name	Platform	Developer