Xbox (console)
 Xbox console with "Controller S" | |
| Developer | Microsoft |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Flextronics[1] |
| Product family | Xbox |
| Type | Home video game console |
| Generation | Sixth generation |
| Release date | |
| Lifespan | 2001–2009 |
| Discontinued | |
| Units sold | 24+ million(as of May 10, 2006)[2] |
| Media | DVD,CD,digital distribution |
| Operating system | Custom |
| CPU | Custom 733 MHzIntel Pentium III"Coppermine-based"processor |
| Memory | 64 MB ofDDR SDRAM@ 200 MHz |
| Storage | 8 or 10 GB internalhard drive(formatted to 8 GB with allotted system reserve and MS Dash), 8 MBmemory card |
| Graphics | 233 MHz nVidiaNV2A |
| Controller input | 4× Xbox controller ports (proprietaryUSBinterface), (Wireless controllers not supported directly - third-party wireless controllers require a wired base unit) |
| Connectivity | 100 Mbit Ethernet |
| Online services | Xbox Live |
| Best-selling game | Halo 2,8.46 million(as of November 2008)[3] |
| Successor | Xbox 360 |
TheXboxis avideo game console(a machine that plays video games and DVDs). It was made byMicrosoftfrom November 2001 to October 2005. A person plays the games with a controller. The controllers were very large in the beginning, but were made smaller later. The Xbox video game console can play music,DVDs,andgames.Microsoft discontinued the Xbox because they made the next version of the Xbox, theXbox 360.The Xbox was first discontinued in 2006 in Japan, later in 2007 in Europe, then in 2009 in the USA.
History
[change|change source]In 1998, four engineers fromMicrosoft'sDirectXteam, Kevin Bachus, Seamus Blackley, Ted Hase and DirectX team leader Otto Berkes, took apart someDelllaptopcomputers to construct aprototypeMicrosoft Windows-basedvideo game console.The team hoped to create a console to compete withSony's upcomingPlayStation 2.
During development, the original DirectXbox name was shortened to Xbox. Microsoft's marketing department did not like the Xbox name, and suggested many alternatives.
Launch
[change|change source]Xbox was the first video game console by Microsoft. It was a very large video game console, and it had a cost of $299.99 in the United States. It was launched one year after thePlayStation 2and at the same time as theNintendo GameCube.Halowas the first very popular game for the Xbox.[source?]
Builds
[change|change source]| Build | Microsoft Version |
|---|---|
| 90 | 1.1 |
| 180 | 1.2 |
| 270 | 1.3 |
| 351 | 1.39 |
Related pages
[change|change source]References
[change|change source]- ↑O'Brien, Jeffrey M. (November 2011)."The Making of the Xbox".Wired.Condé Nast.RetrievedApril 17,2013.
- ↑"Gamers Catch Their Breath as Xbox 360 and Xbox Live Reinvent Next-Generation Gaming".Microsoft.May 10, 2006. Archived fromthe originalon June 21, 2008.RetrievedMarch 30,2009.
- ↑Morris, Chris (May 9, 2006)."Grand Theft Auto, Halo 3 headed to Xbox 360".CNN.RetrievedJuly 16,2008.
