Along with being able to connect with friends and strangers , Xbox Live also made it possible to download new content and take multiplayer interaction to a new level. Popular game developer Electronic Arts took issue with the subscription-based structure of Xbox Live and opted out of releasing their popular Madden football games for the Xbox in , only to cut a deal with Microsoft a year later. Still, Microsoft pushed forward with new features aimed at making the Xbox — and its heirs — the all-purpose online media hub that it was supposed to be all along, with Xbox Live Arcade launching in November The success of Halo 2 stood in stark contrast to the floundering sales of the Xbox itself, which continued to cost Microsoft significantly more to produce than it could ever rake in with sales.
On May 12, , Microsoft unveiled the Xbox , the next generation of its gaming console. With plans to release the in November, the company clearly hoped that an early debut — almost a full year before the PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii were scheduled to arrive — would put the in a good position to dominate the market.
It also meant the writing was on the wall for the original Xbox. Later that year, production of the Xbox officially ceased, with the final tally of sold consoles sitting at around 24 million units. The last game produced for the Xbox in North America, Madden 09, was released in August , and support for the system was discontinued in March The release of the Xbox in the U. By the end of , more than 1. But in the rush to get the into households, some serious problems with the system got a pass.
Even with all of the problems for early adopters of the system, the sold amazingly well. And by January , more than 39 million units had found their way into households. In both and , June proved to be an important month for the The Kinect arrived on shelves in November of that year.
One year after the Kinect was announced, Microsoft announced that the Xbox would be getting a major redesign, with a thinner body, upgraded internal specs, additional USB ports, and built-in Wi-Fi. The first set of reports surfaced on of all places LinkedIn, where several designers and developers added vague descriptions of a mysterious new project they were working on with Microsoft. Xbox chief Don Mattrick unveiled the next console — the Xbox One — alongside an improved version of Kinect and unprecedented support for television integration.
On the surface, the system looked like it had a chance to compete with the PlayStation 4, which had been announced earlier that year, but rumors swirling about the Xbox One potentially requiring an online connection and limiting the sales of used games overshadowed news of the system itself. If ever there was a knockout punch at a press conference, this looked to be it. The controllers were also an issue for some people as they were big, bulky, and difficult to use.
A smaller controller originally designed for Japan was later released, but not before it was dubbed the second worst controller in history the worst being the Atari Jaguar controller, of course. Xbox Live went online in November ; it was different from the Dreamcast and PlayStation 2 services in that it required a subscription fee and broadband connection this was before broadband had fully taken off. The service ended up being quite successful because Microsoft had better servers, easy to work online menus, and great multiplayer games such as the Halo series.
The last game released for the original Xbox was Madden NFL '09 released in and the best-selling game was, of course, Halo 2. The Xbox was released in November During its development it had many alternate names including NextBox, Xbox 2, even Xenon that would've been a cool name! The new console only went into production 69 days before launch, thus Microsoft didn't have enough to fill demand in Europe and North America. Once again Japanese sales were very disappointing for Microsoft, having failed again to make any serious inroads due to the culture favouring Nintendo and Sony.
The Xbox 's most memorable accessory is Kinect originally codenamed Project Natal , the first completely controller-free movement device for a home console; it used motion sensors and a microphone to allow the player to interact with the games without a traditional controller. The peripheral holds the Guinness world recording of being the "fastest selling consumer electronics device" selling eight million units in the first two months, and over 24 million in total since its launch.
Despite this, the critical reception has been somewhat mixed. The need for a big space in front the TV has already excluded some people with small apartments such as the entire Japanese market from being able to use the Kinect at all. The device also has a very mixed bag of games; dancing games such as the Dance Central series has been incredibly popular, but action games have been very lacklustre for the most part Kinect Star Wars anyone?
The Xbox was, and still is, a very popular console; however there were a worryingly large number of hardware problems, including the dreaded 'Red Ring of Death'.
The is still an ongoing console, but the bestselling game so far is Call of Duty: Black Ops it's possible that GTA V will out sell it at some stage. The bestselling Kinect only game is Kinect Adventures which was bundled. The next console to be released will be the Xbox One dubbed the Xbone, by many and will be released on 22nd of November Microsoft is envisaging it as an all-in-one entertainment device, able to play all types of media including TV, movies, and of course games.
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