Microsoft XBox - Sixth VideoGame Generation Recap - Adam Koralik
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This is a discussion topic video about the sixth generation of videogame consoles. This will be part four of my five part mini-series. Here we will discuss the Microsoft XBox, the third entry in to the sixth generation of game consoles.
Sorry for the death of your mother Adam. I've never gone through the tragedy of losing a family member so I'm sure its pretty difficult to handle. You are an extremely bright and interesting individual and I'm sure your mother was too. God bless you and get well soon❤
3 years ago I was in a game store and said "Wow, an OG xbox, in the box, for $90, amazing!!" The guy says to me "It's still sealed, never been opened."
I bought it. I opened it. The first time I turned it on... my god the nostalgia!!
Great story that's a damn steal! Also GO AVS!!!
I don't understand why everyone hates the duke controller. It's one of the most comfortable controllers I've ever used. I even prefer it slightly more than the Xbox 360 controller.
Michael Wolfe yeah if you have big hands it’s good
'Merica
'Murica
I like my hands spread out, not cramped like the PlayStation controller. The Duke is the best.
@@LUCKO2022 how is the bottom placement pisspoor its way better than the s controller. Its in the start and select is in the middle where it should be and the black and white buttons are easy to get to.
I think the Halo series is part of what made Xbox so popular
Well yeah.
I think the Mario series is part of what made Nintendo so popular
What a stupid comment. No shit dude
i have the original halo and it’s not that good tbh
you guys Shrek was Master Chief the whole time
I just found you but damn you fill me with way more info than anyone has so far for consoles. Have a subscriber sir, your research and detail astounds me.
My Xbox is still original without mods and with 2 duke's controllers!
Now that's purity.
Same here, always two there are, no more, no less.
Wow Dude you're very Lucky
I love PS2, but the Xbox actually has a better image at 480i composite than the PS2 has at 720p component. (both are great in their own right)
The Adequate Gamer Well you cant actually reach 720p via component cables (unless im confused and component IS the blue/green colored cables)
+amartinez97 Component cables can go up to 720p and even 1080i depending on the game and the console's dashboard.
yeah, i had them confused with composite.
+amartinez97 It's okay. Interestingly, it's similar to the first model of the Xbox 360 where it can only use both Component and VGA. But with VGA it can go up to 1080p in an analog format, which is the best way to get out of that specific model of the Xbox 360.
+The Adequate Gamer of course, ones playing at it's native resolution and ones being upconverted.
7.52 LOL Bill's Xbox 360 Is Already Red Ringed
yea, noticed it too right away :)
7:52
It’s technically not red ring
I know I have an unpopular opinion, but I love the duke controller. I even have small hands, but it just fits so perfectly.
The Shrek story holds up better nowadays that he’s a meme.
The original Xbox was a big part of my child hood. I played the crap out of Knights of the Old Republic
Shulk and now you can play that game on the xbox one
@@Jon-lp6en and now you can play it EXCLUSIVELY on the PlayStation 5
I love rewatching these every now and then, great videos!
Love your videos mate
Had my Original X-Box stashed away in a cupboard in my house. After watching this I decided to set it up again and have been playing it recently
So thanks for giving me the impetus!
vdd For sure, thanks for watching!
Love watching these videos - extremely informative and great to look back on. The original xbox was by far my favorite console of this gen, even though I did own all 3. One thing I surprised you did not mention was how MS created Xbox Live and how it really changed (or honestly took off) how consoles did online gaming - common gametag account across all games, friends list, etc.
Thanks, Honestly, I never really used it.
thats what I figured - watching the 360 look back now and you mentioned you're not much of a multiplayer gamer. For me, Live was a huge selling point and along with the better graphics, custom sound tracks, etc. was just another reason to get multi-plats over gamecube/PS2
Probably because it's one of, if not the most, depressing gaming topics to discuss. In the long run, looking at it now, I'd say Xbox Live ruined console gaming moreso than anything else coming from any other game-related company at any point in history.
You can even rip the CD audio files of Daytona USA on the Saturn to the XBOX and have the Daytona USA playing on the racing games.
The original Xbox was manufactured until sometime in 2008. Madden 09 was the last if not one of the last games released for the console.
I'm looking at the list of all games right now and it appears to me that the last game that was worth a damn (of good quality and wasn't available on the 360) was Splinter Cell Double Agent. The 6th gen version was a completly different game and I've heard a lot of Splinter Cell fans like it more than the 360 version because it was more similar to Chaos Theory.
Actually the Original Xbox Discontinued March 2, 2009. The Servers on Xbox Live for the Original Xbox Shut Down April 15, 2010.
Honeslty I never owned the console since I had a Ps2 and Gamecube. But I got one in 2008 and I have to say I really liked the system. The system ended being my favorite of that gen even tho I will admit I didn't own it at that time. I regret not owning one tho I have played 40 or so games on it. It handled Muti plays better then the Ps2, it got great games like jade empire, stars kotr, panzar dragon orta, jet set radio future, halo 1 2 of course since those were the first two games I got for it. Dead or alive 3 and utilmate which were the reason I wanted the console. Etc. Ssx 3 is my favorite game of all time and the Xbox version was my favorite. I agree with you about the Xbox being the best of that generation. I liked the small controller even tho it wasn't perfect. The big I agree sucked the triggers where clunky, it was way to big to. Xbox has my favorite version of silent Hill 2 to. Great console.
Here during the 20 year anniversary of the original Xbox.
Adam, I have a question.
Why do you capitalize the b and spell it "XBox" rather than "Xbox"? Even the original manual for the console does not do this. Microsoft themselves called it "Xbox", not "XBox".
I see "XBox" and I think that you held shift too long, but this isn't the first time I've seen you do it.
That's how Microsoft used to spell it, I just got used to it.
AdamKoralik
You must not be remembering correctly.
Look in the manual for the system. It spells it either XBOX (all in caps) or Xbox, never "XBox". The same is true of any Xbox game or its manual, even launch titles like Wreckless The Yakuza Missions. There is no official source for "XBox".
I don't know if you're still reading these, Adam. To answer that question you asked about there being "American Pride" intertwined with the Xbox brand, well, where I'm from there is a little bit. I don't know if this American Pride with everyone wearing camo, sleeveless tees and driving Jeeps has swept the nation among 17-22 year olds. It has where I'm from. I'm from Plymouth, Massachusetts. (I totally feel safe saying that because it's the largest town that isn't a city...) Anyway everyone around here has an Xbox instead of a Playstation. I know when I was deciding that it was a thought that crossed my mind. When I think of consoles i think of Xbox as the American console.
Shrek is actually decent on the Xbox, have fond memories of it
I always come back to this video. My childhood system ❤
Ah yes the old Xbox. This was a really unique console experience for me. See while I had dabbled with online with the Dreamcast, it was the original Xbox that really brought the online experience to the next level. Like you I felt the Xbox was the unofficial successor to the Dreamcast because of all the SEGA games from Shenmue II to Panzer Dragoon Orta, and all the others, the Xbox felt like the next logical evolution of the Dreamcast, and I still felt that way going into the 360. Sadly the Xbox One fiasco changed my opinion, but regardless, the Xbox was a really great system that looks fantastic today with component cables. Great video Adam, and part of me hopes you continue to do this with all previous generations that you experienced :)
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for making this series. I really encourage you to continue. It brings back a ton if awesome memories :)
Project COE Happy to, part 5 comes out later today.
I'm looking forward to it, and I'd love to hear your thoughts on the earlier generations, even if you were a wee lad back then ;)
Project COE Yeah, I don't know, the further back you go the harder it gets.
Adam,
I have followed your channel for a while and loved everything you have done. I'm not a HUGE video game player, but I LOVE the industry, I love watching your videos (even the foam one) and learning more about what was out there. I'm considering getting a Dreamcast purely on your videos alone. I have an original Xbox and a 360. This video made me wanna dig out my old big box and give it a whirl again. Please, keep up the amazing work!
Thanks for watching!
It's interesting watching comments about the Xbox One from 2014 in 2021.
I wonder if he has an updated take on the console in more recent videos.
Crazy how much Microsoft turned that thing around.
Burn out 3 man. You could listen to your music while you play. Fucking awesome!
Yeah man. Burnout Revenge is even better. In fact, it's better than the 360 version.
My favourite console of any generation. This beast has been with me for 12 years and still going strong. I've had 4 360s in half that time. It does so much, modded they're are the best console ever to grace the world. Get one, mod it and you'll see. Best console ever.
Adam, thanks for these generation recap videos! They bring back so many memories and I enjoy the stories you tell on the stuff I didn't know about like the Bill Gates modded console thing. Keep up the good work!
Thank you for taking the time to watch.
i love these videos
I don't know if I've said it before, But I've always liked that opening 'Figure it Out' thing you have for your videos. It makes me think of you holding your head in your left hand, pointing generally at something really easy DC related (How to save on a VMU for instance), and after spending 5 minutes trying to explain it, you finally give up and just say "Figure it Out..."
Thanks, I think you're the only one who has EVER liked it. :P
Barely any mention of Xbox Live?? Built in Broadband and voice chat enabled multiplayer?? This was such a game changer...
You'll...live.
I really need to mod my PAL Xbox one of these days (ugh a pun) to get proper 480p. Thanks, Microsoft...
You could update the Xbox from game discs, Inserting a game requiring a newer system software and trying to play would prompt you to update it to the latest Dashboard firmware. Luckily Microsoft actually thought ahead on that one(I believe the Wii does the same thing with software updates) But obviously unless you have a new enough game, there is no real way to update it, but the games requiring a certain dashboard would usually come with it on the disc.
I am just here watching some Adam retro videos that still hold up to this day and get reminded of Second Sight. You mentioned that game a lot and I will be playing it here shortly. Just got it because you recommend it so much. It is still dirt cheap. I look at some gameplay videos and I am confident enough to say it probably is a really good game. Cant wait to play it!
That story about Shrek and your friend is absolutely hilarious, hahaha.
Btw if you are interested there is a great book written about the original Xbox by Dean Takahashi: "Opening the Xbox: Inside Microsoft's Plan to Unleash an Entertainment Revolution". I really recommend you read that book as it is one of your favorite consoles.
I agree.
Not a bad idea.
5 years late to the party but this has been a good series.
The music feature was my favorite part of the OG Xbox. I had all my albums ripped to it, and played Black while playing death metal in the background.
P.S. If it wasn't for the Xbox having Half Life 2 I would have possibly never known it's awesomeness!
Oh my god, I was gonna ask if you ever got jet set radio future and then you had the dual-disc. I remember playing that game all day. One of my favorites to be honest.
I just picked up an original Xbox in great condition at a goodwill, three controllers including one wireless, and two sports games all for $50 total. But there was more, when I ejected the tray there was a surprise waiting for me, a copy of Tiger Woods PGA '07. What a deal.
Just a ittle tid-bit for ya, the first actual mass public gathering after 9/11 was WWE Smackdown live on September 13, 2001 from Houston, Texas. (For those a bit more wrestling savvy, it was during the Invasion storyline at the time)
RockRedGenesis Well I did use the qualifier "in New York City." Though, that is actually interesting none the less.
AdamKoralik No, it i actually not interesting or topical. Rockred; nobody cares bout wraslin.....except children and possibly the inbred (its a toss up with inbred children though).
Daniel Tittyfish
If you are not interested then why the fucking hell did you reply?
RockRedGenesis I find it best to tell stupid people that they're stupid.
You're stupid.
Daniel Tittyfish
Oh, no... I don't how to come back from this, i'm devastated, i can't possibility come back from such a personal attack!
Please, you really think i give a shit what you think.
You think wrestling is stupid, fine. Couldn't care less. You think people who watch it are stupid also, good for you, go fuck yourself.
I was posting a little bit of info that the content maker might or might not be interested in, something he might not have known, but given that the particular episode of wrestling i was referring too happened 2 days after perhaps the biggest terror attack in US history. I thought it was of some importance, and thought that he mentioned that the XBOX 360 launch in New York happened in the same city as said attacks, was worth sharing.
But then again you probably believe the twin towers was brought down by unmanned drones flown by the US government or something, or that Area 51 does contain aliens, cause your smart like that, aren't you.
Great call going with Shrek over Halo haha. Seriously tho, I enjoyed the Halo campaign but the best memories are of the times I hauled the Xbox over to my friend's house and we'd pass around the controllers and play multi-player for hours on end. And then Halo 2 was my introduction to online multi-player and had a ton of fun with that too.
12:26 Shrek is love, Shrek is life.
after watching this I want to go buy an xbox
The Like to Dislike ratio on this one speaks for itself. Awesome series, was so hyped up when I saw this in my subs.
Thanks for watching.
IM FROM THE FUTUUUUUREEEEE... XBOX ONE WILL PLAY OG XBOX GAAAAMESSSS
I'm also from the future there will be a scamdemic in 2020 🤯🤦♂️😔
Some of the games on the Xbox were in high-definition, including Dragon's Lair 3D: Return to the Lair.
Spent hours watching this series, will spend many more! Great videos :-)
Trenixen Thanks!
As far as I know, the only industry that people buy because it’s made in America is cars....there are people that refuse to buy foreign cars and they’ll only buy Ford, Chevy, Dodge, etc...
I should have played Silent Hill 2 on XBox. I didn't know what great games this system has. Great vid.
Thanks for watching!
Hearing and recalling battlefront 2 really makes EA's Battlefront seem redundant, doesn't it?
Also the star wars games are also really good games on the xbox original.
The Xbox Live for this system was shut down on April 15th, 2010. Is it bad that I have that memorized?
ATTENTION ORIGINAL XBOX v1.0-v1.5 USERS! The original Xbox has a very low quality capacitor that keeps time. It is prone to leakage, which, can corrode the motherboard and kill your system. It most likely started leaking for many Xbox users, including me. When I opened up my Xbox, the capacitor had leaked all over the motherboard, I was lucky it didn't kill my system yet! Yes, the Xbox will still function without the capacitor ONLY if the console is a v1.0-v1.5. This doesn't apply to v1.6 versions of the Xbox, because it has a better quality capacitor and IT CANNOT BE REMOVED or else your v1.6 Xbox will not function. I am writing this comment because a lot of original Xbox users still don't know about this serious issue. If you need a tutorial on how to do this, they can be found on TH-cam or by doing a simple search on the internet. (IF YOU NEGLECT TO REMOVE YOUR CAPACITOR ON YOUR V1.0-V1.5 XBOX, YOUR CONSOLE WILL FAIL VERY SOON)
I was worried about that when a bought mine a couple years ago. Made in 05. I opened it up only to see it was a v.1.6. So that's a big relief.
I don't know about Shrek but me, my brothers, and our friends really liked the Shrek 2 original Xbox game. I haven't played it since like 2008 but I remember loving it.
In Canada when Gamestop merged with EB Games, all of the new stores that were being built were called Gamestops. But then casual consumers got really confused about whether or not they were the same store as EB Games, so all of the Gamestops swapped out their signs for EB Games signs (with a maple leaf). So all of our stores are Gamestops, but they are just called EB Games for show. In case anybody cares.
I still find it neat when I find an original EB Games that DOESN'T have the maple leaf, because it's one of the old ones :)
Actually, I was wondering that for the longest time.
aweseome video as per usual. love the big original controller! massive hands actually needed to use it sold seperately!!
i realy like the original xbox way better than one and 360 ANYDAY
MsKaiserdaniel are you high?
I loved my XBox 360 but when I got the red ring of death microsoft's customer service sucked and i moved over to the PS3 Slim never had a single problem with my PS3 Slim "Touch wood",maybe I'm old-fashioned or out of reality but if i buy a piece of hardware for a few hundred quid I expect it to work for atleast 10 years
Same Dude
Also if anyone's interested you can literally still play original Xbox using a programme called Xlink Kai, all you need is a laptop or computer and an Ethernet cable. Just need to hook the Ethernet cable into the port of the Xbox and download Xlink Kai make an account and join an arena and then you can play any game that has system link online. People only play halo 2 though
Can’t believe it’s been 6 years since this video came out. I really wanted more Xbox games back then, but sadly funds were and still is a major issue. Wonder if they are still cheap or if they’re now expensive
Unfortunately in past I didn't realize the Xbox was the spiritual successor of the Dreamcast. I missed much Sega stuff because I didn't realize Sega even still exists after discontinued the Dreamcast.
You picked Shrek over Halo.
Shrek shall reward your devotion to Shrek.
Shrek is love. Shrek is life.
I click this video cause this might be my favorite video by you and I've watched it a bunch of times. And it just so happens it's a year old today that's cool :D. I remember watching this video the moment it came out. :') good times.
zachmanrulez Glad you like it!
It's funny because I acknowledge the fact that Xbox is American, but it gives me no pride at all as an American. I loved the first Xbox's build quality, but 360 killed all my trust. I will probably skip out on the Xbox One just because of how bad xbox 360 was built.
+striderpsv Honestly in my opinion the Xbox One is built similar to the first Xbox. It has the same texture and build quality as the original Xbox. But I digress.
+TheDawnofRock I'm sure the Xbox one absolutely doesn't have anywhere near the failure rate as the 360 did.
I can agree there. No problems with mine so far. I will say that I'm probably not the only person to go to as all my friends have PS4s. So I have not had experience with joining games or the party system.
+striderpsv The Xbox One is built pretty well, I've owned mine since about a month after launch and haven't had any problems. Just don't position it vertically, it damages the disc drive.
Not all 360's are the same. The 360 S is reliable
I found an Xbox at value village for 10$ back in 2016 and I bought it, but I never got around to getting cables, controllers or games for it until 2023, but I’m glad I did because I was blown away by how much I was missing out. Almost all of my childhood ps2 games were released on Xbox Xbox as well, and they look incredible on Xbox with component cables, compared to the ps2’s blurry mess with composite video.
Shrek is love, Shrek is life.
The thing about updates is that with Halo 2 you're stuck with version 1.1 at most (comes in the multiplayer map pack dlc disc) when other people who had live have version 1.5
It is so strange that xbox games generally are dirt cheap in comparison and yet their cruddy ps2 counterparts with down graded graphics still hold some value. I love the xbox original all the way. One of my tops consoles for sure.
Take advantage of it while you can.
Do you think it will change?
Canadian Retro Of course.
Glad I am stockpiling now then yeeeehaaaaa!!!!!
Your kinda wrong. I see COMPLETE PS2 games on amazon for 1 Cent to $5.
I have madden 09 for the Xbox that was one of the first games I got for my Xbox (I got it for Christmas in 2008)
Great video again Adam but for the love of pudding please push those games cases behind you in!! My OCD is twitching looking at those. Many thanks in advance
Ha, sorry, those are mental markers for various things.
On "Battle Arena Toshiden" for the Playstation they let you take the actual game out and play ANY cd while fighting in a match and listen to your favorite CD. I fought many battles while listening to 2Pac ⭐️👍
I bought this console after i saw a friend playing the greatest game evar, Knights of the Old Republic!
+hairoftehdog i still have it! so much fun! 1.Xbox 2.Xbox 360 3.Xbox One.
I iike the duke controller. I switch between both depending on what I'm playing.
and EB used to be the best in EU until GAME bought them. I remember 30days no fuss returns/exchanges even if you played the game.
The reason for the DVD Playback Kit was that they had to pay Sony a licensing for every unit and the licensing fee was a percentage of the overall cost of the unit. They didn't want Sony to get a chunk of the Xbox price, so out of the box it could not play DVDs. The made the DVD kit so that Sony would get a much smaller cut from the kits. It was a pretty cool little case of gaming the system to screw their competitor out of licensing fees on their own technology.
Robert Santellan
I'm not sure if Sony were at the top of the food chain for DVD jurisdiction back then, the very first models of the PS2 released only in Japan wasn't able to play DVDs either without some weird encryption kit released later on.
strykah92 You do know that Sony is one of the original 10 patent holders for DVD technology right?
Robert Santellan
Yes, but given that the PS2 originally went through the same circumstances, that most wasn't THE reason.
strykah92 I did a little research and it turns out built-in DVD support was not included in early Japanese models due to the fact that it wasn't ready in time for launch. An update could be acquired and applied using a memory card. The hardware was ready, but getting the encrypted software execute layer to function properly on the Emotion Engine CPU proved more difficult than expected and took a little longer than they originally planned.
That is a good point.
do you feel like the xbox outputs a softer component signal than the ps2 and the gamecube? I don't know if it's just the cords I have.
***** what it looked like to me comparing the same game(psychonauts), the ps2 had much worse graphics, but the colors were a litter sharper. It looks like it outputs a softer image than the ps2. Possibly a little noisier. This doesn't make sense to me because I would assume the console with the best graphics wouldn't have a noisier/softer component signal in order to show off the graphics. Do you see this with your cables? I'm trying to figure out if my cables are just a little aged maybe.
***** ok. The best I can compare what I'm seeing to is a little bit worse than the wii component output vs the gamecube.
I live in Madison and love to visit Lou Malnati's when I'm in Chicago.
Near where I live, there is still an Eb Games in the local mall. The mall wanted to revoke their lease and write a new one just to rename the store from EB to Gamestop, so they just never changed the name. It is still EB Games. Funny huh?
branden32210 Yes. And?
Robert Santellan Don't talk back to it, unfunny trolls can bite.
Where do you live? I need this.
Last time I was in our local mall a few months ago it was still EB games. I just looked it up and it still is EB games under the directory
there's a EB Games in Columbus Ga in the same strip as a Gamestop.
i love second sight im glade you said something about it. It seems like too few videos about xbox collection and just over all console recaps in general just through it under the bus that and Dreamfall The Longest Journey witch are both amazing games that are over looked if you haven't played it i recommend it (i will say this its a sequel to The Longest Journey witch is a vary old click and point PC exclusive if you play either of them i recommend looking up a guide as you will get lost but you dont need the first to enjoy the second)
+AdamKoralik
Nice overview! I'm kinda partial to this console because I grew up with it. It's still my favorite :D
Thanks for watching.
Just wondering, Adam; Have you ever played Metal Slug 3 for the Xbox? If not, it's a seriously solid game.
Something that I always thought was crazy, was that there was software for modding your Xbox, on certain game discs. I remember it was on the non platinum hits versions of 007 Agent Under Fire, and Mech Assault.
Yep, and Splinter Cell.
Thanks for your reviewing, interesting. As you say, Microsoft is always quite mean to its users in all aspects as well as XBOX.
wish you would address the drive issues that it had. They went through three types of drives due to the first two being defective
+AdamKoralik you really have to spend 2mins explaining what you didnt like about the original HALO when it came out. I dont really mean the series as a whole BUT my older brother came home with the original XBox shortly after it was released and we only had HALO to play, however, maaaaaan did we sink hours into that game - as someone jumping directly from N64 to XBox HALO I was completely blown away. It was one of those moments where it was like the world had changed (gaming wise) for me and I would never be going back. That being said I play my N64 religiously now years later.
Great video. I really enjoy playing and collecting games for the original Xbox.
Thanks for watching!
I live in Seattle and its kinda a pride thing here to be an xbox person just because microsoft is from here and bungie studios is here as well. I don't know if anyone realllyyy uses it in their decision but most my friends play xbox and a ton work at microsoft.
I also agree with the suggestion of doing more gen reviews.
Hello, hey you should do a video talking about the ports and games that make feel us like the xbox was the spiritual sequel to the DreamCast :) greetings from Mexico!
I got my Xbox right around the time the 360 was getting ready to drop, so I got games like KotOR and Jade Empire for cheap. Bioware was really the reason I went w/ a 360 because Mass Effect was still a 360 exclusive title.
Did you try out Stubbs the Zombie on the original Xbox? It was my favorite game for that console.
Nah, I want that game though.
great videos. I just finished watching all the gen overviews and the sega nintendo sony consoles for 5th gen, and I'm not even new to this. I first got interested in previous gen stuff in 2011.(never was into 7th gen though, so stick with classics)
Thanks for watching!
one of the best if not the best systems for modding all previous systems nes snes sega ect and so much more
JET SET RADIO FUTURE IS MY SECOND FAVOURITE GAME OF ALL TIME, after Shenmue II of course =)
My experience with the Original Xbox kind of mirrors your experience of the Sega Master System and Saturn. Despite the 6th Gen of consoles technically being my first, I didn't know ANYONE with an Original Xbox, and I didn't even know that it existed until a bit after the 360 was already out. Everyone I knew had a PS2, some people had GameCubes, (I had both.) but I've only seen like 4 Original Xboxes out in the wild, and two of them I own. I don't know how it technically outsold the GameCube, even if just by a little. I now look back on the Original Xbox as kind of a hidden gem console that I absolutely love.
Also I have huge hands so even if I subjectively prefer the S controller, the Duke was still very solid and much better than I expected. It's the controller I had to deal with for at least a few weeks because when I bought the console at my local retro game shop, it was literally the only controller they had to include with the console.
Great video! Another nice thing about the xbox is you saw some PC games end up on the system that would have never made their way on a console prior to it (Elder Scrolls Morrowind for example). There was also a bigger push for western developers (like Bioware) to make games for it which helped to distinguish the xbox from its Japan centric competitors.
Oh and it was awesome simply because it was made by 'Merica! (jk)
I still remember being excited getting this for Xmas with CM 2002/03 and Splinter Cell. Games I still play to this day via a modded Xbox now. It was an amazing console, one of the all time greats with its amazing games catalogue, best multiplats and true innovations of the industry. The Xbox brand has never been anywhere near as amazing since for me.
The first time I played the xbox was when I was in high school and I was in chess club after school and my friend would bring in his xbox and play halo 2 that was the first time I played that game. Later when I got the game for my xbox 360 saw that you can do tons of glitches on that game like super jumps getting out the maps tons of stuff. I was sad to see they shut down the xbox service so no more halo 2 online :(
The point that you made about the firmware updates not being available because the servers went down is not completely true. I know that Halo 2(and maybe other games) have files included on the disc to update the dashboard.
There's a mall in Philadelphia that has an EB games in it AdamKoralik
The good ol' OGXbox. I miss the 6th gen
Me too.
Xbox one shouldn't even need to emulate the og xbox, it merely needs software that will allow it to read the encrypted dvd's, on a technical level, the xbox one hardware is already compatible with OG xbox games in the same way that windows 10 can play windows vista games due to the simple fact that they are both x86 consoles.