X-Box Games
Microsoft entered the arena of video game consoles with the XBox, its first real standalone product for video games, other than its collaboration with Sega for a Dreamcast Windows CE. Seamus Blackley developed the first XBox with a team of game developers from Microsoft. Bill Gates would consistently mention the console in 1999, but the system experienced constantly delays in release from Microsoft. According to Gates, the new millenium needed a new console and a new convergence in entertainment and media; eventually, he showed the XBox off at the 200 Game Developer's Conference to a flurry of acclaim and curiosity. The announcement from Gates came at a strange time, because the Sony PlayStation 2 was starting to come out in Japan, and the Dreamcast experienced mass failure.
Microsoft held off on releasing the console in Europe in order to try launching in Japan first, but Europe eventually received it better. Seamus Blacklet, as well as another XBox developer, Kevin Bachus, soon parted ways with Microsoft shortly afterward. Otto Berkes and Ted Hase, who were the other people on the Xbox team, still work for Microsoft but not with the Xbox.
Microsoft experienced moderate success in their plans. Microsoft made Halo: Combat Evolved, a game from their new property, Bungie, their launch title for the Xbox. With the exception of games like Goldeneye 007, Perfect Dark, and Medal of Honor, not many first person shooters have made a large impression on the general video game market, with few hits in that genre. Fortunately, Halo proved to be a success, and Bungie's game helped make the Xbox triumph. Microsoft's console soon took Nintendo's spot as the second best console in America in 2002.
Games like Dead or Alive 3, Amped: Freestyle Snowboarding, Project Gotham Racing and Fuzion Frenzy, in addition to Halo, proved Microsoft's strength right away.
The name Xbox came from it's original title, the DirectX Box, but focus testers didn't like it, so the console was changed to its current moniker.
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SRS Street RACING SYNDICATE - X Box XBOX Game #740
Brewer,ME,USA
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$4.97
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3d 3h 27m
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Lot of 8 X-BOX Games
Braham,MN,USA
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$3.01
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10
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51s
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Battery Charger for XBOX 360 Game Wireless Controller W
Hong Kong
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$0.01
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1m 6s
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Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone (Xbox, 2004)
Whitewater,WI,USA
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$0.99
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1m 14s
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Monster Garage (Xbox, 2004)
Whitewater,WI,USA
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$0.99
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1m 28s
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Original xbox
Grand Rapids,MI,USA
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$60.00
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1m 53s
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Shrek 2 XBox
Wyoming,NY,USA
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$10.99
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29d 19h 4m
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Fable II for xbox 360
Saint Helena,CA,USA
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$16.00
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2m 3s
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Rallisport Challenge RALLY CAR RACING - XBOX Game #396
Brewer,ME,USA
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$6.47
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23d 20h 23m
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XBOX 360 SCENE IT? BOX OFFICE SMASH GAME ONLY BRAND NEW
Pembroke,KY,USA
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$8.99
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2m 6s
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XBOX 360 GAME FINAL FANTASY XI CHAINS PROMATHIA **NEW**
Pembroke,KY,USA
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$7.24
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2m 14s
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XBOX WALLACE & GROMIT THE CURSE OF WERE-RABBIT **NEW**
Pembroke,KY,USA
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$5.99
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2m 14s
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XBOX GAME-[TOM CLANCY'S]-[SPLINTER CELL]
Russell,KY,USA
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$0.99
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2m 19s
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For Microsoft XBOX 360 Game NEW Stereo Headset with Mic
Hong Kong
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$2.99
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2m 49s
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Madden NFL 08 (Xbox 360, 2007)
Richland,MI,USA
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$3.99
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3m 5s
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4 Xbox 360 Games Lot - Bad Company,Section 8,NHL,Bourne
Holiday,FL,USA
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$19.99
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1
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3m 48s
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Gauntlet: Dark Legacy (Xbox) COMPLETE RARE Midway
Jamaica,NY,USA
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$24.99
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1
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29d 19h 55m
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BATTLEFIELD BAD COMPANY 2 (Xbox 360, 2009) MINT! BONUS!
Drexel Hill,PA,USA
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$26.00
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7
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4m 46s
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XBOX Blowout Forza Motorsports OddWorld Munch's Oddysee
Carson,CA,USA
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$3.95
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1
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5m 12s
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Grand Theft Auto IV 4 Brand NEW XBOX 360 Game Sealed
Canada
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$29.99
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5m 19s
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2 Green Game Controller Pad S Type for Microsoft XBOX
Alhambra,CA,USA
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$17.95
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5m 22s
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Battery Charger for XBOX 360 Game Wireless Controller W
Hong Kong
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$0.01
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5m 24s
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NIB You're in the Movies (Xbox 360, 2008) with camera
Winter Garden,FL,USA
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$17.99
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5m 42s
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Game Controller S Type 2 A Black For MICROSOFT XBOX US
Brooklyn,NY,USA
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$3.71
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16d 14h 9m
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NASCAR 06: Total Team Control (Xbox, 2005)
Las Vegas,NM,USA
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$2.99
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5m 48s
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X2: Wolverine's Revenge (Xbox, 2003)
Brooklyn,NY,USA
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$2.00
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6m 9s
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Need for Speed Shift (Xbox 360, 2009) Great Condition!
Norcross,GA,USA
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$10.50
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4
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6m 22s
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Madden NFL 07 (Xbox, 2006)
Whitewater,WI,USA
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$0.99
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1
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6m 26s
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BRAND NEW XBOX 360 Arcade Spring 2010 *BUNDLE* +2 GAMES
Miami,FL,USA
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$171.50
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15
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6m 50s
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XBOX 360 LORD OF RINGS BATTLE FOR MIDDLE EARTH 2 ^V^
USA
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$21.99
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7m 48s
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