Xbox

Xbox
Type	Video gaming
Owner	Microsoft
Country	United States
Introduced	November 15, 2001; 24 years ago
Markets	Worldwide
Registered as a trademark in	Worldwide
Website	www.xbox.com

Xbox is a video game console brand made by Microsoft. It began in 1998 when four employees decided to try to make a system to compete with Sony's PlayStation 2. The employees took apart four Dell computers and built the console from the parts. The employees named the console DirectX Box because it used Microsoft's DirectX graphics program. They showed the console to Ed Fries, who was the leader of Microsoft's game publishing business, and he liked the idea.^[1]^[2]^[3] During work on the project, the name was changed to Xbox.^[4]

Xbox logo used since 2005

The Xbox Series X and the controller

Systems

There are four generations of the Xbox.

System	Released	Discontinued	Generation	Latest version
Xbox	2001	2009	Sixth	Build 351 (1.39)
Xbox 360	2005	2016	Seventh	Build 711
Xbox One	2013	2020	Eighth	Build 981
Xbox Series X/S	2020	N/A	Ninth	Build 999

Xbox Media

Xbox logo from 2019
Xbox console with "Controller S"
Left: Xbox 360 EliteRight: Xbox 360 S and new-style controller
Xbox 360 E Model with controller
The Xbox One with the redesigned Kinect and controller
The Xbox Series S and the controller
An Xbox 360 Elite and an Xbox 360 S with a black 360 S controller.
The Xbox One console, shown with the controller and the Kinect. Released in 2013 in North America and select markets, it is the third video game console made by Microsoft and succeeds the Xbox 360.

References

↑ Dudley, Brier (May 25, 2011). Last of Xbox Dream Team, Otto Berkes Is Moving On. Seattle Times Co. p. A12. "Berkes and Hase were among a group of four who first pushed Microsoft to develop a Windows-based gaming system to compete with Sony's PlayStation 2, which was luring game companies from the Windows platform in the late 1990s. The other two were Seamus Blackley, who left in 2002, and Kevin Bachus, who left in 2001.".
↑ Dudley, Brier (May 24, 2011). Exclusive: Microsoft loses last Xbox founder, mobile PC visionary. Seattle Times Co. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/technologybrierdudleysblog/2015137144_its_the_end_of_an.html. Retrieved May 25, 2011. "In 1998, Berkes and his team ordered a few Dell laptops, took them apart and built the first prototypes of a Windows gaming console. In order to appeal to young people, the name zBar (pronounced zed-BAH); laterm Ed Fries was leading Microsoft's games publishing business when the four Xbox founders pitched a "Direct X Box" based on the Windows DirectX graphics technology that was developed by Berkes' team.".
↑ Knoop, Joseph. How The Xbox Was Born At 35,000 Feet. IGN (May 16, 2018). Retrieved May 16, 2018.
↑ Alexander, Leigh. Interview: Former Microsoft Exec Fries Talks Xbox's Genesis. Gamasutra (August 14, 2009)UBM TechWeb. Retrieved May 25, 2011.

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[seattletimes_20110525-1] Dudley, Brier (May 25, 2011). Last of Xbox Dream Team, Otto Berkes Is Moving On. Seattle Times Co. p. A12. "Berkes and Hase were among a group of four who first pushed Microsoft to develop a Windows-based gaming system to compete with Sony's PlayStation 2, which was luring game companies from the Windows platform in the late 1990s. The other two were Seamus Blackley, who left in 2002, and Kevin Bachus, who left in 2001.".

[seattletimes_20110524-2] Dudley, Brier (May 24, 2011). Exclusive: Microsoft loses last Xbox founder, mobile PC visionary. Seattle Times Co. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/technologybrierdudleysblog/2015137144_its_the_end_of_an.html. Retrieved May 25, 2011. "In 1998, Berkes and his team ordered a few Dell laptops, took them apart and built the first prototypes of a Windows gaming console. In order to appeal to young people, the name zBar (pronounced zed-BAH); laterm Ed Fries was leading Microsoft's games publishing business when the four Xbox founders pitched a "Direct X Box" based on the Windows DirectX graphics technology that was developed by Berkes' team.".

[3] Knoop, Joseph. How The Xbox Was Born At 35,000 Feet. IGN (May 16, 2018). Retrieved May 16, 2018.

[gamasutra_2009-08-14-4] Alexander, Leigh. Interview: Former Microsoft Exec Fries Talks Xbox's Genesis. Gamasutra (August 14, 2009)UBM TechWeb. Retrieved May 25, 2011.

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