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Fifteen years under the sign of X: Xbox turns 15 years old! #15YearsofXbox

By Giuseppe Genga / Neural
P 15 nov 2016 13:17
Exactly fifteen years ago we published in the USA (and then get the next March in Europe) the first, legendary Xbox : an innovative console for many verses, starting from the harddisk to the standard network equipment, which would allow her the following year to launch one of the first (and the first to be awarded a mass success) console, Xbox Live online service.

Arrived with a controversial maxi-controller (for friends on "duke" or "jumbo") that the Japanese badly digested, the first home console Microsoft astonished all to advanced graphics skills that were then-competitor PlayStation 2 pale, proposing a line-up of amazing titles: Halo: Combat Evolved was able to clear permanently, even more than did other evidence before it, the world of FPS on console While both Project Gotham Racing of never too late Bizarre Creations that Dead or Alive 3 and Amped astonished everyone by their fun gameplay and incredible realism and feel.

These titles were joined by then over the years games like RalliSport Challenge , Fable , Ninja Gaiden , The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind , Halo , Half Life 2 , Panzer Dragoon Orta , Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic , Crimson Skies , Jet Set Radio Future , GTA: San Andreas , MechAssault , Splinter Cell , Shenmue II , Beyond Good and Evil , Mercenaries , Burnout , Ghost Recon , Rainbow Six 3 and many others.

That phenomenal console!

In these 15 years and through all its incarnations, through Xbox 360 and Xbox One, green console-Microsoft crusade has managed to suit players with plenty of quality games and great online service, although there were also the slides from which the company always recover from strength to strength and learning from your mistakes: the high cost of the first console due to the internal hard drive , which prevented her from competing in price war with Sony, the Xbox 360 RROD affair and unpopular choices made at the launch of the Xbox One. The present and the future of the Xbox logo are brighter than ever, and we can't wait to see what other surprises and wonders are in store for us!

We leave you now to a tweet Xbox UK showing us the entertainment that millions of players around the world saw him breathe for the first time their new, gleaming console: and happy birthday, Xbox!