Microsoft Xbox is a sixth video game console of era of initially released generation on November 15, 2001 in North America, then released on February 22, 2002 in Japan, and on March 14, 2002 in Europe.
Xbox was the first company independent of Microsoft in the arena of video game console, then having developed the operating software and the development tools for the MSX, and having collaborated with Sega by putting in communication the EC of Windows at the console of Sega Dreamcast. The notable titles of launching for the console include the halation: The combat evolved/moved, Amped, completely or 3 and Oddworld alive: Chewed Oddysee. Development Xbox was at the beginning developed in Microsoft by a small team which included Seamus Blackley, a lotissor of play and physicist of high energy.
The rumours of a video game console developed by Microsoft emerged the first time at the end of 1999 following interviews of Bill Gates. Start known as that a play/device of multi-media was essential for the convergence of multi-media in new times of the numerical entertainment. On March 10, 2000 the "project of X-box" was officially confirmed by Microsoft with a press release. Some see Xbox like manner of benefitting from the market growing of video game, noting that the growth of the market of PC stagnated after the bust point-COM.
According to the Smartbomb book, by Heather Chaplin and the ruby of Aaron, the remarkable success of the upstart Sony PlayStation worried Microsoft in the Nineties late. The market growing of video game seemed to threaten the market of PC that Microsoft had dominated and counted at the time for the majority of its incomes. As well, a company in the market of game console would also diversify the product of Microsoft, which until this time had been strongly concentrated in the software. Xbox presented an alternative standardized to the variety close relation-without end of configurations of user on the PC.
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