MANUFACTURER: Microsoft
RELEASE DATE: November 15, 2001 in the United States
VIDEO GAME QUANTITY: Xbox states only 799 games but many have said there are more than 800 games.
GENERATION: 6th
The Xbox, also known as the original Xbox, is a home video game console and the first installment in the Xbox series of consoles. It was also the first console produced by an American company since the Atari Jaguar ceased production in 1996. The Xbox, graphically powerful compared to its rivals, featured a standard PC’s 733 MHz Intel Pentium III processor. It was also noted for its PC-like size and weight, and was first console to feature a built-in hard disk. In November 2002, Microsoft launched Xbox Live, a fee-based online gaming service that enabled subscribers to download new content and connect with other players through a broadband connection.
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