"In 2001, the first Xbox had muscled in on a scene dominated by Japanese consoles, upsetting the established order (it outsold Nintendo's GameCube by a couple of million) and dragging console gaming into the online era with Xbox Live, an online multiplayer service that was leagues ahead of what the PlayStation 2 was doing. Nonetheless, the PS2 ended up selling over 150m to the original Xbox's 25m."
"The Xbox 360 arrived on 22 November 2005 in the US and 2 December in the UK, about three months after I got my first job as a junior staff writer on GamesTM magazine. My memories of the night are hazy because a) it was a worryingly long time ago and b) there was a free bar, but I do remember that DJ Yoda played to a tragically deserted dancefloor, and everything was very green."
The Xbox 360 launched in late 2005 (22 November US, 2 December UK). The original Xbox had disrupted a market dominated by Japanese consoles and introduced Xbox Live, an online multiplayer service far ahead of the PlayStation 2's offerings. The PS2 still outsold the original Xbox, but the Xbox 360 sold over 80 million units, rivaling the PlayStation 3 and turning Xbox into a market leader, particularly in the US. The console featured an inward double-curve 'inhale' design with a swappable faceplate, a memorable Y2K startup animation, and clean, futuristic menus integrating messaging, friends lists, and music. Microsoft’s marketing sometimes came across as cringe-worthy.
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