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Xbox Prototype
In 1998 four engineers from Microsoft's DirectX team, Kevin Bachus, Seamus Blackley, Ted Hase and DirectX team leader Otto Berkes, disassembled some Dell laptop computers to construct a prototype Microsoft Windows-based video game console. -
Xbox Launched
The Xbox was released on November 15, 2001 in North America, -
Xbox Released Outside of the U.S.
February 22, 2002 in Japan, -
The Xbox was released in Australia and Europe
March 14, 2002 in Australia and Europe. It was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console market. As part of the sixth-generation of gaming, -
Xbox Live was Launched
The integrated Xbox Live service launched in November 2002 allowed players to play games online with a broadband connection. It was one feature that made the Xbox so popular, with most critics stating that Xbox Live had a better online experience than PlayStation 2's online service. -
Halo 2
The best-selling Xbox game was Halo 2 released on November
9 of 2004 which was also extremely popular through its online play on Xbox Live. -
The Xbox 360 was Launched
Xbox's successor, the Xbox 360, was launched on November 22, 2005. The Xbox was discontinued in late 2005 in Japan where sales were poor. It was discontinued in late 2006 in Europe and early 2007 in North America. The last Xbox game in Europe was Tony Hawk's Project 8 released in November 2006, and the last game in North America was Madden NFL 09 released in August 2008. -
The Xbox Sells
24 million Xbox's were sold before the xbox was discontiued in 2007. -
The Xbox 360 "Slim"
The Xbox 360 Slim was released on June 16th 2010. -
Xbox 360 Sells
50 million have been sold by January 2011 worldwide -
Xbox 360 sells
Over 70 million Xbox 360 have been sold since 2005
