EDU GAME TECH Power On: The Story of XBox *VIDEO*

[the_antsy_honda]

What, 10 years later?

 

[the_antsy_honda]

Console exclusivity is dumb, even worse in the world where you can't even fucking buy one

 

[Keksimus]

I honestly sort of settled for the Series S because it was the only new system in stock. It really is a great little console though and I'm satisfied

@Narc you're the one who's clowning bro

 

[monolith]

IFL

 

[monolith]

Semi-related but always found this really interesting from an engineering standpoint

Xbox Tracked Internal NDA Leakers with Ingenious Serial Number Embedding Trick

To track NDA breakers and leakers, Microsoft slyly found a way to sneak identifying data withing beta versions of the New Xbox Experience for Xbox 360.

www.dualshockers.com

 

[Genius/GZA]

Series s + retro arch = WIN

 

[Narc]

@Narc you're the one who's clowning bro

Says the dude with the series s

 

[Phil NJ]

Says the dude with the series s

I have a series X nothing wrong with the S

 

[Twinsen]

I watched all of this today and thought it deserved it's own thread.

Pretty wild for Microsoft to acknowledge it's own failures like the 360's Red Ring of Death.

"A small team of upstarts sets out to convince Microsoft that it’s time to enter the console business. Chapter 1 of Power On: The Story of Xbox. Xbox almost didn’t happen. Find out why in this behind-the-scenes, six-part series that takes you back to the scrappy beginnings of Microsoft's video game console. It’s the untold story of the people behind the box, glitches and all."

My RRoD poster delivered yesterday. I need to post it up on my wall. That shit made me so much money back in the day.

 

[HipHopHead]

My RRoD poster delivered yesterday. I need to post it up on my wall. That shit made me so much money back in the day.

Still have my 360 with the DVD drive you flashed for me back in the day after my house was burglarized. Haven't turned it on in years though.

 

[Epik High]

Series s + retro arch = WIN

Deets? You can run retro arch on a series s???

 

[Genius/GZA]

Deets? You can run retro arch on a series s???

Yes

You download retroarch through edge

 

[Smeghead]

A lot of rough obsticales they managed to get over. Very inspiring.

*Having to convincing Gates & Ballmer to take a chance with the first Xbox
*Red ring of Death costing them $1 Billion
*Xbox One horrible start due poor strategy

 

[KGB ate my bread]

360 was the first console I bought for myself. I remember there was a coupon code for amazon posted on OT, but to use it you'd have to have some other item added to your cart that qualified lol. I remember everyone in the thread was posting links to what cheap $2~ items they'd gotten alongside the 360.

I think I grabbed the console and CoD 3 and Gears of War? I'm not sure I had a 3rd game or not when I bought the thing. Feel like I spent around 350-380$ shipped and more or less had it before the end of 2006. Kinda tough to pin down when exactly I bought it, feel like it was fall.

 

[lil*o*g]

Didn't think I'd like these videos since I've never owned an Xbox. Pretty tho