


Release in Europe and Japan soon followed in 2006. Part of the seventh generation of gaming consoles, Xbox 360 was released in 2005 in North America with black and white colors.
#Xbox versions ps2
It only sold 25 million units whereas PS2 sold 155 million units.Įven with the sales not on par with PS2, the original Xbox console surprised everyone with the successful sales on its Halo game where Halo 2 had 8.46 million copies sold and Halo: Combat Evolved with 5million copies sold. The first Xbox became part of the sixth generation of consoles and competed with other big player consoles like Sony Playstation 2(PS2), Nintendo GameCube, and Sega Dreamcast but fell short on sales in comparison to PS2. The original Xbox had an internal power supply, a built-in ethernet port for Microsoft’s Xbox Live online gaming service, and four controller ports on its front.
#Xbox versions Pc
Xbox was originally called DirectX box after Direct X Graphics Technology that was developed for PC gaming, then was shortened to Xbox and became the first console sold by an American company after 1996 when Atari Jaguar sales stopped.Īfter America, the next original Xbox release was done in Japan on February 22, 2002, followed by Australia and Europe on March 14, 2002.

The original Xbox was released by Microsoft in America on November 15, 2001, in black and green colors. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (1.46 million).Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (1.58 million).Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell (2.4 million).Grand Theft Auto Double Pack (2.49 million).
