Microsoft, an American firm, developed the Xbox video gaming console. When Microsoft’s Xbox, its first foray into the world of electronic gaming consoles, debuted in 2001, Sony’s PlayStation 2 and Nintendo’s GameCube were its main rivals.
Microsoft started making preparations in 1999 to develop its own console gaming system in order to broaden its product range and profit from the booming gaming sector because it was worried that Sony’s popular PlayStation console might hurt the personal computer market.
After its initial release, the system—originally known as the DirectX box because of its usage of the namesake video software—went through numerous launch delays and price changes.
Microsoft estimated that it had lost $4 billion from the Xbox business up to that point in 2005, despite the success of games like Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2.
When did Xbox One first release?
In November 2013, Microsoft unveiled the Xbox One, a more potent device that fixed one of the Xbox 360’s most enduring problems. The Xbox 360 replaced the original Xbox in