![]() The Xbox has become a symbol of much consternation with gamers in a generation where competition was quite fierce. The possibility of a Microsoft console was first mentioned by Bill Gates in late 1999, which was then confirmed by the company in a March 2000 press release. Microsoft had become interested in console video games after helping develop Windows CE for the Sega Dreamcast and watching PC sales begin to decline in the closing days of the dot-com bubble. Former console powerhouse Sega said goodbye, Sony claimed some of the highest console sales in history, and an American company managed to reenter the console market and actually grab hold of the second place sales spot. The sixth generation of console gaming offered some of the biggest upsets in console video game history in the decades following its crash. Xbox 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Microsoft’s Original ConsoleĬheck out other Guides in the Retro Gaming 101 Series
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