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Xbox

Video game console by Microsoft

Entityvideo game console modelQ132020

Instance of: video game console model
Subclass of: home video game console
Part of: sixth generation of video game consoles
Website: xbox.com

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The Xbox is a home video game console developed and marketed by Microsoft. It was released on November 15, 2001, in North America, followed by Australia, Europe, and Japan in 2002. It was the first major American-produced console since the Atari Jaguar in 1993, and as a sixth-generation console, competed with Sony's PlayStation 2 and Nintendo's GameCube.

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Manufacturer: Flex Ltd.
Followed by: Xbox 360
Units sold: 24M
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Sources
1.xbox.com/zh-SG/community/news/2006/20060510.htm
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CPU: X-CPU
Developer: Microsoft
Name: Xbox
Part of the series: Xbox
Online service: Xbox Network
Title: Xbox
Social media followers: 20.6M(February 6, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 24742040
17.8M(February 21, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 24742040
15.4M(January 1, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 24742040
13.8M(February 27, 2020) x (twitter) numeric user id: 24742040
Different from: Xbox One
Released: November 15, 2001 place of publication: North America
February 22, 2002 place of publication: Japan
March 14, 2002 place of publication: Europe, Australasia
Operating system: Xbox system software
Uses: Xbox game media
Discontinuation date: 2006 location: worldwide
2005 location: Japan
Connector: Fast Ethernet
Input device: Xbox controller
Named after: DirectX
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Sources
1.gamedeveloper.com/business/how-xbox-got-its-start----and-its-name
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box
GPU: XGPU

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