xbox this article is about the xbox brand for the 2001 console see xbox console for other uses see xbox disambiguation xboxproduct typevideo gamingownermicrosoftcountrymicrosoft redmond campus redmond washington united statesintroducednovember15 2001 17 years ago20011115marketsworldwideregistered as a trademark inworldwidewebsitewwwxboxcom xbox is a video gaming brand created and owned by microsoft of the united states it represents a series of video game consoles developed by microsoft with three consoles released in the sixth seventh and eighth generations respectively the brand also represents applications games streaming services and an online service by the name of xbox live the brand was first introduced in the united states in november 2001 with the launch of the original xbox console the original device was the first video game console offered by an american company after the atari jaguar stopped sales in 1996 it reached over 24 million units sold as of may 2006 consoles xbox xbox console xbox console with controller s the original xbox was released on november 15 2001 in north america february 22 2002 in japan and march 14 2002 in australia and europe it was microsofts first foray into the gaming console market as part of the sixthgeneration of gaming the xbox competed with sonys playstation 2 segas dreamcast which stopped american sales before the xbox went on sale and nintendos gamecube the xbox was the first console offered by an american company after the atari jaguar stopped sales in 1996 the name xbox was derived from a contraction of directx box a reference to microsofts graphics api directx the integrated xbox live service launched in november 2002 allowed players to play games online with or without a broadband connection it first competed with dreamcasts online service but later primarily competed with playstation 2s online service although these two are free while xbox live required a subscription as well as broadbandonly connection which was not completely adopted yet xbox live was a success due to better servers features such as a buddy list and milestone titles like halo 2 released in november 2004 which is the bestselling xbox video game and was by far the most popular online game for years xbox 360 xbox 360 elite right xbox 360 s and newstyle controller xbox 360 the xbox 360 was released as the successor of the original xbox in november 2005 competing with sonys playstation 3 and nintendos wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles as of june 30 2013 782 million xbox 360 consoles have been sold worldwide the xbox 360 showed an expanded xbox live service which now included a limited free tier called silver the ability to stream multimedia content from pcs while later updates added the ability to purchase and stream music television programs and films through the xbox music and xbox video services along with access to thirdparty content services through thirdparty media streaming applications microsoft also released kinect a motion control system for the xbox 360 which uses an advanced sensor system at their e3 presentation on june 14 2010 microsoft announced a redesigned xbox 360 that would ship on the same day the first new console to be released features a 250gb hard drive while a later less expensive sku features 4gb internal storage xbox one xbox one the xbox one with the redesigned kinect and controller the xbox one was released on november 22 2013 in north america as the successor of the xbox 360 the xbox one competes with sonys playstation 4 and nintendos wii u and switch as part of the eighth generation of video game consoles announced on may 21 2013 following its unveiling the xbox one proved controversial for its original digital rights management and privacy practices while microsoft touted the ability for users to access their library of games regardless of whether they were purchased physically or digitally on any xbox one console without needing their discs and the ability to share their entire library with 10 designated family members all games would have to be tied to the users xbox live account and their xbox one console and the console would be required to connect to the internet on a periodic basis at least once every 24 hours to synchronize the library or else the console would be unable to play any games at all on june 13 2016 microsoft announced the xbox one s a slimmer version of the xbox one at e3 2016 comparison xbox xbox 360 xbox one xbox one x console xbox one wkinect xbox one s console launch price us29999 gb29999 47999 us29999 core discontinued us39999 premium 20gb discontinued us24999 premium 60gb discontinued us47999 elite 120gb discontinued us29999 arcade 256mb internal memory discontinued us19999 arcade 512mb internal memory discontinued us29999 super elite 250gb discontinued us39999 xbox 360 s 250gb kinect discontinued us29999 xbox 360 s 250gb discontinued us29999 xbox 360 s 4gb internal memory kinect discontinued us19999 xbox 360 s 4gb internal memory discontinued us19999 xbox 360 e 4gb internal memory us29999 xbox 360 e 250gb us29999 xbox 360 e 4gb internal memory kinect us49999 kinect bundle us39999 standalone us49999 xbox one elite 1tb elite controller us29999 xbox one s us49999 black 1 tb version release date na november 15 2001jp february 22 2002 eu march 14 2002 na november 22 2005eu december 2 2005jp december 10 2005au march 23 2006 further information xbox 360 launchrelease dates and pricing november 22 2013 ww november 7 2017 discontinued jp june 4 2006na march 2 2009eu march 11 2007 ww april 20 2016 na na units sold 24 million as of may 10 2006 772 million as of april18 2013details 26 million estimate as of january18 2017 na bestselling game halo 2 8 million as of may 9 2006 kinect adventures packin with kinect peripheral 24 million best selling nonbundled game call of duty modern warfare 3 1423 million call of duty black ops iii 724 million as of october 16 2016 media cd dvd cd dvd hd dvd movies only with addon drive cd dvd bluray disc xbox one s supports uhd bluray disc usb drive with supported media dlna servers cd dvd bluray disc uhd bluray disc usb drive with supported media dlna servers accessories retail xbox live starter kit xbox media center extender dvd playback kit xbox music mixer memory unit 8mb logitech wireless controller 24ghz more see xbox 360 accessories media remote stereo headset adapter official stereo headset digital tv tuner eu only play and charge kit see xbox one accessories cpu 733mhz x86 intel celeronpentium iii custom hybrid cpu 32ghz ibm powerpc tricore cpu codenamed xenon 175ghz amd x8664 eightcore cpu codenamed jaguar 23 ghz semicustom amd x8664 eightcore cpu code named jaguar enhanced gpu 233mhz nvidia custom geforce 3 nv2a directx 80 based gpu 500mhz ati custom radeon x1800 directx 90c based gpu codenamed xenos 853mhz amd radeon hd 7000 series directx 111 directx 12 based gpu codenamed durango 1172 mhz customized amd gcn based gpu with 40 compute units memory 64 mb ddr sdram 200mhz in dualchannel 128bit configuration giving 6400mbs 512 mb of gddr3 ram 700mhz 224 gbs 10mb edram gpu frame buffer memory 8 gb of ddr3 ram 2133mhz 683 gbs 32mb esram gpu frame buffer memory 12 gb of gddr5 ram 326 gbs video io vga component ypbpr scart svideo composite 1080i 720p 576p 576i 480p 480i hdmi on models manufactured after august 2007 vga componentdterminal ypbpr scart svideo composite 1080p 1080i 720p 576p 576i 480p 480i various monitor resolutions available via vga and hdmidvi 640480 848480 1024768 1280720 1280768 12801024 1360768 1440900 16801050 19201080 hdmi one in one out 4k 2160p 1080p 720p xbox one does not support any interlaced resolutions hdr10 xbox one s hdmi 21 output hdmi 14b input 4k 2160p 60fps 1080p 720p hdr10 amd freesync audio io optical toslink stereo rca dts dolby digital live dolby digital dolby surround stereo hdmi optical toslink stereo rca dts wma pro dolby digital dolby surround stereo hdmi one in one out optical toslink dtshd master audio dolby truehd dtshd high resolution audio dolby digital plus dts dolby digital dolby atmos hdmi 21 output hdmi 14b input optical toslink dtshd master audio dolby truehd dtshd high resolution audio dolby digital plus dts dolby digital dolby atmos online service xbox live 200210 xlink kai 2003present xbox livexbox live arcadexbox live marketplacexbox live vision webcam headsetxbox live video marketplacewindows live messengerinternet explorer videokinect kinect sensor is no longer needed xbox livexbox storeinternet explorermicrosoft edgeskype backward compatibility na 50 of xbox library select xbox 360 and xbox titles system software xbox music mixerdvd playback kit xbox linux see xbox 360 system software see xbox one system software system softwarefeatures audio cd playback audio file playback nondrm aac mp3 wma video file playback mpeg4 wmv divx xvid image slideshows connectivity with windows pcs for more codec support and external playback compatible natively with windows xp media center edition and windows vista with windows xp with downloadable utility keyboard support 3d bluray support dlna server support external hard drive support consumer programmability via softmods andor modchips modified windows ce 2x linux development on pc with xna game studio 99year subscription binary distribution with xna 10 refresh idxbox and approved microsoft store uwp apps games list of xbox games list of xbox 360 games list of xbox one games list of xbox live arcade games list of xbox live arcade kinect games list of xbox originals list of xbox 360 games on demand list of xbox games on windows phone and list of xbox 360 system link games each console has a variety of games most games released on the original xbox are backwards compatible and can be played directly on its successor xbox 360 backward compatibility with xbox 360 titles was added to xbox one in june 2015 although titles requiring kinect or usb peripherals will not be supported online services xbox live xbox live xbox live is an online service with over 40 million users worldwide as of january 10 2012 it comprises an online virtual market the xbox live marketplace which allows the purchase and download of games and various forms of multimedia online gaming on the xbox first started on november 15 2002 worldwide the service is still active and continues to be played by gamers xbox live marketplace xbox live marketplace the xbox live marketplace xblm is a virtual market designed for microsofts xbox 360 console that allows xbox live members to download purchased or promotional content the service offers movie and game trailers video store game demos xbox live arcade games xbox live indie games previously community games games on demand xbox 360 and xbox originals downloadable content such as map packs gamer pictures and xbox 360 dashboard themes the august 11 2009 update added xbox 360 games for download the avatar marketplace and renamed community games to indie games the spring 2007 update to the xbox 360 dashboard relocated the marketplace to its own blade in order to bring more attention to the service and make it more accessible to users although this has been obsoleted by the nxe update the section has been implemented into three separate sections in the dashboard the game marketplace video music marketplace and avatar marketplace downloaded content requires enough space on either the xbox 360s hard drive or an xbox 360 memory unit selected downloads are placed in a queue and are downloaded whilst the console is powered on and is connected to xbox live users can choose to send certain downloads to the front of the queue to be downloaded first downloads are temporarily halted during certain times where games make use of xbox lives features eg online multiplayer xbox smartglass xbox smartglass xbox smartglass is a companion application for xbox 360 available for windows 8 windows 10 windows phone ios android version 40 and above gaming cloud gaming cloud is a division within microsofts xbox team to help game developers incorporate their cloud computing elements such as microsoft azure within their games while focused on xbox and windows games the division will support developers regardless of target platform or distribution channel the division was formed in march 2018 and led by kareem choudhry software xbox 360 dashboard xbox 360 dashboard see also xbox 360 system software the xbox 360s original graphical user interface was the xbox 360 dashboard a tabbed interface that featured five blades formerly four blades and was designed by akqa and audiobrain it could be launched automatically when the console booted without a disc in it or when the disc tray was ejected but the user had the option to select what the console does if a game is in the tray on start up or if inserted when already on a simplified version of it was also accessible at any time via the xbox guide button on the gamepad this simplified version showed the users gamercard xbox live messages and friends list it also allowed for personal and music settings in addition to voice or video chats or returning to the xbox dashboard from the game xbox one dashboard xbox one system software controllers xbox controller original xbox controller first showcased in 2000 xbox controller s which first shipped in 2002 xbox controller released in 2001 the xbox control pad was the first controller made for the original xbox the xbox controller features two analog sticks a pressuresensitive directional pad two analog triggers a back button a start button two accessory slots and six 8bit analog action buttons agreen bred xblue yyellow and black and white buttons was originally the controller bundled with xbox systems for all territories except japan xbox 360 controller xbox 360 controller xbox 360 s controller released in 2005 the xbox 360 controller for the xbox 360 succeeded its predecessor a standard xbox 360 controller features eleven digital buttons two analog triggers two analog sticks and a digital dpad the right face of the controller features four digital actions buttons a green a button red b button blue x button and yellow y button the lower right houses the right analog stick in lower left is a digital dpad and on the left face is the left analog stick both analog sticks can also be clicked in to activate a digital button beneath in the center of the controller face are digital start back and guide buttons the guide button is labelled with the xbox logo and is used to turn on the consolecontroller and to access the guide menu it is also surrounded by the ring of light which indicates the controller number as well as flashing when connecting and to provide notifications the left and right shoulders each feature a digital shoulder button or bumper and an analog trigger xbox 360 kinect kinect the xbox 360 kinect sensor kinect stylized as kinect is a motion sensing input device by microsoft for the xbox 360 video game console and windows pcs based around a webcamstyle addon peripheral for the xbox 360 console it enables users to control and interact with the xbox 360 without the need to touch a game controller through a natural user interface using gestures and spoken commands kinect was launched in north america on november 4 2010 the kinect claimed the guinness world record of being the fastest selling consumer electronics device after selling a total of 8 million units in its first 60 days microsoft released kinect software development kit for windows 7 on june 16 2011 additional information on the xbox one kinect was released on june 6 2013 including information on how to turn off the always on feature xbox one controller xbox one controller xbox one controller the xbox one console has a revised controller with forty improvements over the 360s controller this new controller is built to work with kinect the start and back buttons are replaced with menu and view buttons it has impulse triggers that replace the regular triggers the button with the xbox logo will no longer bring up the xbox guide as the xbox guide button on the xbox 360 controller did the button will now open up the dashboard without interrupting the game currently being played by the user once pressed again the xbox will resume the game xbox one kinect kinect the xbox one kinect sensor although featuring improved performance over the original kinect its successor has been subject to mixed responses it has been praised for its wide angle its fast response time and high quality camera however the kinects inability to understand some accents in english was criticized furthermore controversies surround microsofts intentional tying of the sensor with the xbox one console despite the initial requirements for the sensor being plugged in at all times having been revised since its initial announcement there have also been a number of concerns regarding privacy marketing in 2016 microsoft announced that it would hold its own xbox 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