The Rise and Fall of the House of Xbox

Today, outside of the occasional corporate shakeup or Game Pass controversy, Xbox doesn't dominate gaming conversations the way it once did. So what happened? How did a console that started as little more than a risky side project become an industry giant, and then lose so much momentum that even Costco stopped carrying its hardware? Find out today as we explore the complete history of Microsoft's gaming console.

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Chapters 0:00 The Rise and Fall of the House of Xbox 01:28 The DirectXbox 05:47 The House that Halo Built 08:54 The Xbox 360 11:32 The One 14:12 This Is an Xbox?! 17:22 Breaking News! 18:07 The Future of Xbox

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