System Saturdays - You Know the XBOX, XBOX!

The XBox 360 is one of those systems that has gained legendary status, and even despite being replaced by the XBox One still has its teeth firmly dug in. Take a look online and see how many new releases there are for the system, up to and including Madden 17 , and you'll suddenly come to realize what a force the XBox 360 was in its generation, and even after. But before the hardy wireless black beauty that is the XBox 360 came out, it was preceded by Microsoft's first console, gen 6's simply named XBox. The XBox was released in November of 2001, a full year after its chief competitor the PS2, and nearly two years after the Sega Dreamcast. In a way the XBox came into a market that the industry had already conceded to the PS2, and until the 360 the XBox would find itself following in the PS2's shadow just about everywhere. This by no means meant that the XBox was a losing system though, and despite the obstacles set before it managed to make a mark on gamers that woul...