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A Jump Into Crowded Waters With the Xbox - Top 10 Microsoft Moments
time.com - 11/12/2008
A Jump Into Crowded Waters With the Xbox - Top 10 Microsoft Moments
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At the turn of the century, Microsoft and Bill Gates realized that the company really, really wanted a piece of the video game market. Gates built buzz for the Xbox for over a year before unveiling the console at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January 2001. By the holiday ...

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Time Names Xbox a Most Significant Microsoft Moment
GamePolitics News — Time is running a feature on the Top 10 Microsoft Moments, and the Xbox made the list. No, not the (fairly) sleek 360, but the extra-beefy original. From the article: By the [2001] holiday shopping season, gamers all over America wanted them, launching a three-way battle for video-game dominance between the Xbox, Sony’s PlayStation 2 and the Nintendo GameCube... Microsoft had a $500 million marketing budget for the game platform, which also contained a hard drive and Internet connectivity. The Xbox was more powerful and more ...

Xbox Phat makes Time's 'Microsoft Moments'
Joystiq — ... The original Xbox was no toy. It weighed more than your kid. The controller brought new meaning to "man hands" -- the darn thing was known as the "Duke," after all. In short, this was a man's console. And what could be manlier than a "mankind-vs-aliens space ...

Big black Xbox makes Time's list of top Microsoft moments
Joystiq [Xbox] — ... Oh yes, the original Xbox in all its VCR-looking glory. She was a big beast, solid like a rock and had a controller (a Duke controller) that doubled as a serving tray. Yes, the launch of the original Xbox was a milestone for Microsoft and an important enough ...

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