After Apple originally announced the first version of Halo in 1999, Xbox apparently called Bungie and said "'Steve Jobs can't have that. We're going to buy you.'"

Agent_Karyo@piefed.world · 4 天前

jazzkoalapaws@ttrpg.network · 4 天前

Damn, that’s a shame.

The original Xbox was a pile of trash and set the stage for the decline of consoles.

I still think most of the kids who owned it over a PS2 only got it because their dads owned microsoft stock.

yeehaw@lemmy.ca · 2 天前

Xbox was so much better than PS2. Visual game quality ranked by those consoles:

titanicx@lemmy.zip · 3 天前

What are you talking about. It was an awesome machine. It was bought by as many adult gamers as any.

jazzkoalapaws@ttrpg.network · 3 天前

Not really.

It also started the trend of paying extra to play online.

Nah. The Xbox is a stain on the medium.

Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 天前

Microsoft fanbois cannot be reasoned with; only drained for cash.

Visstix@lemmy.world · 3 天前

I bought it with my own money when I was a kid to play fable.