Ten years ago today, Microsoft’s second attempt at a dedicated games console shipped to retailers across North America. The Xbox team had bold ambitions, but few within the company would have expected the 360 to become the most successful Western-made console in history. The Xbox 360 transformed the landscape of triple-A titles. It broke Sony’s 11-year spell of dominance in the market. It championed an era of HD games. Below we look back at some of the major decisions that shaped its success, with input from key people who were there at the time.
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Ibrahim from eXputer: "The Medal of Honor franchise was once the crown jewel of FPS war games, later defeated by the tides of time and poor development."
They tried to turn it into Call of Duty and it killed it off. They should reboot it and go back to it's roots. But they'd ruin it with online-only/multiplayer style bullshit so why bother? I have very fond memories of these games, but this series can stay dead as far as I'm concerned.
Was literally just thinking of this game the other week with the secret nut cracker mission and the shooting Bismarck dog lmao. Loved these games as a kid
I have fond memories of playing the Medal of Honor Breakthrough MP Demo. It had two maps and custom servers. Living on campus, I had it downloaded on one of the PC Lab servers so I could access it on any computer at the university. Joined a clan and made friends that I still keep in touch with today.
Xbox 360 didn't dominate a decade. It got outsold by the Wii and then PlayStation 3. In fact when you align the launches, Microsoft's console was the slowest selling console in the seventh generation.
What you can say is that it is the highest selling western console in history.
Dominated by becoming 3rd and last? lol!
wiki had ps3 at 87 million about week ago and changed it again