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Released with the idea that all games should be 3D. It was the first to have mass internet connectivity, and feature a DVD player interface. Making gaming consoles more of a house hold item not just for kids.To this day is still the number one sold video game console with 155 million unit sold.
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Microsoft's first entrance into the video game market. Bill Gates personally sold the very first one to a customer at an event at the Toys R Us in Time Square. This was the start of what is now called the "console wars" between Sony and Microsoft.
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This was the first paid subscription service for video games. It also allowed users to directly download content to their Xbox instead of having to purchase a disk.
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This is what solidified Microsoft in the video game world driving PlayStation out of the top spot.
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Kinect was a camera peripheral that tracked the users movements and gestures to "use your body as a controller." This was the first mass market introduction of what we now know as AR or Augmented Reality gaming. It was a massive failure for Microsoft.