17 Facts About Xbox consoles

1.

The third console, the Xbox consoles One, was released in November 2013 and has sold 51 million units.

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2.

The head of Xbox consoles is Phil Spencer, who succeeded former head Marc Whitten in late March 2014.

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3.

The Xbox consoles has become a direct competitor to Sony's PlayStation brand, both offering high performance gaming systems at roughly similar specifications.

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4.

Original Xbox consoles was released on November 15,2001, in North America, February 22,2002, in Japan, and March 14,2002, in Australia and Europe.

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5.

The Xbox consoles was the first console offered by an American company after the Atari Jaguar stopped sales in 1996.

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6.

The name Xbox consoles was derived from a contraction of DirectX Box, a reference to Microsoft's graphics API, DirectX.

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7.

The Xbox consoles 360 was officially unveiled on MTV on May 12,2005, with detailed launch and game information divulged later that month at the Electronic Entertainment Expo.

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8.

Xbox consoles One was released on November 22,2013, in North America, as the successor to the Xbox consoles 360.

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9.

The Xbox One competes with Sony's PlayStation 4 and Nintendo's Wii U and Switch as part of the eighth generation of video game consoles.

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10.

The Xbox consoles Series S is a digital-only unit with less graphic processing power, but can still render at a nominal 1440p resolution at 60 frames per second with support for 4K upscaling.

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11.

Microsoft has used the razor and blades model to sell the family of Xbox consoles, selling the console at or below the price of its manufacturing costs, while earning revenue from licensing fees it collects from publishers and developers and from its services offered to players.

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12.

Xbox consoles Game Pass Cloud Gaming is the Microsoft's Xbox consoles cloud gaming streaming service.

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13.

Xbox consoles Game Pass is a subscription service from Microsoft for use with its Xbox consoles One and Windows 10.

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14.

Main interface for all four generations of Xbox consoles has been the Xbox consoles Dashboard, which allows users to manage games stored on the console, play media, and access system settings.

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15.

In May 2020, Xbox consoles presented a preview version of an app that allows parents and guardians to set daily limits for their children's playing time, provides weekly activity reports, filters out age-restricted games, and places limits on online communication.

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16.

The standard Xbox consoles controller was originally the controller bundled with Xbox consoles systems for all territories except Japan.

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17.

Xbox consoles Adaptive Controller is a special controller designed for accessibility features for players.

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