- by Fraser Gilbert Yesterday, 6pm
Not just is the Xbox 360 commemorating its 19th birthday today, however the Xbox One is commemorating its 11th birthday! The launch happened back on November 22nd of 2013, following a questionable couple of months for the Xbox brand name.
Yes, all of us understand just how much of a catastrophe the Xbox One was dealing with precisely 11 years back. A horrible expose occasion paired with undesirable messaging and a high cost point indicated that the console was basically doomed from the start. The system itself was still respectable when it released in November, however the damage had actually currently been done already.
Due to the fact that of that horrendous time period, a great deal of individuals tend to take a look at the Xbox One as a “failure”. That's not our viewpoint! The generation may have left to a dreadful start, however it was followed up with some outstanding video games (both very first and third-party) together with a number of fantastic brand-new designs in the Xbox One S and Xbox One X.
And what about the functions ?! The Xbox One period was so considerably various from the starting to the end, with Xbox presenting developments such as Game Pass and in reverse compatibility throughout its life expectancy. When the console released, you could not play any of your old buy from previous generations. Nowadays, over 700 timeless Xbox titles are offered on Xbox One, not to discuss a lot of Series X/S titles through the power of Cloud Gaming!
This isn't a history piece – we kinda did that in 2015 when we talked about the “greatest turn-around in Xbox history” – however rather an opportunity to commemorate the great times of a period that's typically represented adversely. We have a soft area for the Xbox One generation here at Pure Xbox, and it supplied us with some amazing memories that we'll treasure permanently.
What are your fondest memories of the Xbox One age? Let us understand down in the remarks area listed below.
Fraser is the News Editor at Pure Xbox, where he invests his time reporting on the greatest stories on the planet of Xbox and beyond.
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