Twenty years ago, a small group within the Microsoft showed a seemingly brave desire at the time: from the beginning to create a video game console and to fight many more established rivals.
Despite many obstacles, the Xbox was born. And, during the two decades, it became a lasting presence in gaming and pop culture all over the world.
But so far, the whole story of these polite start, stopping and starting has not been told from an internal point of view. “Power On: The Xbox Story” has a new six -part documents that are running for free, so anyone can check this tumultuous journey. .
There is a lot of tension in this way, from its own struggle of the Xbox within the Microsoft, to try to persuade the gamers and the public to take it seriously in the market where it had no traction. Despite the company’s success in PC gaming, the console world was quite different. But the Xbox Group kept steadfast – thanks to loyal fans in any small part who were trapped with a console brand in good times and evil, which is in the online community of more than 100 million monthly active players worldwide. This is the case with many Xbox players, this series will take them down the memory lane to experience the old memories of these early days.
“We are the world’s biggest fans and this is a gift for them,” says Chris Capecela, chief marketing officer of Microsoft. “You want to know: How did they get a superpower? What did they have to sacrifice along the way?
See the series to get the answers to these questions, and turn to Microsoft’s stories to read more about “Power On: Xbox Story”.
