That review was written by former CNET editor Darren Gladstone, whom I've known since at least the early 2000s. To put that original Xbox console in context, I went back to the text of our original CNET review, published in late 2001. Even after 20 years, the latest Xbox Series X and Series S versions are still working on their prime directive: They're a Trojan horse that can hide a multimedia PC in your living room. Of those platforms, I see Microsoft's Xbox as the one that's most blurred the line between game machine and entertainment device. The competition continues, and we've just passed the one-year birthday of both the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X. Since then, we've seen multiple generations of Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo consoles jousting for our attention and entertainment dollars. Sony, Nintendo and Sega were the main living room console players at the time, led by the PlayStation 2, released a year earlier in 2000. The launch was a gamble for Microsoft, a company then (and arguably now) known more for software supremacy than groundbreaking hardware. 15, 2001, when the original Xbox game console went on sale in the US.
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