perhaps the original xbox was a tad ahead of its time. As good as it was it couldn't compensate for the lack of third party support in comparison to the PS2, namely from the top japanese developers at the time (most notably square and konami) and many of the top tier games such as Vice City and San Andreas were released a year earlier on PS2. Lets also not forget that Microsoft admitted that having the hard drive standard handicapped the system because it increased the costs of manufacturing significantly giving it a competitive disadvantage. The innovation the system should be remembered for the most is bringing a true online console gaming experience.
To say its the best console of all time though hardly, In the end best console of all time would be measured in my opinion by the number of classic games (take your pick NES, SNES, N64). Even if we were to say it was the most innovative other consoles like the N64 have an argument.
