Was the original Xbox the best Microsoft console?

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I remember reading articles about this thing. I laughed that MS was going to enter the console space. I was not a fan of the original, I loved my PS2 too much, and wanted this thing to fail. (it did, sales wise) I was so amped for the PS3 to come out. It was not until the price reveal, and Kutigari's statement about how much it would cost, that I soured on Playstation. It took the Halo 3 reveal trailer(where masterchief throws down the shield) to get me excited in last gen.

I was done with gaming after the PS3 price reveal. It took crackdown , viva pinata, and Halo 3 to get me back into gaming. and now I actually prefer gaming on the Xbox over PS3. for the record I own both the PS4 and xbox1, and wiiu but I only play the ps4 for diablo with the wife, and all my other gaming has gone to the xbox. The reason for that is not the gamerscore (i was offline all last gen) but because I am used to the xbox controller, and oddly enough I enjoy MS more than Sony products. I enjoy the current lead that Sony has, I truly believe that because of this ridiculous lead it caused MS to focis more on what gamers want from the Xbox.

From here on out, all th eimprovements MS makes to the XB1 to compete against the PS4 is in larger part thanks to Sony. So thank you Sony for making the XB1 a much better place to game year after year.

for the record I am drunk, and just love gaming on everything. once feelow gamers can stop tearing down other systems, to feel better about their purchase, the better us gamers in general will be. All 3 companies do things that annoy it's loyal base, which is going to happen when you try to cater to so many eclectic taste. All 3 console makers bring good, and bad to the scene. lets just enjoy the positives for once.