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Halo: Combat Evolved (XB)
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curl-6 2 hours ago

How do you think both the OG Xbox (and the brand overall) would have fared if Halo hadn't been there? (Let's say it got cancelled or just never existed at all)

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G2ThaUNiT 2 hours ago

I cannot begin to tell you how nonexistent Xbox would be. Probably would’ve been the first, and the only Xbox.

We’re talking about a console that sold over 130 million fewer consoles than the leading competition, and it had the game that was the biggest entertainment launch in history at the time.

That’s how huge Halo was, and that was just on the OG Xbox.

BioWare, Sega, Bethesda, Rare, etc, were great side pieces to go along with Halo on the OG Xbox, but they would not have carried the console.