Not interested in Contraband though.

Hi there! For me personally at the height of Xbox being great, it's a tossup between the early years of the original Xbox or the late 2000's of the 360. But when Don Mattrick took over at the turn of the new decade, he completely overhauled the focus of Xbox that haunted the division for years well into Phil Spencer's tenure as head of Xbox. He pushed for the development of the Kinect, turned the 360 into more of a media device than a gaming device, opened up that Xbox Productions for content, and we saw less exclusives games by the end of the 360 generation.

And it ultimately led to his he failed launch of the Xbox One that turned out to very quickly be his demise. Unfortunately, it took years to undo the damage he did to Xbox. Not just in focusing back on games, but damage to the brand overall. 

There's been a lot of praise for the Series X and less so for Series S, but still welcomed by a lot of gamers for being an inexpensive entry point into gaming. There's just been so many bad PR moments for Xbox as a whole and of course, the lack of major AAA titles as a reason to buy into the ecosystem, aside from Game Pass. Starfield should be the turning point for Xbox this generation. A mainline Bethesda RPG is always a industry shaking event, not Fallout 76 lol, and with it being a brand new IP, they cannot mess up this launch. So the future is bright and the Summer showcase in June will have to bring it all to turn all the negative PR into positive. There are a LOT of AAA games we've known about for years. It needs to be time for Xbox to start showing more gameplay and release dates. There's been some fantastic AA games! Whether it's Pentiment, Grounded, or Hi-Fi Rush. The studios are showing they're talented and releasing great games, but it's the AAA that move consoles. Not to mention, you can't find a Series X anywhere lol.

Yeah I remember many calling for Nintendo to go the way Sega during the Wii U days lol. I wouldn't say it's that bad considering Xbox is still relevant outside of the console.

Honestly, nobody should want PlayStation, Nintendo or Xbox to leave the industry.

Especially not now that FTC decided Xbox/PlayStation are the only ones in their market.

Revenue...

So it could have profited still, Lol.

Out of curiosity: why the ' between 2000 and s, instead of just writing 2000s ?

@Spade You think Goat will suddenly become a fan of JRPGs if Tango's next project is a JRPG?

Because the end of the original Xbox wasn't all that great and the early 360 days had the RROD. I remember having to replace my 360 3 times. The only notable game that I at least remember during the RROD days was Elder Scrolls: Oblivion. 

Even when Halo 2 released, that was like the only notable game on Xbox lol but 2001-2003 were GOATED.

Don't be like me and forget that you can build a bridge midway through the game and travel all the way back to pick up a beetle to get on top of a platform only to remember I could have built a bridge while I was there.

I know I won't be