The Xbox OG had zero expectations going into its generation and got off to a pretty quiet start sales-wise, but over time it managed to claw its way into being the main competitor to the monster that was the PS2, and pretty decisively beat the GameCube, a system from a long-established manufacturer that by all rights should have held every advantage over a glorified SFF PC from a newcomer.

The Xbox Series was, at the start of its generation, the console pretty much everyone wanted to win thanks to Sony's mis-steps at the turn of the decade. And it actually kept pace with the PS5 pretty well for the first 18 months or so of the generation. After that, however, everything slowly fell apart, leaving them ironically in pretty much the same position as the GameCube was at the comparable point in its generation, i.e. no-one's really paying any attention to it because no-one's buying them.

With all that in mind, I think the Xbox OG was under the circumstances the more successful console.

#1 Xbox 360
#2 OG Xbox (Halo 1+2, KOTOR 1+2, Conker, Jade Empire, Panzer Dragoon, Morrowind, Fable, NINJA GAIDEN BLACK!!!!!!)
#3 Xbox Series
#4 Xbox One


Xbox OG was sooo good, even though i got into it many years later, it had so many fantastic games (for me at least) NGB alone wins it for me.

I used to really really like xbox, it's such a shame what has happened this gen, well whatever, Xbox right now feels like a chicken with its head cut off and doesnt know where its running too

Nintendo I think Mario, Zelda and Metroid

Sony I think GoW, Horizon, Ratchet

PC I think Steam, Emulation, Free online and Customization (both software and hardware)

Xbox I think, meh who cares.  

Wrong thread?

Nah, just a build on my original point, the OG xbox had a brand identity, today that really has been lost.  I think that is why the OG killed it in voting. 

Ah, gotcha. :)
Yeah as someone who lived through the OG Xbox era, it wasn't as popular as the PS2 but it definitely had street cred and a positive vibe surrounding it. 

Nah, it killed in voting because most people never owned both consoles.  If most people that voted owned both and actually played both a fair amount the Series would have won easily because it's a better console no matter how you look at it.  Better sales, better hardware, better software, better controller, better UI, better nongaming capabilities etc. etc.

Disagree.  It is a good console for people who only own xbox.  Dual console owners, which many of us are, xbox series falls.  It has very few exclusives that are worth it.  Anybody with a PC, well xbox has no exclusives.  Xbox used to offer something that couldn't be found elsewhere, but not anymore.  It is a standard run of the mill console.  I have considered buying a series but haven't because I already have access to everything it offers..

While this may the true, I feel like those of us here on VGChartz are much more likely to own multiple consoles, whereas in terms of the larger audience I think it's much less common, like I doubt most Xbox Series owners have a PS5 or a PC capable of AAA gaming.

Very likely.  Agreed.