{"id":3701,"date":"2021-11-16T11:41:39","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T10:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/16\/xbox-at-20-in-the-words-of-the-people-who-made-its-first-games\/"},"modified":"2021-11-16T11:41:39","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T10:41:39","slug":"xbox-at-20-in-the-words-of-the-people-who-made-its-first-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/16\/xbox-at-20-in-the-words-of-the-people-who-made-its-first-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Xbox at 20, in the words of the people who made its first games"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two decades on, developers for its original launch talk about creating games for Microsoft\u2019s debut console<\/p>\n

Twenty years since the launch of the original Xbox, its manufacturer Microsoft remains the new kid on the block: no new competitor has entered the home games console field since. Before 2001, Sega and Nintendo were the main competitors to Sony\u2019s ascendant PlayStation. Microsoft shoved both aside to eventually become Sony\u2019s direct rival, and the battle for the space beneath your TV continues to this day.<\/p>\n

What separated the Xbox from other consoles of the time was not the power of its hardware or the appeal of its infamously chunky, almost brutalist design. It was the relationship between it, and the developers who made its games. The Xbox was easier to make games for than Sony\u2019s or Nintendo\u2019s consoles, and Microsoft went to previously unheard-of lengths to ensure that the Xbox\u2019s launch titles were as strong as they could be.<\/p>\n

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\nTwo decades on, developers for its original launch talk about creating games for Microsoft\u2019s debut console
\nTwenty years since the launch of the original Xbox, its manufacturer Microsoft remains the new kid on the block: no new competitor has entered the home games console field since. Before 2001, Sega and Nintendo were the main competitors to Sony\u2019s ascendant PlayStation. Microsoft shoved both aside to eventually become Sony\u2019s direct rival, and the battle for the space beneath your TV continues to this day.
\nWhat separated the Xbox from other consoles of the time was not the power of its hardware or the appeal of its infamously chunky, almost brutalist design. It was the relationship between it, and the developers who made its games. The Xbox was easier to make games for than Sony\u2019s or Nintendo\u2019s consoles, and Microsoft went to previously unheard-of lengths to ensure that the Xbox\u2019s launch titles were as strong as they could be. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two decades on, developers for its original launch talk about creating games for Microsoft\u2019s debut console Twenty years since the launch of the original Xbox, its manufacturer Microsoft remains the new kid on the block: no new competitor has entered the home games console field since. Before 2001, Sega and Nintendo were the main competitors …<\/p>\n

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