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edit   Shortcut: P:XBOX The Xbox is a sixth generation video game console produced by Microsoft Corporation. It was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console market, and competed directly with Sony's PlayStation 2 and the Nintendo GameCube. It was released on November 15, 2001 in North America, February 22, 2002 in Japan, and March 14, 2002 in Europe and Australia. It is the predecessor to Microsoft's Xbox 360 console. To date it has sold 24 million units and its best selling game is Halo 2. On November 22, 2005, Microsoft introduced their second console, the Xbox 360, a seventh generation console that competes with the Wii and the PlayStation 3. The console sold out completely at release (with the exception of Japan) and, as of April 25, 2008, 19 million units have been sold worldwide according to Microsoft and its best selling game is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Read more… edit   Selected article William Henry Gates III is an American business magnate, philanthropist, the world's third richest person (as of 2008), and chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of CEO and chief software architect, and remains the largest individual shareholder with more than 9 percent of the common stock. He has also authored or co-authored several books. Gates is one of the best-known entrepreneurs of the personal computer revolution. Although he is admired by many, a large number of industry insiders criticize his business tactics, which they consider anti-competitive, an opinion which has in some cases been upheld by the courts. Show another featured article (list) edit   Selected game Too Human is an action-RPG video game exclusive for the Xbox 360 console, developed by Canadian developer Silicon Knights and published by Microsoft Game Studios, released in North America on August 19, 2008 and later in Europe on August 29, 2008. The game is notorious for being in development hell for almost ten years, originally being planned as a 4-disc action-adventure game for the PlayStation in 1999. Development later went into the Nintendo GameCube in 2000 before eventually selling the rights to Microsoft in 2005 where it was announced to be released for the Xbox 360 where it eventually became a finished product. Show another featured article (list) edit   Things you can do From WikiProject Xbox: Cleanup: Xbox • Xbox 360 accessories • Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel • Xbox Live Marketplace • Gears of War • Xbox 360 technical problems • List of cooperative games for the Xbox 360 • Castle Crashers • Final Fantasy XIII • Forza Motorsport 2 • Call of Duty 2 • Official Xbox Magazine Expand: Jewel Quest • Assault Heroes 2 • Blue Dragon 2 • Airburst • 360 (magazine) • Commanders: Attack of the Genos • Crystal Quest • TrueSkill • TotemBall • Links 2004 • Dash of Destruction • Uno Rush Eets • Discs of Tron Death Tank • Tetris Splash • MLB Stickball • HoopWorld • Blood Wake • A Kingdom for Keflings • Alhambra (video game) Rocky and Bullwinkle (video game) • Frogger 2 (XBLA) • Sonic the Hedgehog (XBLA) • Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (XBLA) • System Link • Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi Band of BugsInterpol: The Trail of Dr. Chaos • Heavy Weapon • All Round Hunter Stubs: GTR - FIA GT Racing Game • Golf: Tee It Up! • Hexic 2 • Hunter: The Reckoning: Redeemer • Love Football • more... Wikify: Far Cry Instincts • WWE WrestleMania 21 edit   Selected picture The Chatpad for the Xbox 360 Messenger Kit. Show another picture (list) edit   Categories [−] WikiProject Xbox [×] A-Class Xbox articles [×] B-Class Xbox articles [×] C-Class Xbox articles [×] Category-Class Xbox articles [×] FA-Class Xbox articles [×] File-Class Xbox articles [×] GA-Class Xbox articles [×] High-importance Xbox articles [×] List-Class Xbox articles [×] Low-importance Xbox articles [×] WikiProject Xbox members [×] Mid-importance Xbox articles [×] NA-Class Xbox articles [×] NA-importance Xbox articles [×] Portal-Class Xbox articles [×] Redirect-Class Xbox articles [×] Start-Class Xbox articles [×] Stub-Class Xbox articles [×] Template-Class Xbox articles [×] Top-importance Xbox articles [×] Unassessed Xbox articles [×] Unknown-importance Xbox articles [+] WikiProject Xbox articles [×] WikiProject Xbox templates [×] Xbox portal edit   Related Portals Games Video games Microsoft Internet Technology edit   Related WikiProjects WikiProject Xbox WikiProject Games WikiProject Video Games WikiProject Microsoft WikiProject Halo