The Xbox is a residence video game console and also the initial installment in the Xbox series of video game consoles manufactured by Microsoft. It was launched as Microsoft’s initial foray right into the pc gaming console market on November 15, 2001, in North America, complied with by Australia, Europe as well as Japan in 2002. It is classified as a sixth-generation console, competing with Sony’s PlayStation 2 and also Nintendo’s GameCube. It was likewise the very first significant console generated by an American business because the launch of the Atari Jaguar in 1993.
The console was introduced in March 2000. With the release of the PlayStation 2, which included the capability to playback CD-ROMs and DVDs in addition to playing video games, Microsoft came to be concerned that game consoles would intimidate the computer as an amusement tool for living spaces. Whereas most video games gaming consoles to that point were constructed from personalized equipment parts, the Xbox was built around standard individual computer system elements, utilizing variations of Microsoft Windows as well as DirectX as its os to sustain video games and media playback. The Xbox was technically extra powerful contrasted to its rivals, featuring a 733 MHz Intel Pentium III cpu, a processor that can be found on a basic COMPUTER. The Xbox was the initial console to include an integrated hard disk. The console also was developed with straight support for broadband connection to the Net by means of an integrated Ethernet port, and with the release of Xbox Live, a fee-based on-line gaming solution, a year after the console’s launch, Microsoft obtained a very early footing in online video gaming and also made the Xbox a solid rival in the 6th generation of consoles. The popularity of hit titles such as Bungie’s Halo 2 added to the popularity of on the internet console gaming, and also particularly first-person shooters.The Xbox had a record-breaking launch in The United States and Canada, selling 1.5 million devices before completion of 2001, aided by the popularity of one of the system’s launch titles, Halo: Fight Evolved, which sold a million devices by April 2002. The system took place to offer a worldwide total of 24 million devices, including 16 million in The United States and Canada; nonetheless, Microsoft was incapable to make a consistent earnings off of the console, which had a manufacturing rate much more pricey than its list price, despite its popularity, shedding over $4 billion during its market life. The system outsold the GameCube as well as the Sega Dreamcast, yet was vastly outsold by the PlayStation 2, which had offered over 100 million devices by the system’s discontinuation in 2005. It also underperformed beyond the Western market; especially, it sold badly in Japan due to its large console size and also an excess of games marketed towards American audiences instead of Japanese-developed titles. Manufacturing of the system was terminated in 2005. The Xbox was the first in a recurring brand name of video clip game gaming consoles created by Microsoft, with a successor, the Xbox 360, releasing in 2005, complied with by the Xbox One in 2013 and also the Xbox Series X and Series S gaming consoles in 2020.

We present you for the weekend an overview of all new publications and pre-orders, which have newly arrived in the Xbox Store in the current calendar week.

XBOX New publications KW 36/2021

A Day Without Me – 4,99 € – 676.36 MB
Alphaset by Powgi – 7,99 € – 360.34 MB – Optimized for Xbox Series X / S – Smart Delivery
Bloodrayne Betrayal: Fresh Bites – 19,99 € – 1.77GB – Optimized for Xbox Series X / S – Smart Delivery
Boulder Dash Deluxe – 14,99 € – 696,39 MB – Optimized for Xbox Series X / S – Smart Delivery
Bus Simulator 21 – Extended Edition – 54,99 € – 4.94 GB
Bus simulator 21 – 49,99 € – 4,93 GB
Crown Trick – ~~ 19.99 ~~ € – 15,99 € – 3,22 GB – Includes Xbox Game Pass
From Earth to Heaven – 6,99 € – 1.08 GB
HindSight 20/20 – Wrath of the Raakshasa – 16.41 GB – Optimized for Xbox Series X / S – Smart Delivery
Life is Strange: True Colors – Deluxe Edition – 69,99 € – Optimized for Xbox Series X / S – Smart Delivery
Life is Strange: True Colors – Ultimate Edition – 79.99 € – 37.4 GB – Optimized for Xbox Series X / S – Smart Delivery
Life is Strange: True Colors – 69.99 € – Optimized for Xbox Series X / S – Smart Delivery
LOVECHOICE – ~~ 4,99 ~~ € – 3,99 € – 756.05 MB – Optimized for Xbox Series X / S – Smart Delivery
Moon Raider and Sweet Witches Bundle – ~~ 11.99 ~~ € – 9,59 € – 2.02 GB
NBA 2K22 Cross-Gen Digital Bundle – 84,99 € – 84.51 GB – Optimized for Xbox Series X / S – Smart Delivery
NBA 2K22 for Xbox Series X | S – 74,99 € – 115.56 GB
NBA 2K22 NBA 75th Anniversary Edition – 99,99 € – 200,08 GB – Optimized for Xbox Series X / S – Smart Delivery
Nuclear Throne – ~~ 11.99 ~~ € – 9,59 € – 300,36 MB
Rogue Company: Powerballade package – 9,99 € – 15.59 GB – Optimized for Xbox Series X / S – Smart Delivery
Sonic Colors: Ultimate – Digital Deluxe – 44.99 € – 10.7 GB
Sonic Colors: Ultimate – 39,99 € – 10.67 GB
Struggling – ~~ 12,99 ~~ € – 10,39 € – 1.79 GB
Tales of Arise Deluxe Edition – 89.99 € – 80.14 GB – Optimized for Xbox Series X / S – Smart Delivery
Tales of Arise – 69.99 € – 80.11 GB – Optimized for Xbox Series X / S – Smart Delivery
Tales of Arise Ultimate Edition – 99,99 € – 80.21 GB – Optimized for Xbox Series X / S – Smart Delivery
TECHWARS Global Conflict – Kato Stormtroopers Prosperity Pack – 9,99 € – 8.36 GB
TECHWARS Global Conflict – Kato Technician Premium and Prosperity Legacy Pack – 14,99 € – 8.36 GB
The Artful Escape – 19,99 € – 6.8 GB – Included Xbox Game Pass – Optimized for Xbox Series X / S – Smart Delivery
Tormented Souls – 19,99 € – 12,46GB – Optimized for Xbox Series X / S – Smart Delivery

Xbox Pre-orders KW 36/2021

Alan Wake Remastered – 29,99 € – 36.67 GB – Pre-Order and Pre-Download
APSULOV: End of Gods – ~~ 29.99 ~~ € – 23,99 € – 3,51 GB – Optimized for Xbox Series X / S – Smart Delivery – Pre-Order and Pre-Download
Bright Let Loose – 39,99 € – 21,81 GB – Optimized for Xbox Series X / S – Pre-Order and Pre-Download
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl – ~~ 49.99 ~~ € – 39,99 € – 280,24 MB – Pre-Order and Pre-Download
The Amazing American Circus – 19,99 € – 1.62 GB – Pre-Order and Pre-Download
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands – 69,99 € – 110.93 MB – Pre-Order
Tiny Tinas Wonderlands: Next-Level Edition – 74,99 € – 121 MB-optimized for Xbox Series X / S – Smart Delivery – Pre-Order
Tiny Tinas Wonderlands: Chaotic Great Edition – 89,99 € – 121 MB – Optimized for Xbox Series X / S – Smart Delivery – Pre-Order