Frostbite06

"It didn’t have a strong line up of games, the games released for the system were not triple AAA titles and didn’t have any kind of wow factor about them. Soon after the launch of the original Xbox Microsoft released Halo: Combat Evolved, to Microsoft’s surprise the game sold over a million copies very quickly and became a cultural phenom in the gaming industry." The Xbox launched with Halo and was immediately the go to game on the Xbox. The original Xbox also launched with DOA3 which at the time received high praise from the media. "Unlike for the original Xbox, the Xbox 360 seemed to have done well right away, it had a great line up of games at launch and we were introduced to Gears of War," Gears launched a full year after the 360. The 360 launch lineup consisted of ported over games (COD2 and Quake 4) and Rare's IPs (Perfect Dark Zero, Kameo) The truth is, the Xbox stuggled in sales because it launched a year behind the fastest selling console of all time (the PS2) and conversely the 360 sold well becasue it got to market a full year before the PS3.