10 Things You Didn't Know About Xbox

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Published 2019-10-15
Xbox, Microsoft, Bill Gates, Halo, Gears of War. All words synonymous with the big green brand, but how did it all start? What was really going on with the red ring of death? It's time to find out.

VO: Ben Potter (@Confused_Dude)
Script: James Jenkins (@Jenx_137)
Video Editor: Kieran Galaska (@beardburrito)

#Xbox #Microsoft #Halo

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All Comments (21)
  • Massive thumbs up for the System of a Down reference! Keep up the good work guys!
  • oh great now im going to have to go back and rewatch all the you're in the movies videos
  • @espurious
    6:05 How come the Jedi man is doing the moves before the real man pls?
  • @HerHollyness
    Awww a Vidiots reference! I loved You’re In The Movies! But... I thought they said they wanted to keep the two channels as separate entities?
  • @WanArk86
    I snickered at ' rocky start ' while showing Dwayne along side Bill Gates
  • OH the red ring of death. That entry brought back some memories.
  • @BoogDude14
    Xbox is still a sexy boi after all these years
  • @TheAdamdunlap
    Man I loved that Pizza hut app lol... lots of drunk purchases while late night gaming lol... now I have to use my phone... man... rough life lol
  • @abdelali9279
    For what I've read, in Brazil the import taxes are so high that a gaming console can cost the double of the MSRP in the US for example, so in order to cimcurvent this, Microsoft decided to open a factory there so as a proudly brazilian made product the Xbox could be sold at a more reasonable price, somewhat like how Sega just decided to license console manufacturing to Tec-Toy, that is why Sega was a household name in Brazil and why there are new Master System and Genesis cosoles still sold until this day, but I digress.
  • If that Dragon game for the Xbox One had come I may of actually gotten the console. Lucky for my Xbox 360 Elite it was part of the majority and never got a Red Ring.
  • @JoneKone
    My Halo3 Special Edition First HDMI Xbox360 lasted too long.. Didn't get the red rings until after the power supply was totaled and paid 50€ for that, then few years later the console it self died (Read red ring of death)..
  • Missing from this list are the technical failures of the og xbox that may have been why MS was pushing so hard for 360 migration. The dead clock cap and trace rot issues that caused PSU failure were not small. If you have an og xbox check out how to remove the clock cap and prevent it from dying. Doesn't apply to the final version of the og xbox. Also didn't touch on how many of the same mods for the og xbox became standard features of the 360 eg wireless controllers, media centre, games from hard drive, expandable hard drives