Unboxing a NEW Xbox Console! 20 Years Later
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Date: 2022-04-14
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Farron
I remember my Xbox: the first console that was purely mine. I had owned a PSOne (the mini revision one, but since my brother owned a PS2, I always felt like I was following his lead. When my mom surprised me one day with an Xbox for me and me alone, it was the beginning of a loyalty to a brand and an identity separate from my brother (who later got himself an Xbox as well due to Halo being amazing. Long nights spent staying up playing MechAssault and Rainbow Six 3 online, Halo LAN parties where we played for 8 hours straight on two TVs. God that was the height of gaming.
I miss the days when consoles were different design ecosystems with permanent exclusives and devoted fanbases that led to unique gaming cultures and console specialties. Everything is multiplatform these days, even Sony's exclusives, and consoles just feel like the same thing being sold to you under a different label. Everything is freemium trash, built around making you an addict and draining you of life and money to feed corporate profits. Watching this video just makes me want to turn off my internet and go play Halo 1's campaign again (that AI is still very impressive; most games are still playing catch-up.
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I remember my Xbox: the first console that was purely mine. I had owned a PSOne (the mini revision one, but since my brother owned a PS2, I always felt like I was following his lead. When my mom surprised me one day with an Xbox for me and me alone, it was the beginning of a loyalty to a brand and an identity separate from my brother (who later got himself an Xbox as well due to Halo being amazing. Long nights spent staying up playing MechAssault and Rainbow Six 3 online, Halo LAN parties where we played for 8 hours straight on two TVs. God that was the height of gaming.
I miss the days when consoles were different design ecosystems with permanent exclusives and devoted fanbases that led to unique gaming cultures and console specialties. Everything is multiplatform these days, even Sony's exclusives, and consoles just feel like the same thing being sold to you under a different label. Everything is freemium trash, built around making you an addict and draining you of life and money to feed corporate profits. Watching this video just makes me want to turn off my internet and go play Halo 1's campaign again (that AI is still very impressive; most games are still playing catch-up.
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CHRISMENENDEZ
I wanted an Xbox, but back then I was just starting college and money was very tight so of course I couldn't have it. In 2003 my brother gave me a choice of getting me a new PC or the Xbox so of course I chose the PC because I am and always have been a PC guy, and my old laptop just didn't cut it anymore. Then the 360 got released and it almost needed Xbox Live to be fully enjoyable so I passed on it until GTA IV was announced with exclusive DLC, and there were rumors that it wasn't coming to the PC so I had to finally get one. It was a nice machine, but again, it sucked that you needed Xbox Live for most of its features (even browsing the Internet needed an Xbox Live Gold subscription to use IE) so I only had some games with it but remained a PC gamer. That was the last console I had and probably the last one ever. Other than console-only exclusives, I honestly see no point in buying something that's just a game-focused PC when a full-fledged PC is a much more useful and reasonable buy.
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I wanted an Xbox, but back then I was just starting college and money was very tight so of course I couldn't have it. In 2003 my brother gave me a choice of getting me a new PC or the Xbox so of course I chose the PC because I am and always have been a PC guy, and my old laptop just didn't cut it anymore. Then the 360 got released and it almost needed Xbox Live to be fully enjoyable so I passed on it until GTA IV was announced with exclusive DLC, and there were rumors that it wasn't coming to the PC so I had to finally get one. It was a nice machine, but again, it sucked that you needed Xbox Live for most of its features (even browsing the Internet needed an Xbox Live Gold subscription to use IE) so I only had some games with it but remained a PC gamer. That was the last console I had and probably the last one ever. Other than console-only exclusives, I honestly see no point in buying something that's just a game-focused PC when a full-fledged PC is a much more useful and reasonable buy.
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Bram
I also have a new Xbox, my wife's uncle was into pc's, and he snagged one up when a pc shop went bust, he wasn't (the poor man died unfortunately) a gamer, but he unboxed the console and putted it on a shelf with everything beside it, the plastics were still on the xbox, so now, i also own a console that is never used with new controllers that didn't play a game yet, and that feeling of a new controller is just delicious, especially when it is from a console that hasn't been sold in 20 years! A friend had this console and this is how i learned about halo, he was a football and racing kinda guy, so he never even touched the bundled copy of halo, i told him it's a shooter, he doesn't like shooters all that much, but man, once he started playing, he got it, he understand why i love shooters! We played the heck out of halo and halo 2! I still love this console, and i am also very happy to own one that has never been used: )
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I also have a new Xbox, my wife's uncle was into pc's, and he snagged one up when a pc shop went bust, he wasn't (the poor man died unfortunately) a gamer, but he unboxed the console and putted it on a shelf with everything beside it, the plastics were still on the xbox, so now, i also own a console that is never used with new controllers that didn't play a game yet, and that feeling of a new controller is just delicious, especially when it is from a console that hasn't been sold in 20 years! A friend had this console and this is how i learned about halo, he was a football and racing kinda guy, so he never even touched the bundled copy of halo, i told him it's a shooter, he doesn't like shooters all that much, but man, once he started playing, he got it, he understand why i love shooters! We played the heck out of halo and halo 2! I still love this console, and i am also very happy to own one that has never been used: )
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Toast
The xbox holds a weird nostalgic value to me. I had a PS2 as my main console. But when my parents broke up, my dad bought a xbox that was kept at his flat so we had something different to game with with him. Eventually my parents got back together and by that point I was making my own gaming choices and not dependent on what I was gifted. Today I view different consoles as just different bits of hardware that do the same thing, back then they were entirely different experiences because of the context.
I hadn't thought about any of that in years. Makes a weird time in my life feel kinda special, which in hindsight shaped a lot of my life.
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The xbox holds a weird nostalgic value to me. I had a PS2 as my main console. But when my parents broke up, my dad bought a xbox that was kept at his flat so we had something different to game with with him. Eventually my parents got back together and by that point I was making my own gaming choices and not dependent on what I was gifted. Today I view different consoles as just different bits of hardware that do the same thing, back then they were entirely different experiences because of the context.
I hadn't thought about any of that in years. Makes a weird time in my life feel kinda special, which in hindsight shaped a lot of my life.
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Zentrek05
That racing game costed me a tournament lol. Our GameStop did a tourney and told us only 2 of the 3 games. We knew halo and soul caliber 2 for original xbox. But the 3rd no one knew. No one even seen it till it was time to play it. Back then I didn't play racing games. Alot of people played madden thinking they would throw in a sport game. Sadly I took 2nd in soul and 3rd in halo but took 2nd to last on the racing game. Which made me lose. Cause it was combine overall of all 3 games. Good Memories tho back when Game stop cared for the people more. Sadly now all they got is a nice staff that is used and abused.
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That racing game costed me a tournament lol. Our GameStop did a tourney and told us only 2 of the 3 games. We knew halo and soul caliber 2 for original xbox. But the 3rd no one knew. No one even seen it till it was time to play it. Back then I didn't play racing games. Alot of people played madden thinking they would throw in a sport game. Sadly I took 2nd in soul and 3rd in halo but took 2nd to last on the racing game. Which made me lose. Cause it was combine overall of all 3 games. Good Memories tho back when Game stop cared for the people more. Sadly now all they got is a nice staff that is used and abused.
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Ric
I remember getting my tonsils cut out in Grade 10 and spending nearly 2 weeks playing a Blockbuster copy of Morrowind for the first time. Then years later, after I'd moved on to the 360, I decided to crack open my dusty OG Xbox and Frankensteined the shit out of it, throwing a mod chip in, a bigger hard drive, extra cooling (because why not) and adding XBox Media Center. Was a fun little project at the time that ultimately ended up at an e-waste recycler. About 4 years ago, I bought another modded xbox with a ton of retro games on it. That was a solid trip down memory lane. So was this LGR episode. Thanks homes!
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I remember getting my tonsils cut out in Grade 10 and spending nearly 2 weeks playing a Blockbuster copy of Morrowind for the first time. Then years later, after I'd moved on to the 360, I decided to crack open my dusty OG Xbox and Frankensteined the shit out of it, throwing a mod chip in, a bigger hard drive, extra cooling (because why not) and adding XBox Media Center. Was a fun little project at the time that ultimately ended up at an e-waste recycler. About 4 years ago, I bought another modded xbox with a ton of retro games on it. That was a solid trip down memory lane. So was this LGR episode. Thanks homes!
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Jerry4050
I had a friend who had an Xbox while I was a PS2 guy and I always like the games more on PS2 then xbox. I have small hands so the Duke controller cramped my hands after 8 hours of Halo Campaign mode. Back then i was playing Devil may Cry and the WWE games Smackdown here comes the Pain which was my favorite for PS2 while the Xbox had the crappy wrestling games that my friend got angry of them being so bad. Only Grand Theft Auto 3 looks better on the Xbox which that I played on his Xbox more plus it has nice rain effects that the PS2 version doesnt have and reflected car models.
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I had a friend who had an Xbox while I was a PS2 guy and I always like the games more on PS2 then xbox. I have small hands so the Duke controller cramped my hands after 8 hours of Halo Campaign mode. Back then i was playing Devil may Cry and the WWE games Smackdown here comes the Pain which was my favorite for PS2 while the Xbox had the crappy wrestling games that my friend got angry of them being so bad. Only Grand Theft Auto 3 looks better on the Xbox which that I played on his Xbox more plus it has nice rain effects that the PS2 version doesnt have and reflected car models.
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Xenophagia
So nostalgic! I got one very shortly after they came out for xmas. Had the Duke controller and it came with Sega GT racing & Jet Set Radio Future (one of my favorites) and I also got Perfect Dark Zero & Halo separately I think. I remember tripping out on how real Sega GT looked at the time! I was so stoked that I had to bring my parents in my room and show them how real it looked looked and to thank them more lol. They actually thought i was playing a trick on them and that I was showing them video footage -. Man. how far we've come since then.
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So nostalgic! I got one very shortly after they came out for xmas. Had the Duke controller and it came with Sega GT racing & Jet Set Radio Future (one of my favorites) and I also got Perfect Dark Zero & Halo separately I think. I remember tripping out on how real Sega GT looked at the time! I was so stoked that I had to bring my parents in my room and show them how real it looked looked and to thank them more lol. They actually thought i was playing a trick on them and that I was showing them video footage -. Man. how far we've come since then.
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fanjoy
I have a question: In my original Xbox Memory there are always 50. 000 Blocks no matter how many games i install! Is this some sort of -magically infinite space edition- and i got really lucky?
The other question would be if -Blocks- from Xbox can be compared with -Blocks- from PSone or Memory Cards from Gamecube or Flash from Wii/ 3DS?
And how much MB is 1 Block?
According to PS1 15 Blocks= 1 MB!
But 59 (why this shitty number) Blocks from Gamecube is 4 MB
Any thoughts or facts?
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I have a question: In my original Xbox Memory there are always 50. 000 Blocks no matter how many games i install! Is this some sort of -magically infinite space edition- and i got really lucky?
The other question would be if -Blocks- from Xbox can be compared with -Blocks- from PSone or Memory Cards from Gamecube or Flash from Wii/ 3DS?
And how much MB is 1 Block?
According to PS1 15 Blocks= 1 MB!
But 59 (why this shitty number) Blocks from Gamecube is 4 MB
Any thoughts or facts?
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Jordan
It's such a contrast between WA state and the rest of the country. Everyone had Xbox's here as far as my generation until PS2 started putting out some games people just had to play like Devil May Cry and stuff. I saved up 400 dollars for this bad boy (299 retail seems odd since I bought it during release at Sears for 399, but I didn't have tax cause I was young, and it didn't even compute. So my friends mom that I was with, got the like nearly 50 bucks in tax for me. I'll never forget that.
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It's such a contrast between WA state and the rest of the country. Everyone had Xbox's here as far as my generation until PS2 started putting out some games people just had to play like Devil May Cry and stuff. I saved up 400 dollars for this bad boy (299 retail seems odd since I bought it during release at Sears for 399, but I didn't have tax cause I was young, and it didn't even compute. So my friends mom that I was with, got the like nearly 50 bucks in tax for me. I'll never forget that.
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