It's 2001, and you're sitting outside Gamestop for some new-fangled device. You're the only one in your friend group who decided they're wild enough to get an Xbox over the Nintendo Gamecube that releases only a few days later. Basically, you're nuts, and you have no friends. Well, you have one if you manage to make it to the Toys R' Us store opening, where Bill Gates hands them out himself!
You've heard good things about this Halo game, but you're really not sure what to expect. Your internet is too slow to watch any videos; all you have to go off of is the Game Informer issue from that month, which pitted the Xbox against the Gamecube as well. Online gameplay? You're 12; while you're technically not supposed to be playing online, the online gameplay of Xbox Online will be shaping you for years to come.
The success of Xbox led to the creation of the Xbox 360. It was named as such because they wanted to convey the fully overhauled gaming experience or 360 degrees of entertainment. While the Xbox 2 would have been a great choice as well, this was supposedly dropped as they didn't want an Xbox 2 competing against the PlayStation 3. They felt it would communicate the idea that Xbox was a generation behind.
