But the decision to pull the original xbox out of the stores undoubtedly has given 360-sales a big boost, at least it didn't steal momentum from it like the ps2 did with the ps3.
I wonder if Microsoft was disturbed by the amount of "hacking" going on with the original XBOX. Most of the XBox owners I knew had "mod chips" for it, allowing it to do things that Microsoft hadn't intended, and definitely didn't encourage. I recall seeing a book called "Hacking the XBox" (or something like that), and it seemed to take a lot of control of the product away from Microsoft.
I know that other systems have been hacked in a similar manner, but it seems like it bothered Microsoft more than other console companies (except perhaps Nintendo). Perhaps this might be why they want to just bury the system and get it out of the way.
But the decision to pull the original xbox out of the stores undoubtedly has given 360-sales a big boost, at least it didn't steal momentum from it like the ps2 did with the ps3.
I wonder if Microsoft was disturbed by the amount of "hacking" going on with the original XBOX. Most of the XBox owners I knew had "mod chips" for it, allowing it to do things that Microsoft hadn't intended, and definitely didn't encourage. I recall seeing a book called "Hacking the XBox" (or something like that), and it seemed to take a lot of control of the product away from Microsoft.
I know that other systems have been hacked in a similar manner, but it seems like it bothered Microsoft more than other console companies (except perhaps Nintendo). Perhaps this might be why they want to just bury the system and get it out of the way.
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