Best selling games include: Halo 3, Gears of War, Call of Duty 4, and Marvel: Ultimate Alliance. The system is backward compatible to play original Xbox games in addition to Xbox 360 titles (more than 1,000 titles). Microsoft's released the successor to the Xbox, the Xbox 360, in November 2005. Several of the launch titles for the Xbox enjoyed overwhelming success-most notably Halo: Combat Evolved, which became the signature game for the system.

The system sold relatively well, topping 25 million consoles by the end of its production run in 2006, but failed to supplant Sony's PlayStation line as the dominate home console (both the PlayStation and PlayStation 2 sold more than 100 million units apiece). In addition, the console was capable of playing standard DVDs through a multimedia expansion pack. To this end, designers included an Ethernet port that allowed players access to Xbox LIVE (launched in November 2002), an online, real-time gaming community available for a monthly subscription fee. Microsoft envisioned their system as more than a home video game console they developed the Xbox as a revolutionary home-entertainment vehicle. Microsoft's other main rival for market share, Nintendo, launched their next-generation system, the much-anticipated GameCube, in November as well. Kinect Adventures is a full-featured Kinect game where you and your friends will explore the world and beyond through 20 active adventures to achieve the ultimate reward: Expert Adventurer status Jump, duck and dodge your way through roaring rapids and challenging obstacle courses. Their first system, the Xbox, debuted on Novemamid a market dominated by Sony Computer Entertainment and the immensely successful Sony PlayStation 2. In the late 1990s, Microsoft made the decision to jump into the fiercely competitive-and potentially highly lucrative-video game console market.

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