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Old 05-18-2008, 04:45 PM
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The thing was HUGE!? Do you all remember the sheer size of that thing? It wouldn't fit anywhere in a TV stand! And the controller it launched with? Equally as huge! Fit for a gorilla... they finally made the right move and switched to the "S" controller as the main one.

XBOX was lucky it wasn't a total flop.
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Like the original Zune, Microsoft seems to need a version one to send out and get wrong.

Luckily, like the new Zune, the new Xbox is dead sexy and very awesome in every way.
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How does the XYZ dimensions of a console determine how bad it is? You saying that this 13lbs computer I'm using sucks? Like Hell it does. XD
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It wasn't aestetically pleasing to be honest. It was just .... there. It weighted a ton and it didn't fit in alot of entertainment centers like John said.

Luckily, it seemed like if you ever needed to drop it from a high distance, it looked like it would survive.
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Without Halo the original XBOX would have stopped production quicker than the Dreamcast. I actually found great use for the XBOX. Since it wouldn't fit into the entertainment center, I just set my TV ontop of the XBOX and used it like an entertainment center.
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I have an original xbox, and a 360, I tried to store the original it somewhere, but I couldn't. When it was in use, it would just stick out of my TV set and stand out like nothing was even on the TV set. Although I had the greatest times with Halo 1 and 2, I had to move on to the 360. Way better, total domination vs. the original xbox.
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I think they made a really intelligent decision by providing controller s. If it had had no good games, i dont think it would have survived.
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Microsoft does its things in a sassy way. A good console combined with good games and best part both of them made by same Company. What else do you need? Made for each other combos.
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