Power On: The Story of Xbox | Chapter 2: The Valentine's Day Massacre

[@christhegaminglibrarian]

I’ve always seen pictures of that silver showcase unit, but it was really interesting to hear how it came about and how it was made. Glad my OG Xbox wasn’t a 40lb aluminum console!

[@marky3609]

I wish mine was that'd be awesome

[@tekgeekster]

I always wondered what was in it, and I'm glad the know my theories were right. Lol

[@LionMagnus]

The honesty making fun at themselves for their own mistakes and lack of experience in the market makes this refreshing to watch. Great documentary! #Xbox20

[@M3gekje]

Could not agree more

[@R3TR0J4N]

right... like this comment wasnt rehash and pasted many times in every 6 episodes of this documentary.

[@animecompilations8810]

That presentation was intense I can only imagine the pressure those guys were going through

[@josephalbert3563]

Ikr

[@txe1nd]

True

[@txe1nd]

I’m the 607 like

[@jeremyday9056]

I wanted to like this, but it's at 666 and it needs to stay there. Ha

[@txe1nd]

wow 666

[@jimbeaux89]

I’ll never forget unwrapping my brand new Xbox on the Christmas of 2002. Some of my best memories of my high school days are filled of LAN parties, 4 Xbox’s, 4 TVs throughout my house, and tons of shouting and laughter. Thank you Xbox for making my teenage years some of the best of my life. 20 years later, I’m a husband, father of 2, and playing my series x daily. Also sharing the gift of gaming with my children. Team green all the way!!

[@applehazeva2739]

Man. I have so much respect for Microsofts Gaming Division

[@BlastinRope]

Praise the corporate overlord all hail bill gates

[@Blue-Apple-fc9eo]

@@BlastinRope ?

[@WhiteWolfYT964]

@@BlastinRope bill gates stepped down as ceo years ago 💀

[@TheRealist1.]

@@WhiteWolfYT964 he doesn't own the company anymore either...

[@vullord666]

Its insane to imagine that Xbox just couldn’t exist if any of these crazy things didn’t happen. I honestly would not still be gaming if it wasn’t for Xbox and Game Pass. Part of me just wants to see these guys play Halo Infinite on the Series X.

[@emac3628]

Imagine all the incredible projects that get shut down before they get off the ground because the stars don't align.

[@jacobtom9736]

Same

[@txe1nd]

@@emac3628 yep

[@renanmonteiro316]

If Xbox didn't exist, we'd possibly still have free online multiplayer - so that's still an interesting timeline there.

[@ludoweez]

I love Bill's comment, "it's very hip to be on the internet right now" lol.

[@xbox]

And he was right.

[@Mateus707_2]

Lol

[@Benjamin-wy4dj]

its now cancer to be on the internet now in this day and age lol

[@Jdogg4089]

@@Benjamin-wy4dj Tittok here, fortnite there. Ugh🙄

[@skywalker3760]

@@xbox Tell Bill Gates to not shy when talking of Eipstein

[@JahGotWings]

& when PC players always talk down on console players, documentaries like this always remind me that I’m part of something great!!

[@NXDf7]

I always see xbox as part of pc, all others are just foreign devices.

[@37Kilo2]

Modern consoles *are* PCs, though.

[@RH_UU]

@@NXDf7 Lol, PS5 and Series X have exactly same hardware

[@xehP]

I’m confused what was this to do with pc players 💀

[@Junior1899BR]

I mean, Just bought their product lol

[@jimmybuko2065]

>Valentines day >Missing dinner with the wife >Getting yelled at by the riches man in the world for hours >Turns around and says yes

[@420BudNuggets]

Abusive relationship

[@Lee-lm7pk]

Amazing story, big gamble that pays off and changes the way we console game today

[@L_E_L_0_U_P]

20 years baby 💚 loving my Series S right now 🤗

[@rodman1978]

Glad that i was team xbox from the start, nice to see these behind the scenes stories!

[@1969Makaveli]

Me too since the debut of the XBOX in 2001. I was at the E3 reveal in Los Angeles.

[@ahuskyplaythough3826]

You Worked at Microsoft?

[@beworgen]

@@ahuskyplaythough3826 "My dad works for Microsoft"

[@SangheiliSpecOp]

@@beworgen my uncles dad's brother's cousins sister's son in law worked on the original xbox

[@Omar-em7rl]

@@beworgen My uncle works for Xbox, you better stop killing me on halo 2 or else.

[@nitroxide17]

I love my xboxs... from OG to 360 to series X. Thanks MS for all your hard work!

[@VulturePilot]

All of the major consoles since 2001 have amazing things to offer, it’s why every generation I own every single one of them. Amazing to have the full Xbox story here.

[@JJ-fk5ys]

Xbox for life and I never left I new Microsoft would wake back up and now there unstoppable 🤑

[@plexx365]

Same here. Console wars can go to hell.

[@technicolourmyles]

@@plexx365 Well, sure, if you have the privilege for it, why not. But most people have to pick one $300-500 game box per generation.

[@shaderkul]

I have so much respect for these people that do what they do and keep on doing what they do without stopping doing what they do.

[@decki86]

xbox team you guys are doing great.. esp with game pass and the power/efficiency of the hardware.. nailed it

[@1Soniccool]

I'm glad that they stick with Xbox because those other names don't fit the console but the Xbox name came from it's original code name Direct Xbox because of the graphics API Direct X.

[@droid4d279]

They went though some hell much respect for the team

[@cMARVEL360]

THIS MAKES ME WANT TO GO BUY AN OG XBOX AND KEEP IT WORKING LIKE DAY ONE!

[@TheTonkGuy]

I have one from 2004 crystal, perfect mint working condition absolutely amazing little unit, and paired with the right old fat box tv?? omg! highly recommended if you never got to play on one ❤

[@hitemup5975]

Gonna watch all 6 episodes ASAP💚💚

[@jerryholbrook13]

Millions of gamers are very greatfull and happy Xbox succeed!

[@mbv401920150]

Lovely! - Excellent piece of the history of Xbox

[@xbox]

Learning something new every day!

[@txe1nd]

60 like

[@LonghornsLegend]

It's absolutely fascinating hearing how two extremely talented and driven individuals like Balmer and Gates in the same room together bouncing ideas off one another.

[@creativerayn]

Great documentary series ❤️ really nice seeing the history and behind the scenes info for something I grew up with and loving

[@MarkStillPlays]

2:46 LMAO I LOVE HOW THATS ALMOST BASICALLY THE DESIGN FOR THE SERIES X

[@techworld451]

I love the narrative of this documentary. It keeps me interested

[@xbox]

Glad you enjoyed the documentary!

[@WololoWololo2]

@@xboxHaha big chungus big Xbox controller for big chungus hands

[@TheBattleRabbit860]

I remember so much of the details that were made public around this time, and the reaction that most of had was "Yeah, okay. Because _this_ won't fail." It's weird looking back over 20 years ago at all of this.

[@tonyjoestar2632]

"Short term loss for long term profits" are like curse words to American companies, even to this day. We're lucky things worked out how they did

[@ScottWallace5]

Wow, what an incredible redemption story with Seamus. LOVING this series and all the roadblocks and everything that they went through

[@miked5444]

Those names..... so many dodged bullets.... Introducing the carpet ride series X

[@Apocalip]

Loving this documentary, shows they really bet high stakes on this, amazing

[@tt-ez6eq]

Omg! That screen saver and paper clip brings back memories.

[@xbox]

We feel old but it's ok 💚

[@SarmadTechLab]

imagine if microsoft sued microsoft for stealing the kernel.

[@Hot-Rob]

HaHaHa!

[@paulc2138]

I know this has probably been said BUT Halo sold me the Xbox

[@lionfire3359]

Halo sucked. For me it was ninja gaiden.

[@paulc2138]

@@lionfire3359 That’s your opinion and I’d probably say the same about Ninja Gaiden, not my cup of tea to be honest

[@ikav56]

@@lionfire3359 Ninja Gaiden sucked. For me it was Halo.

[@DevinDBell]

*Xbox if you’re reading this, I can’t wait to work for you guys and bring the best games possible! See ya soon* ✌️

[@landononthekeys4791]

U working for Xbox?

[@Eagles.Fan.Since.Super.Bowl.52]

I enjoyed the whole series. I wish J Allard took part in this. Love my Series X, but up until today the 360 Generation was the most exciting in my opinion.

[@flaminghead1va]

Yeah, he was barely in this part. I'm still not sure what J Allard's role/job title was. But I'm hoping his name comes up later in this documentary

[@jefft7705]

31:17....Cliff sighting. Who knew just 6 yrs later dude would give us one of the best xbox game series ever made in Gears.

[@jaygonzalez9446]

Im loving this !!!! I had the very first Xbox to the series X NOW ! Love the history . XBOX FAN 4EVER

[@Silwine79]

I was on the fence but this documentary has made me get the 20 yr anniversary controller that I don't even need.

[@Andbriefly]

Невероятный игровой опыт на протяжении 20 лет! Невероятные эмоции сейчас от увиденного и несомненно только лучшие ожидания на будущее. Мы 💚 XBOX! Конечно, от #Microsoft. 👏😏

[@YuniorGamboa]

This commentary feels very genuine and honest.

[@Cimone90]

I want to have this documentary physically on DVD or bluray. It's great

[@MrDawnnix]

Love Cortana’s voice!!

[@xbox]

So do we 💚

[@CascadesHomestead]

Awesome and I'm so glad the name XBOX stuck. All the other names listed in this episode were nuts! 😃😀😄

[@XlPackratlX]

11X -It goes to 11

[@Whatwhat1235]

these guys are lucky with bill walking in the room slamming the presentation on the table and shouting at them he could of fired them all there and then

[@CrestlessWave]

Better series than Money Heist season 5 Part 2 😂😂

[@hounsdjentlow3074]

Bro interactive barney at 2:11. I got that when i was 2 for christmas and still have it now at 25. Its been passed to my daughter as it was so great with learning for me . Crazy

[@Razgriz_01]

It still works? That some good stuff right there after that many years.

[@GreyFox405]

Exciting times to be growing up. Takes me all the way back 😢.

[@NathanChisholm041]

I see remember me and my mate seeing one for the first time and it was like the future had arrived. lol

[@MrDjillest303]

I love this. Glad I stuck with Xbox

[@xbox]

We're glad you're playing with us still.

[@zzz43344]

*'Carpet Ride'??????????* My God, could you even imagine...

[@Tullaryx]

They could've even licensed the song by Steppenwolf to be it's marketing song.

[@newt6639]

Kudos to the team producing this story. Simply amazing and engaging.

[@bomalpatriote5536]

Fantastic Documentary ✅ Thank you very much for all Microsoft 's Devs who participated to this extraordinary adventure ✅ Sorry for my English language 🇫🇷🤝🇺🇸

[@inceptional]

Hey, the underlying idea of Trespasser would be well suited to modern VR, kinda like Boneworks but with dinosaurs and hopefully less clunky and laggy/wobbly controls than Boneworks has imo. I'd be well up for that.

[@eternalreturnal]

it was waaay too ahead of its time.

[@Episode_13]

that Intro gives me chills, great intro to Power On!

[@bblande]

I was at that GDC presentation! :)

[@enriquerenteria6089]

Legend

[@jkerwin604]

Imagine they called Xbox, iPod, like it said on the list of names 😆 It's nice to see they kept that list and later used the Ipod name for something completely different 😃

[@ivanskirchak4935]

Just got my Series X today. Loving Halo Infinite.

[@ulgrimthemad]

I see you Asherons Call, really miss that world/franchise being actively developed for.

[@cubexp2.010]

Who knew Microsoft was at risk

[@ThavashOnTech]

Wouldn't want to be these guys pitching to Bill and Steve lol !

[@legatobluesummers4290]

I’m loving this documentary!

[@tonyleo01]

Xbox was literally the reason I upgraded to Broadband in early 2000 with the blistering fast 1mb internet speed!

[@Tullaryx]

They missed out on calling it XOD. I mean it markets itself...Kneel before XOD!

[@toxicglizzy8401]

Thank you guys for making it all happen

[@JavierPhotoMX]

-" You are dismissed" My favorite quote!

[@BAIGAMING]

35:00 Reminds me of how Universal wanted Crash Bandicoot to be called "Willy Wombat" 😂

[@TheMihaicalinescu]

I deeply understand the frustration that the X Group had.... It was the same frustration when we got Windows 95 or Office.

[@andreoski3]

"if you have an operating system taking 15% of the cpu and half the disk , you are dead" guess we still have the same problems on pc apart from the disk

[@northencail2099]

thank you for making this. it was good and interesting to watch

[@SuperMegaArte]

uff... sorprendente historia 🔥 ya tengo ganas de ver el capitulo 3 jajaja

[@HobzVHS]

Did I just see “Tesseract” on the list of potential names. Lots of “what if” rabbit holes

[@stevencuellarart9495]

Awesome! Thanks for the second episode

[@rayzorramonthebarber1312]

I wonder how many people that started off with the original Xbox are still there?

[@yeahyukerson4511]

thank you thank you thank you so much for making this. i have watched many interviews from xbox team and i am still learning soooooo much. I am addicted to technological history and this hits the spot.

[@D4rkm00r]

So much Kudos for the Spinal Tap references

[@stockman007]

I’ve watched 2 episodes already haha 😂

[@m1lkshake766]

Don't blame you it's great and companies typically keep this to themselves

[@d.w.6216]

I love the animations of Bill Gates yelling at people

[@ihsan_ali16]

31:14 Cliff Bleszinski and his facial hair LMAO

[@nhilist5774]

That caught me off guard 😂

[@koltendrews]

To this day the coolest sleepovers I ever had was when one of my buddies brought his brand new Xbox to the house and we all played Halo Combat Evolved for the first time.

[@xbox]

Such amazing memories.

[@rijanbahadurpradhan3017]

I bought xbox series x even though my friends had ps5 because of game pass. Documentaries like these make me feel i made the right choice. xbox needs to step up their game and release the competition for ps vr too.

[@fuzzylogic3017]

Good thing you got the Series X and not the Series S: some games - like Tower of Guns and Mothergunship have been delisted from the eshop - so the physical versions remain the only way new players can enjoy them.

[@rccarrillo1]

I remember this happening growing up. Love to see the behind the scenes

[@The_Primary_Axiom]

Ps2 sold so many consoles back then lol. I’m sure it was intimidating to these people to outdo it.

[@mariovadillo900]

Felicidades por el documental. Estoy aprendiendo muchos detalles y curiosidades que desconocía. Sin duda ha sido un camino duro, pero ha merecido la pena ;)

[@retrospectivelyspectacular2331]

I loved this, thank you for making this documentary

[@cifrancgx]

That’s a Commodore Amiga 2000 at 13:02. :-)

[@crimsonwolf1982]

If Microsoft hadn't abandoned Windows CE, it would be the dominant OS in the smartphone market today.

[@titino092]

Que buen documental!

[@ailtonsouza3868]

Em uma reunião tão tensa deve ter sido uma iluminação divina para terminar com aprovação do projeto Xbox!

[@elusivelight3766]

I absolutely LOVE this documentary!

[@jullyanoaf]

História fantástica! 💚🇧🇷

[@alexzz1234]

18:09 That's not SM64! That's a rom hack version of the game, maybe Sapphire

[@Djungelurban]

I noticed that too! That's kinda awesome honestly...

[@drewtweedie7408]

i thought it was an early build but even then it looked off. good eye.

[@dallasmann7904]

So well done. Really makes you feel like they did

[@Y4WN]

16:53 bill knew from the start you guys were greatness he just wanted to test you guys, the ultimate exam hahaha

[@allissondiego1989]

Huge respect for this guys

[@JP-hn9mv]

I heard somewhere recently that the green was chosen because everyone stole all the designers colored markers except the green one.

[@nicktanicosilva2582]

At 4:08 when David Hufford said "Games sell consol" wish that mentality stayed with current game developers

[@HotakXvi]

Amazing series so far!

[@Lindsayisanosyhooch]

Excited for the Ouya Documentary

[@eucri]

Even I feelt the pressure and anxiety of those meetings

[@SimonGerard]

Jonah Hill needs to play Seamus Blackley in the Hollywood adaption of this