Xbox (nowadays more commonly referred to as as the Original Xbox or the Xbox Classic to distinguish it from its successors) is a sixth generation era video game console first released on November 15, 2001 in North America and Puerto Rico, then released on February 22, 2002 in Japan, and on March 14, 2002 in Europe. The Xbox was Microsoft's first independent venture into the video game console arena, after having developed the operating system and development tools for the MSX, and having collaborated with Sega in porting Windows CE to the Sega Dreamcast console. Its contemporaries were the Sega Dreamcast, Sony PlayStation 2 and Nintendo GameCube.
It was succeeded by the Xbox 360.
Notable launch titles for the console include Amped, Dead or Alive 3, Halo: Combat Evolved and Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee.