And now we are five

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Jcenax — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:44:08 GMT

i loved the first time i played live with halo 2 .

great

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Garreth — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:44:08 GMT

Happy Birthday Xbox Team... I know defender is coming out today but have you any other plans for todays celebrations like any nice surprises or is everyone over there taking the day off?

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rjcarter82 — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:50:12 GMT

Halo was the most an unbelievable launch title! Couldn't believe how good a first person shooter could be on a console. Oh, and who can forget system link, all night fragfests in the huge halo arena's. One word. Awesome!!

My wife actually plays 360!

Jorge HDMI — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 20:56:50 GMT

I was very impressed with MS. The quality of the control pads (versus SONY 10 year old concept), downloading HD content, HD-DVD, unified processor, PRICE. The 360 is simply the best value. Period. No magazine has pointed out that PS3 shipped after the 360 and looks inferior. So those who got a 360 a year ago have enjoyed HD for a FULL year.

Once prices start dropping, and SONY is unable to match the drops, US is all 360. I was a SEGA guy, turned SONY, Turned DC, turned PS2. PS2 is a good seller without personality. Besides GTA, what whas great about it? 8,000 games without personality or killer-app. My wife actually plays 360! That is incredible!!! HDMI

JORGE

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Rod Hull — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 20:50:28 GMT

Well I bought mine upon its European release so it's not quite five years old for but have lapped up every delight it's offered. From Halo, PGR, Jet Set Radio Future, Sega GT, through the hideously underrated Midtown Madness 3, the sublime KOTOR 1&2, Panza Dragoon Orta, PGR2, the also underrated and utterly charming Grabbed by the Ghoulies, up to the latter day delights of Fable, Ninja Gaiden, Halo 2, Conker and Black. It saddened me to sell the black behometh but I found solace in the fact that the brains at Microsoft were beavering away on backwards compatibility.

On the subject, that would be a fitting birthday tribute.

AN UPDATE FOR THE BC LIST!!!!!!

C'mon MS, don't do a Sony and welch on your promises. At least make Psychonauts and Conker BC!

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Xelloss101 — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 19:01:08 GMT

Happy Birthday!

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lunnytoon — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:58:20 GMT

Happy birthday to xbox, xbox live and all the xbox team!

Keep up the great work guys and girls.

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Echo Aeneas — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:39:08 GMT

It's been that long?!?! It was just yesterday when I was getting pwned in Crimson Skies and MechAssault. Oh how time flies!!

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GhostRiderTGAC — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:03:35 GMT

Happy Birthday XBOX!

I was a late adopter and didn't get my classic system and "Duke" controller until late 2003. (actually I had a Duke before I had my XBOX and used it to play Halo for PC but that was not a great experience) I finally made the switch when my gaming PC died and I got tired trying to keep it up to date. A friend of mine (Iceman183) got me to buy the XBOX and I was never discappointed. At that point there were lots of great games coming out all the time and tons of cheap titles on the bargain bin. I always could find something to play. It was also great to get started at that time because XBOX Live! was already firmly established.

I subscribed to Live! about a month after I bought my box and took my old gamer handle GhostRider and paired it with my gaming group initial The Game Attic Club and the gamertag GhostRiderTGAC was born.

I had tons of fun with titles like Ghost Recon and Spider Man and then when Halo 2 came out it seemed like that was all I played! The rest of the Game Attic Club soon made the conversion to XBOX and more recently XBOX 360 and both consoles have given us much enjoyment.

The great thing about XBOX, XBOX 360 and XBOX Live! is that they have opened me up to a global gaming community in which I have made many new friends. I also want to give extra kudos out to Larry and all the gang who supports the systems, networks and community. These people who work so hard for us really make the whole experience what it is. There is no other company out there that provides the level of product, service and communication that they do.

Happy Birthday XBOX and thank you to everyone who has made the past 5 years so great and keep it up for many years to come!

Sincerely,

Chris Bolton

aka GhostRiderTGAC

Rochester, NY USA

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DarkBlades25 — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 16:44:42 GMT

I remember when I got live, Ghost Recon was my first game. I was like, THIS IS SO FREAKEN AWESOME. Commanding a actual team of actual people in actual real time. I would never look at online gaming the same again. Its stoped calling it Online gaming, I called it Live.

I never knew that Xbox would just keep giving over the years.

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Guibs — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 16:25:22 GMT

Ah memories.

I remember buying the original Xbox just around christmas after the boss (i.e: my wife) told me it was ok to buy one as long as I wouldn't spend $$$ upgrading my computers every few months to play games.

I remember the xbox live Beta (xbox forum will deny me the beta tag icon, sniff), the nice package with the orange Memory card (which I still have along with everything that came with the xbox live beta stage).

Playing this great RC racer game from Activision. The sense of playing online and espicially, talk to everyone since everyone had a micrphone.

Happy 5 years anniversary Xbox!

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SmittyXR — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 16:22:18 GMT

Congrats to the XBOX & XBOX Live teams. It has been a great 5 years. I am certainly looking forward to the next 5 and beyond!!!

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Lilscooter11 — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 16:03:48 GMT

Shrek and Burnout and an Xbox for £227.99 (Bought it just after the first price drop) from Toys 'R' Us. Shrek was ok, but Burnout was something that would prove to be such a popular franchise. And it worked.

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CoffeeBeans — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 16:00:59 GMT

Happy Birthday Xbox! Wish a lot of success for the team in the years to come. Great times when I got my first Xbox, playing Halo like there was no tomorrow. I also was an Xbox Live Beta Tester. I remember when we got the football game to play on Live and it wouldn't play on my Xbox so with the help of the Xbox forums I found that boiling the game in hot water for a few minutes would make it work and it did! Keep up the excellent Xbox team!

CoffeeBeans

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Travis — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:57:47 GMT

My roommate in college went home for Thanksgiving and returned with an Xbox. I wasn't sure what it was, but when I played Halo, I loved it. He kicked my ass so bad that I didn't even buy an Xbox for 18 months, but after that I got hooked and hooked everyone I knew.

Bought a 360 right after Christmas, the first time I've bought a console that's brand spanking new and hot off the assembly line. But I knew there'd be so many advantages to the 360 that appealed to me, a casual gamer.

Halo 3 will freaking rock.

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RagingAvatar — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:48:32 GMT

My first memories of the original xbox is sleeping.

I had just queued 14 hours to be the third person in Europe to get one - I had it handed to me by Virgin owner, Richard Branson, given a load of free games and magazine subscriptions as well as go to one heck of a party..

I got home plugged in my xbox and turned on Halo..

Next thing I knew it was morning.

I'd passed out during the publisher logos..