The Microsoft Xbox is the sixth generation of video gaming consoles on the market. It was first released to North America in 2001 and was followed by Japan in 2002 as well as Europe and Australia. It was the predecessor of the Xbox 360. This was Microsoft’s first attempt to the gaming industry market in the console world and competed against other gaming units such as the Sony Playstation 2 and the Nintendo Gamecube. The use of Xbox Live would allow the users to access online games and compete against other players online.
The Xbox would be discontinued in the late 2006 year however the last game of Madden NFL 09 was released in August of 2008. It offered support for the consoles up until March of 2009 and any warranty or repair issue is instead needed by a local gaming service technician. If you have a faulty Xbox, the Xbox 360 is instead shipped and replaced. The support for any of your Xbox Live support questions is no longer available after April of 2010. If you have questions or comments about your Xbox live, you will instead turn to the internet for any questions that you might have. Xbox 360′s will continue to play your original Xbox games however the experience that you get with the new Xbox is worth the newer games offered for the Xbox 360 gaming station.