Title
Xbox oral history panel
Catalog Number
102746874
Type
Document
Description
Three key members of the original Microsoft Xbox team come together in this oral history to discuss the early development of Xbox and Xbox 360, two of the most significant game consoles in computer history. Architect Nick Baker, head of hardware Todd Holmdahl, and marketing lead Albert Penello cover the early development years of the original Xbox and their attempt to gain a foothold in the highly competitive game console market. They then continue with the history of the Xbox 360 console, the successor to the original, and the changing nature of the video game business during that period that allowed for innovations such as live, interconnected play over a network and the Kinect input capture device. Strategic, technical, and marketing aspects of this history are discussed, as are visions for the future of gaming.
Date
2014-03-25
Contributor
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Baker, Nicholas, Panelist
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Dennis, Eric, Videographer
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Holmdahl, Todd, Panelist
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Penello, Albert J., Panelist
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Spicer, Dag, Moderator
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Publisher
Computer History Museum
Place of Publication
Mountain View, CA, USA
Extent
27 p.
Copyright Holder
Computer History Museum
Category
Transcription
Subject
Xbox; Xbox 360; Xbox One; Sony Corporation; Microsoft Corporation; Playstation; Windows; International Business Machines Corporation (IBM); ATI Technologies Inc.; Central Processing Unit (CPU); Graphics Processing Unit (GPU); Nvidia Corporation; Media Center PC (personal computer); Halo; Kinect; Performance Optimization With Enhanced RISC--Performance Computing (PowerPC); Flextronics; Wistron; Allard, J; Bach, Robbie
Collection Title
Oral history collection
Credit
Computer History Museum
