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Original Xbox: November 15, 2001
The Xbox is a video game console and the first installment in the Xbox series of video game consoles by Microsoft. It was released as Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console market on November 15, 2001, in North America, followed by Australia, Europe and Japan in 2002. It is classified as a 6th-generation console, competing with Sony's PlayStation 2 & Nintendo's GameCube. It was also the first major console produced by an American company since the release of the Atari Jaguar in 1993. -
Xbox 360: November 22, 2005
On November 22, 2005, Xbox Live Arcade was re-launched with the release of the Xbox 360, in which it was now integrated with the Xbox 360's dashboard. The games are generally aimed toward more casual gamers; examples of the more popular games are Geometry Wars, Street Fighter II' Hyper Fighting, and Uno. -
Xbox One: November 22, 2013
Moving away from its predecessor's PowerPC-based architecture, the Xbox One marks a shift back to the x86 architecture used in the original Xbox; it features an AMD Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) built around the x86-64 instruction set. Xbox One's controller was redesigned over the Xbox 360's, with a redesigned body, D-pad, and triggers capable of delivering directional haptic feedback. The console places an increased emphasis on cloud computing, as well as social networking features and more -
Xbox One S: August 2, 2016.
The Xbox One S is 40 percent smaller than Xbox One. It comes with a built-in power supply (farewell, gigantic hideous brick). There is more front-USBs and IR blaster. The Xbox One S has 4K video and HDR support. There's also a new controller design (one’s bundled in the box) -
Xbox One X: November 7, 2017.
According to Microsoft, Xbox One X won't have any exclusive games
Instead, Xbox One X will play the same games you can play on an Xbox One or Xbox One S -- but some of them faster and at much higher fidelity
With 4.5 times the power of an original Xbox One, Microsoft claims Xbox One X can run those same games at ultra high-def 4K resolution at a butter-smooth 60 frames per second
Compare that to the Xbox One, which still struggles to output many games at 1,920x1,080-pixel resolution (1080p) -
Xbox Series X/S: November 10, 2020
The Microsoft Series X is four times more powerful than the current Xbox One X and includes an 8-core AMD
Zen 2 processor, the same that will power the Sony PS5, although the Xbox has a better graphics card. The Xbox Series S is 60% smaller than the Series X and doesn’t have a disc drive, so you’ll need to download or stream all of your games.