The original Xbox was not a pretty beast – but neither was the prototype.
In case you didn’t know, today – at least in the US – marks 15 years since the original Xbox launched. The service has come an awful long way, especially if you consider what the original prototypes looked like.
The original @xbox prototype hardware on our @snapchat story pic.twitter.com/5IweH06lBS
— Aaron Greenberg (@aarongreenberg) November 15, 2016
I mean … fuck. That’s a gargantuan beast.
The prototype hardware has been shown in the wild before, but Aaron Greenberg wheeled it out again for a Snapchat story to commemorate the anniversary of the division. And that wasn’t the only toy to come out of the vault:
Going back old school to Japan ?? in 3rd party team vault! #15YearsofXbox pic.twitter.com/eQt2ym0TaN
— Aaron Greenberg (@aarongreenberg) November 15, 2016
A prototype Steel Battalion controller from 2002.
I wonder how long it’ll be before someone remodels a version of that for Star Citizen.
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3 responses to “The Original Xbox Prototype Looked Like A NASA Project”
I was so disappointed when I discovered that the XBox didn’t actually look like that prototype model.
Fun fact: This is an item you can get in the original Dead Or Alive: XTreme Beach Volleyball game.
That’d be a weird looking bikini
@naeco lol!