

Microsoft envisioned their system as more than a home video game console they developed the Xbox as a revolutionary home-entertainment vehicle. Microsoft's other main rival for market share, Nintendo, launched their next-generation system, the much-anticipated GameCube, in November as well.

Their first system, the Xbox, debuted on Novemamid a market dominated by Sony Computer Entertainment and the immensely successful Sony PlayStation 2.

In the late 1990s, Microsoft made the decision to jump into the fiercely competitive-and potentially highly lucrative-video game console market.
