It was noted during our recent Xbox dashboard poll here at Pure Xbox that a reasonable chunk of our community didn't experience the early days of the brand. We've heard quite a few stories about people who have bought their first Xboxes in the past few years, which is great to see.
Regardless of whether you're a day one veteran or a newcomer to the world of Xbox, we're willing to bet you can remember getting your first Xbox console. It might have happened almost twenty years ago, or it might have happened yesterday - either way, it's always a memorable occasion!
And what about the games? If you were lucky enough to acquire an original Xbox at launch, you've surely got some great memories about the early days of Halo: Combat Evolved. Alternatively, you might have picked up an Xbox 360 during the Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare era, or perhaps you recently bought an Xbox One to play first-party classics such as Forza Horizon 4, Gears 5 and Sea of Thieves.
There are thousands of possible answers to this question, so we're throwing it to the Pure Xbox community — what was your first Xbox console, and what game did it come with? Share your stories below, and tell us everything you can remember about your first experiences with Xbox.
Tell us your first Xbox system and game in the comments, and feel free to go into as much detail as you like!
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Picked up the original xbox in October 2004. I was in 2nd year in college and the previous year my mates had the PS2. I had never owned my own console and decided to jump on to the Xbox brand. PES 4, PES 5 and EA's Rugby game were played to death that college year. Great multiplayer tournament memories.
Unfortunately, the original Xbox was not possible to buy, at that time there was Ps2, but since then I became a real fan of games. You did not forget the feeling. With the advent of the Xbox 360, my first game was Gears of war, the game was incredibly cool, and before I'm still a fan of this series of comic games. The Xbox has become my favorite console with lots of great games.
Midnight launch. RalliSport Challenge, followed by Project Gotham Racing. Grand times
Mine was the original Xbox and the three games Halo, Gotham racing & fuzion Frenzy wow what memories.
OG Xbox was my first Microsoft console.My first game was Halo. Second one was jet set radio future.
OG Xbox in around 2004. Had Halo, Jade Empire and PGR 2. Good times indeed.
I picked up the OG Xbox very late that console generation. The first game I remember playing was Oddworld: Strangers Wrath.
og xbox midnight launch still remember playing halo till sun came up
I got an OG Xbox about a month after Live was shutdown for it. Fell in love with Halo and decided I wanted a 360 instead of a PS3 to finish the story and play COD with my friends. Been jamming on Xbox ever since 2010
Xbox 1, with the Masterchief Collection. I'm an Xbox noob.
It actually went like this, my sister called and said she was going to buy a console but she wanted to know what I thought. But I missed her call. I got a short txt later that said "nvm, got an Xbox."
And the rest, as they say, is history. I remember being a little annoyed at first that she didn't get a PS4, but after realizing how huge the backwards compatible library is I fell in love with Xbox1. I've been able to play so many classic games, I literally have a backlog several years long and that doesn't even include current gen games. It's one of my favorite consoles. ( O.O)
The first Xbox console I owned was the Xbox 360 with the pack in games Lego Indiana Jones and Kung Fu Panda. So the first game I played on it was Lego Indiana Jones.
I played on the original Xbox but I didn't own one my friend did so I would play Halo and PGR and KotOR at his place.
Xbox , Halo , High Heat Baseball and Brute Force , man that was a fun few months and things got way better with Halo 2 & Xbox live . Awesome times
My first Xbox console was the Xbox 360 in 2007, The first game i played would become my favorite game of all time Gears of War
Xbox One. Rare Replay.
OG Xbox, Halo 2
I had the original Xbox. Can't remember my first game, but some of the first were Ninja Gaiden, Doom 3 and Conker's Bad Fur Day I think.
360, Final Fantasy XIII. My boyfriend at the time owned a 360, and suggested I buy a game that I thought I would play while I waited for him to get home from work.
I wanted to get a 360 for the Rare games but I didn't because I was Nintendo-only until last generation, the generation of 360, PS3 and Wii.
This generation I opened my mind quite much. I got the 3DS, Wii U and then I got an Xbox One after getting a PS4, later a Switch Lite, and now Xbox One (X) has become my favourite console of the whole generation because of the controller, hardware, digital rights and cloud saves, user interface (specifically all the settings and customisation), backwards compatibility, exclusives and free remasters on Xbox One X. Looking at the next generation, I'm only excited about Series X to continue enjoying all of this and appreciating the backwards compatibility even more.
My first Xbox was, obviously, the OG Xbox. And my first game was Halo, obviously.
I have been there since the beginning, basically. Even with the awful Duke controller. And I always loved how I could burn CDs onto the Xbox hard drive & play them for parties I had. Fun times!
I remember the day I got the original Xbox way back in 2002. I was playing GTA 3 on my PS2 when I got called to the living room by my mam and dad, they told me to open the tv cabinet and there it was a black and green box, I knew what it was straight away because I never stopped talking about it since I knew what an Xbox was.
The very first game I played on it was Halo Combat Evolved, I remember being in awe with it especially when I reached the second level ‘Halo’ crash landing on the ring-shaped world, it was the music, scenery, graphics and the large open space allowing me to explore that made it my most memorable gaming moment and to this day no other game has topped it.
GTA 3 was the biggest game around back then but it was Halo that pulled me away from the PS2 and made me fall in love with the Xbox brand and I’ve been buying the 360, Xbox One and the X all on day one. I’ll be making sure that the Series X is no exception.
Project Gotham Racing, how that never made it as a BC title on Xbox One I’ll never know.
Xbox 360, the first game I played was when I didn't own a 360, and that was Kinect Adventures (despite the crap the Kinect got, it will always hold a special place in my heart because of that), the first game I owned when I got a 360 was NHL 2K6.
My first Xbox was the Original with Halo:CE and Project Gotham Racing - the first games I got at launch....
My first (and so far only) Xbox was the XBox 360 (albeit we did get a second after the first red ringed), and the first game was Scene It: Lights, Camera Action.
Original Xbox, sometime in Spring 2002, with Star Wars: Obi-Wan. It was my first non-Nintendo console and I had a blast. I got Halo shortly after.
I got my original Xbox second hand, about 2005 or 2006 (it came with jedi knight 2, jedi academy and republic commando). I was mostly PC gamer back then. And Xbox 360 i got 2009, and then Xbox One at launch.
I bought at OG Xbox and got...Shenmue II...I believe? I didn't have it for very long - I was irresponsible with money back then and made a lot of impulse purchases that later needed to be pawned to be able to afford bare necessities.
I wasn't able to get the OG Xbox immediately, but I visited my friend's house frequently and played his copy of Halo: CE. Eventually, I managed to pick up one of the Crystal Xbox consoles alongside a steel book copy of Halo 2. Good times!
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Final Fantasy XIII is such a great game!! lol, you can tell I'm biased.
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@Nicklybear I think NHL 2K7 might have been my first Xbox 360 game (I honestly can't remember), and I loved it! Miss the old minigames.
Such amazing memories with the original Xbox. I remember getting one in 2004, with soul caliber 2, knights of the old republic (best Star Wars game of all time) and then halo 2 shortly after. I’d take my CRT over to a friends house and we would all LAN. Good times
360 for me.
I was intrigued by the original Xbox at the time but already had a PS2 and GameCube and couldn't really justify getting my parents to buy me yet another console. Main reason I wanted one was for Blinx the Time Sweeper (yes!) and Oddworld Munch's Oddysee.
I got a 360 about a year or two after launch along with Virtua Tennis 3 and John Woo's Stranglehold (what a game!). The 360 was my main console til PS3 took over.
Right now I've got 3 OG Xboxs, 2 360s, a One S and a One X.
Original Xbox for me. I still have it too, and my Crystal version
I wasn't day one though and wasn't actually planning to get one at all.
My friend brought his over a few days after launch and showed me Halo. Needless to say I was buying one pretty sharpish after that!
Two gens ago, I started with the Gamecube, then added a PlayStation 2. Really, really wanted an Xbox too, but didn't materialize until years later. So my first Xbox console was actually the 360. I believe my first games were Burnout Revenge and Dead Rising. Traded it in at one point for a PS3, but thankfully rebought it pretty soon after. I distinctly remember playing Bioshock on my second 360, what an experience. <3
For few years I had the original Xbox, with only 3 games, Halo, Project Gotham Racing and Dead or Alive 3!
Sadly I don't have the OG console anymore but I loved it! It was an absolutely cool machine!
My first Xbox was an Xbox 360. I never liked the black brick. I was still firmly in camp Nintendo back then, but I finally saw the light...
I was late to the party: I bought it in March 2008, along with a bunch of games, namely Call of Duty 2, Kameo, The Darkness, Perfect Dark Zero, Ninety-Nine Nights, Burnout Revenge and The Outfit, which regardless of the crude graphics, was and still is a VERY entertaining game.
And ever since then, I've amassed a pretty decent collection of well over 400 games in total, including 10 physical Xbox One games, 160 physical Xbox 360 games, 60 original Xbox games and the rest digital, through Games with Gold.
OG Xbox, it was my first ever console after being an Amiga then PC gamer for a long time. I can't remember exactly when I bought it, although I do know my first games were Halo and PGR2. I have some very happy memories of long evenings playing PGR2 on Xbox Live.
Xbox 360 Elite (switched from the 'other' console). Got as a bundle with Halo 3, PGR4 and Assassins Creed. I think it was five months later when I started playing AC...and LOVED it!
@ThePrettySenshi Lol right? I definitely agree. It’s also Ironic that the first Final Fantasy on the Xbox is currently unplayable on PS4...
it was the OG XBOX and my first game was Oddworld Munch's Oddysee
Original Xbox on launch with halo, PGR and rallysport challenge.
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