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What part of the XBOX was invented? It was just Windows 2000 running on storebought PC parts.

That's literally the invention -- the idea that a real, competitive gaming console could be built from commodity hardware.

People already were building custom windows gaming computers before xbox. And some companies even sold prebuilt windows gaming computers before xbox. They ran at higher resolutions than xbox, with higher framerates, online connectivity. Plus many PC games did have and continute to have mod tools that gave users near total control over their games.

Hi,

Seamus Blackley worked on the hardware team and is primarily remembered for developing the XBox controller. I didn't work with him but I am a former XBox team member.

The Gamecube predates that by a few months and also used commodity hardware.

Did gamecube also run windows 2000?

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