Xbox is a home TV game console developed by Microsoft Corporation in the United States and released in 2001. The Xbox console was released in the United States on November 15, 2001, while the Asian gaming power Japan was released on February 22, 2002. It then landed in other North America, Europe, Australia; South Korea, Singapore in Asia, and Hong Kong and Taiwan in China.

In order to compete with other companies' gaming consoles and change the unfavorable situation of the time when the contemporary consoles are released, the pre-order price for Xbox in Japan is about 34,800 yen. After several price modifications, the price of "Xbox Combination Pack 2" (with 2 game software, a game controller, DVD playback kit, etc.) released in May 2004 has dropped to around 19,000 yen. Microsoft has adopted a similar "big gift package" price reduction strategy in other regions.

At the time of release, the DVDs and CDs on the console would be scratched by the optical drive. Japanese people who hate flaws criticized Xbox significantly, especially in the "2ch" of the Japanese Electronics Bulletin Board ( BBS ) " 2ch " sarcasticized Xbox as "X ( Failed ) box "or "bad box", etc. Thereafter, Microsoft provides free physical repairs and replacements. In early 2005, Microsoft announced that some early Xbox had power cord design problems, which may cause damage to the body or human body, and provided free power cord replacement services. Globally, hosts manufactured on or after October 23, 2003 (Europe: January 13, 2004) do not require replacement power cords.

Xbox Live is a multi-user online battle platform dedicated to Xbox, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. It is developed and managed by Microsoft. It began launching on the Xbox console platform in November 2002, and later the service was released with an updated version and extended to PC and Windows Phone systems. In November 2002, the United States, January 2003, Japan, and March 2003, European countries began to provide Xbox Live online gaming services. This service can provide real-time online services for game products with Live functions, including: online player list; multiplayer online games; voice online chat; player points rankings and other functions. In 2004, Xbox launched the "Xbox Video Chat" kit in Japan, which can support multi-person online video chat with Xbox Live. You can play Kinect and general games online with friends from all over the world.