Twenty-five years ago, Microsoft entered the console market with a hulking black machine, an enormous controller and a game called Halo. What followed changed the industry in ways few could have predicted, and today, the original Xbox is finding an unlikely new home in our pockets.
Most games are pretty simple. You jump on enemies, you die, you have to insert another quarter to continue. The XBox changed that.
Are you being sarcastic or are you genuinely ignorant of the 20+ years of home consoles that preceded it?
Edit: saw your other comment.
But it came after PS1/Dreamcast/any other console…
It’s a modified quote from Craig Mazin, who adapted The Last of Us into a show for HBO. “Most games are pretty simple. You jump on enemies, you die, you have to insert another quarter to continue. The Last of Us changed that.”
I’m still unclear as to whether he was serious, but it was a meme for a while.