The Xbox turns ten: how Halo showed the industry the future of gaming

The Xbox brand celebrates its tenth anniversary today, and we are here to celebrate. When the original console launched, the world was a different place: the PlayStation 2 was still fresh and new, the Sega Dreamcast was a system with active support, and the GameCube showed that Nintendo could make money with a system where most of the big releases were first-party franchise titles.

On second thought, some things haven't changed...