What just happened? It's not oftentimes that a gaming company will pay tribute to competitors' products, but it seems Microsoft is happy to give credit where it'south due. On the 20th ceremony of Xbox, the make shared a tweet containing an image of the four virtually iconic consoles ever fabricated—the original Xbox, the PlayStation 2, the GameCube, and Sega Dreamcast—with the caption, "One of gaming'south best eras."

The official Xbox Twitter account tweeted the bulletin using the #Xbox20 hashtag. The iv machines come up from what is generally accepted to be the sixth generation of video game consoles, which equally anyone who was around at the time tin adjure to, actually was one of the greatest gaming eras.

Going by order of release date, the Sega Dreamcast was offset to launch, arriving in Nippon in 1998 and the residue of the earth in 1999 (except Republic of india, which got it in Dec 2000). Despite being the worst-selling panel of the four, those who owned ane have fond memories of playing the likes of Shenmue, Jet Set Radio, and Crazy Taxi. Sadly, Sega discontinued the Dreamcast on March 31, 2001.

Next is the PlayStation 2. Released in the year 2000, Sony's automobile went on to get the most pop console of all time, selling 155 million units. More than 3,800 games were released for the PS2, with over 1.5 billion copies sold.

The GameCube also celebrated its 20th altogether this year. The Nintendo 64 successor may have sold 10 1000000 fewer units (21 1000000 in total) than its predecessor, but owners volition notwithstanding remember that fantastic controller and games such every bit Eternal Darkness, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, and Resident Evil 4.

Finally, there'due south the Xbox. Microsoft's first foray into this globe of video game consoles—the start major 1 to be produced by an American company since the Atari Jaguar in 1993—was more than powerful than its competitors and the first to feature a built-in hard deejay. With a games listing that included Halo: Combat Evolved, information technology had a massive launch in the Us and went on to sell 24 million units worldwide; more than than Sega'south and Nintendo'due south machines, but information technology couldn't compete with the PS2.

Xbox wasn't the but ane tipping its chapeau to rival products. PlayStation besides congratulated the company on its anniversary.