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Microsoft (more precisely [[Microsoft Studios]]) decided that they needed to stop Sony from succeeding in creating a set top box capable of dethroning [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], and thus the Xbox was born. While the [[Sega Dreamcast]] and Sony [[PlayStation 2]] had internet-based multiplayer and online features as an option, Microsoft made them into their most well known feature and [[Revenue Enhancing Devices|charged for it.]] They also [[Crack is Cheaper|charged extra for the DVD remote/IR sensor kit which was required to play DVDs]] (a free feature on the [[PlayStation 2|PS2]] if you didn't want the remote; though this is because of the DVD licensing fees), and even with the kit could only play discs locked to the same region as the Xbox.
One of the reasons for Microsoft's rather aggressive use of [[Revenue Enhancing Devices]] was because the system had very high manufacturing costs. It relied on an unusually large number of bespoke components bought from manufacturers at prices that were fixed by contract. This meant Microsoft never actually made a profit on a single unit of the hardware itself, much to the amusement of their detractors. However the system was the most powerful Sixth Generation console; it used an Intel Coppermine (Celeron-derivative) CPU clocked at approximately 733MHz, and an nVidia NV2A [[Graphics Processing Unit]] (closest to, but not quite, the GeForce 3/NV30), making it far superior to its rivals. In fact, the hardware was basically a mini-360: it supported DirectX 8.1, just a step behind DirectX 9, the maximum the "HD" consoles support, as well as a hard drive for streaming data.
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