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Power On: The Story of Xbox

Tv

2021

8.6

Xbox almost didn't happen. Find out why in this behind-the-scenes, six-part series that takes you back to the scrappy beginnings of Microsoft's video game console. It's the untold story of the people behind the box, glitches and all.

Overview:

Xbox almost didn't happen. Find out why in this behind-the-scenes, six-part series that takes you back to the scrappy beginnings of Microsoft's video game console. It's the untold story of the people behind the box, glitches and all.

Tag Line:

Four gamers. One idea. And a billion dollar bet.

Genres:

Documentary

Tags:

miniseries

video game development

video games

Tv Casts

Narrator (voice)

Self - Senior Writer: Newsweek, 1995-2009

Self - Host: Attack of the Show!, 2005-2013

Self - Microsoft/Xbox Game Studios, 2001-2014/Self - Microsoft Game Studios, 2001-2014/Self - Head of Xbox, 2014-Present/Self - Consumer Division: Microsoft, 1988-2000

Self - Microsoft/Xbox Game Studios, 1995-2019/Self - Microsoft Game Studios, 1995-2019/Self - Xbox Entertainment Studios, 2012-2013/Self - Microsoft Game Studios, 1995-2009

Self - Video Game Journalist and TV Host/Self - Founder: The Game Awards

Self - Microsoft Game Studios, 1994-2007/Self - Microsoft/Xbox Game Studios, 1994-2007/Self - Head of 343 Industries: Halo, 2007-Present

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Self - Communications: Xbox, 1999-Present

Self - Microsoft Game Studios, 2000-2008/Self (uncredited)

Self - CEO: Sony Computer Entertainment America, 2006-2014/Self (uncredited)

Seamus Blackley

Self - Advanced Technology Group: Xbox, 1999-2002/Self - Direct X: Microsoft, 1998-1999/Self (uncredited)

Tina Summerford

Self - G4 TV, 2000-2005/Self - Programming: Xbox, 2006-Present

Self - Head of Microsoft Game Studios, 1995-2005

Self - Marketing: Xbox, 2000-2018

Self - Home and Retail Division: Microsoft, 1997-1999/Self - Chief Xbox Officer, 2000-2010

Self - Video Game Journalist, 1995-2011/Self - Video Game Journalist, 1995-2001

Self - Co-Founder/CCO: Oddworld Inhabitants, 1994-Present

Self - Microsoft Game Studios, 1995-2000/Self - Advanced Technology Group: Xbox, 2000-2004/Self - Microsoft/Xbox Game Studios, 2004-2008

Self - Advanced Technology Group: Xbox, 1999-2004/Self - ATI Technologies, 2004-2008

Self - Dreamworks Interactive, 1995-1997/Self - Forza Franchise Head, 2005-Present

Self - Next Gen Magazine, 1995-2001/Self - Head of ID@Xbox, 2013-Present/Self - Backbone Entertainment, 2001-2006

Aaron Greenberg

Self - Marketing: Xbox, 2000-Present/Self - Chief of Staff: Don Mattrick, 2010-2014

Self - Studio Head: Backbone Entertainment, 2000-2008/Self - Studio Head: Ocean/Digital Eclipse, 2008-Present

Self - Direct X: Microsoft, 1995-2000

Self - Direct X: Microsoft, 1997-1999/Self - 3rd Party Relations: Xbox, 1999-2001

Self - Software Design: Xbox & XBL, 1999-2006/Self - Software Design: Microsoft, 1990-1999

Leo Del Castillo

Self - Hardware Engineering Group: Xbox, 1999-Present

Self - President and COO: Sega of America, 2000-2003/Self - Head of Xbox, 2003-2007

Self - Video Game Journalist, 2002-Present

Self - Creative Director: Xbox, 1999-2001/Self (uncredited)

Self - Xbox Live's Major Nelson, 2003-Present

Self - Epic Studios, 2005-2012/Self - Epic Games, 2005-2012

Self - Hardware: Microsoft, 1987-2000

Self - Marketing: Xbox, 2007-Present

Self - Co-Founder/CEO: Oddworld Inhabitants, 1994-Present

Self - Microsoft Game Studios, 1998-2007

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Self - Marketing: Xbox, 1999-2001

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Self - Head of 3rd Party Games: Xbox, 2002-2017

Self - CEO: Pipeworks Software, 1995-2005

Self - Marketing: Xbox, 2014-2019

Self - Head of Hardware Development: Xbox, 1999-2014

Self - Bungie, 1998-2013

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Self - Industrial Design: Microsoft, 1995-2005

Self - Hardware Engineering Group: Xbox, 1999-2014

Self - Finance: Microsoft, 2002-Present

Edward Glucksman

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)/Self - Xbox Superfan

Self - Studio Head: Midway Games, 2001-2008/Self - Head of Xbox Game Studios, 2018-Present

Self - Head of Xbox, 2007-2013

Self - Software Architect: Microsoft, 1991-1999

Self - Author: 'Opening The Xbox'

Self - Windows CE: Microsoft, 1993-1999

Self - CCO: Cinco Design, 1998-Present

Self - Advanced Technology Group: Xbox, 2000-2002

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Cliff Bleszinski

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Stacey Glaesmann

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Self - Author: 'Game of X'

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Self - Editor in Chief: Imagine Media, 1997-2004

Self - Actor, Xbox Gamer, 2001-Present

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Matt Hasselbeck

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Wilmer Valderrama

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Self - Communications: Xbox, 2001-Present

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Self - Hardware Engineering Group: Xbox, 2002-Present

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Reggie Fils-Aimé

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Self - Incubation: Xbox, 2008-2014

Self - Minecraft: Microsoft / Head of Minecraft, 2014-Present

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Daemon Hatfield

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Self - Head of Game Creator Experiences and Ecosystem: Xbox

Self - Gaming Devices: Microsoft, 2017-Present

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Brendan Castner

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)