The Xbox is 15 years old today and its birthday is making nostalgic gamers feel VERY old
Tributes flood in for Microsoft console as teary-eyed fans remember their first games
GAMERS around the world are celebrating 15 years of the Xbox.
Microsoft's flagship console -- which brought now famous titles like Halo to life -- was released on 15 November 2001.
Built to take on the might of Sony's PlayStation and Nintento's range of game systems, it was feared the Xbox wouldn't get far off the ground in a market that had seen other consoles quickly fail.
But the Xbox -- the first American-built games console since the Atari Jaguar was pulled from the shelves in 1996 -- went on to become one of the biggest brands in the world, selling hundreds of millions of devices worldwide.
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It has been reborn twice in its 15 year history, morphing into the Xbox 360 in 2005 and then the Xbox One in 2013.
With each redesign more and more fans seem to get on board -- and today they are celebrating.
Twitter is awash with nostalgic stories from longtime fans remembering their first experiences playing their favourite console.
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