@Bryce Czirr | Lol I just imagine it like the Olympic Games spoof episode of Spongebob. The Rock turns around to reveal Kevin Hart in a baby carrier on his back.
I got my Xbox for Christmas of 2002. The games I received were Shenmue II, Halo: Combat Evolved, Unreal Championship, and Splinter Cell. Man, I miss the early 2000’s.
whoever got the idea about bringing Rock for this presentation was a genius. obviously Rock was the best guy for this job from get go, he was known for being super charismatic and hyping up the crowd
I remember waiting in line at Best Buy when this came out. There were only 2 other people in line and they had plenty of consoles and accessories. Those were the good old days. I've had every iteration of Xbox since, including the Series X. I'm glad I took the chance on the original Xbox!
@@Gencturk92 not everyone,gamecube and xbox,xbox and gamecube was more good than ps2 in specs,and gamecube had good games,it was underrated + xbox that was underrated too.
@@jesusgoodson127 This video didn't happen 5 months ago, it happened 19 years ago in 2001. The reason why it said 5 months ago when you wrote your comment is because it wasn't uploaded on UA-cam until then. UA-cam wasn't even around yet when this video was made.
@@Interestingworld4567 The Rock hasn't had a full head of hair since 2009, he shaved it completely bald in 2010 but that wasn't the first time he was bald. The Rock already did it 7 years earlier in 2003.
2:32 This is when Bill Gates lies to the world regarding which processor is inside the Original Xbox. There was a AMD processor chip inside that demo model on stage during this presentation in this video you're watching. Microsoft decided to change the processor last minute from AMD to Intel due to political reasons. AMD engineer's worked really hard on that project.
20 years been here w Xbox since the start let's get another 20 goin well done Xbox thanks for some of the most memorable games and friends made along the way.
After Sega discontinued the Dreamcast, I started saving up for an Xbox. I knew it would be a console for hardcore gamers, and it was. I like to call the Xbox the last console for hardcore gamers. Starting with the 360, it became all about finding more and more ways to siphon money from gamers' wallets. Plus, that generation began the sad affair of games shipping with bugs or in an unfinished state, to be patched later. I remember one of the Xbox guys, I think it was Seamus Blackley, who said a goal of the Xbox was, "no patches, no ports, no shit." Those were the last greatest days of console gaming, to me anyway. The original Ninja Gaiden (not Ninja Gaiden Black, but the original release) is still the best action game of all time.
Truer words have never been spoken. The original Xbox has the coolest design out of all of them. Every single Xbox since the original has looked kind of shitty, this new series X looks so stupid in my opinion, just a generic box with virtually no aesthetic features.
I remember when i entered a contest to be a tester for xbox and won back in 2002. We were to test games and accessories. I remember telling friends you were gonna be able to play people all over the world and talk to them. They would say no freaking way. I just said wait and see.
2:33 Ouch. AMD was behind part of the build for XBox and they were going to use their chips. Even the AMD engineers were given front seats. They made the switch to Intel just prior to the event.
At my dentist, They have a play zone (closed now to COVID before) and it had some claw machines, PAC man, And a driving game, some toys, And I never used it because I play the pac man, but they have a original Xbox...
I was 17 when the OG Xbox came out in 2001... Man, those were some better, simpler times, I'll tell you what. There was none of this pay-to-win bs, no overly long download wait times, and sure as hell no loot box nonsense. It was just me and the boys, a pizza from Domino's and games like Halo 1 and the OG Star Wars Battlefront after a crappy movie from Blockbuster. Damn, those were the days and I miss the fug outta them.
Ngl they did a great job in choosing the endorser of this product. The Rock was looked up to by a lot kids and teenagers because he was extremely cool back then. He was like a movie character but in real life because of the live WWE/WWF shows.
sure they were comparing to ps1, not to n64 nor ps2. because the 128-bit gen took those ugly polygons from paradigm-shifted-32-bit gen and turned into state of the art, and right with Metal Gear Solid 2, released at the same year as the original xbox, but exclusively to ps2, it was a blast and showed a true maturity of video games as a form of art.
I worked hard for my XBOX 6 months before it came out I saved a lot of money not knowing The Xbox would come out and suddenly The XBox was there I will never forget the moment I bought The Xbox with my hard earned money as a 17 year old woke up every morning running to work and ran back home mennn yeahh that was the early 2000's
It helped when the tech industry was ran by people like Gates, intelligent engineers. Now it's run by these psychopath venture capitalists who only know that "big numbers on quarterly reports are very good! No big numbers?! Me scared! SELL SELL SELL"
@@leftyfourguns I will always blame EA. They were the 1st ones to create these horrible Season passes and no game style improvements. Those financial fanboys.
2001 - Whose the coolest guy we can possible get? The Rock.
2021 - Whose the coolest guy you could possible get? The Rock.
Most electrifying man In sports entertainment.
@Bryce Czirr | Lol I just imagine it like the Olympic Games spoof episode of Spongebob. The Rock turns around to reveal Kevin Hart in a baby carrier on his back.
Keanu.
Keanu
You mean, LGBTQ?
When the Nerd and the Cool Kid team up for the Homework
And the nerd does all the work.
Dude you stole this comment from @zoroxtreme almost word for word... smh
I'm a nerd
so the nerd and the cool kid become friends
True
Bill gates is that one nerdy kid who did the class project and the rock is that cool kid presenting it
yeah
Did Bill Gates really do the work tho?
Or was it his engineers?
@@stutteringcris468 All of them worked together
@@sergio.moncada Proceeds to put an A+
@@stutteringcris468 it was a joke
The Rock looks like he came straight out of the matrix
Or Deus Ex
I was thinking that
Well, in 2001, EVERYBODY wanted to be from the Matrix.
Ironically Keanu Reaves was in another Xbox presentation.
It was the shiiieeet to be like the matrix back then
Even 20 years ago, Dwayne Johnson was just as marketable as he is today. Phenomenal.
My generation knows him as "the Rock", not DWAYNE
It's almost like it's the same person.
@@JayT10200 it's about drive
Well 20 years ago he was in his peak. These days he's living off his peak.
20 years ago he was known only by this demographic. Now even mothers and mormons know him.
I got my Xbox for Christmas of 2002. The games I received were Shenmue II, Halo: Combat Evolved, Unreal Championship, and Splinter Cell. Man, I miss the early 2000’s.
Halo ce was light years ahead of any game at the time including pc , the enemy a.i is still amazing and better then most games today
Giga Force remove the clock capacitor and replace the thermal paste
i got my xbox on my 5th birthday 2003
Aaron Xenon I have an extra Xbox console from around 2005 and I believe it’s safe from that problem.
That’s when I was born 😺
The Rock memorised that script well
4:18 Bill was impressed that he remembered word for word haha
well, he is a wrestler after all. They have to memorise scripts all the time.
whoever got the idea about bringing Rock for this presentation was a genius. obviously Rock was the best guy for this job from get go, he was known for being super charismatic and hyping up the crowd
Wwf good ol days
Ikr
"Thanks, Rock!" will always be one of my favorite phrases to come out of Bill Gates' mouth.
Back when EA was respected and had amazing games
Nah they bought Virgin Games and cancelled Thrill Kill which is a game everyone has been waiting for.
Like WTF EA is s--t now and then.
"EA Sports BIG"
Burnout 3 and SSX3🔥🔥🔥
@Risen General mass effect 2 is considered one the best games of all time
That was a thing??? In what universe??
This is still one of the most iconic moments in the history of technology
A legend was born
Also with the original iPhone release too.
I like how its edited so Rock just pops up out of nowhere.
I was waiting for Bill Gates to get interrupted by the "If you smeeeellll.. " 😂😂
I remember waiting in line at Best Buy when this came out. There were only 2 other people in line and they had plenty of consoles and accessories. Those were the good old days. I've had every iteration of Xbox since, including the Series X. I'm glad I took the chance on the original Xbox!
but everyone had ps2 in that generation, only xbox 360 was good
@@Gencturk92 Xbox 360 was the peak of Xbox live too! 360 was just the best
@@Gencturk92 not everyone,gamecube and xbox,xbox and gamecube was more good than ps2 in specs,and gamecube had good games,it was underrated + xbox that was underrated too.
@@arthurlunar7835 yeah well ps2 is the best selling console of all time, do some research but i have to admit splinter cell games were better on xbox
@@Humble-iq5ue but we don't talk about the kinect
“IT DOESNT MATER WHAT YOU THINK BILL!”😂😂😂🤭 BOOM!
You got a time stamp 4 this?
lol
@@randomcrap7682 5:22
*vine boom sound*
The Rock at 30 is half the size of The Rock at 50. That's not how it's supposed to work.
@Extrate
Yes, the floor here is also made out of floor..
2030: the boulder
Isn't he 48 I'm not sure
@@brute_lin2023 49 I think.
Cause he wears a suit.
“Bill Gates you never seize to amaze the rock “ The rock 2001
22 years later, i'm still in love with this reveal ^^
The Rock (watching Xbox Series X reveal trailer): Bill Gates, you never cease to amaze The Rock.
Cease**
@@GodOfDestructionVegeta27 Edited
Cause he’s only a rock
@@aydathemonster80 👎Corny 🌽.... Hold this L.
@@GodOfDestructionVegeta27 what?
Wow 😂 when the Rock had hair lmao
LIKE IN WHAT YEAR DID HE LOSE IT?
Wow 😂when the month you posted your only video happened 5 months ago, like where the others bruh?
@@jesusgoodson127 This video didn't happen 5 months ago, it happened 19 years ago in 2001. The reason why it said 5 months ago when you wrote your comment is because it wasn't uploaded on UA-cam until then. UA-cam wasn't even around yet when this video was made.
@@Interestingworld4567 The Rock hasn't had a full head of hair since 2009, he shaved it completely bald in 2010 but that wasn't the first time he was bald. The Rock already did it 7 years earlier in 2003.
Huge forehead just like that huge controller lol
His presentation skills are ridiculously good.
that's what they would call having "mic skills" in wrestling terms.
Can't wait for this console to release, it looks interesting! But why is it a box?
X
It’s a box with an X
I thought it was an x with a box, damn
@@AmuroGaming it's x on the box
I swear...its called an "XBOX" !
Not "XSphere"
It was purposely designed with that geometry
"not everyone has a HD TV" makes me feel old... I remember manually tuning channels with a turning knob... Now I want more than 4K
The Original Xbox Console did an Amazing Job!!
Only PlayStation 2
👍
Dereszowie znowuNaplaży gtfo outta here sony wanker
@@dereszowieznowunaplazy1764 gay console war
@@dereszowieznowunaplazy1764 console wars suck
@Ludimaul It’s more powerful yes but it got crushed by the popularity of the PS2 in sales.
"this is a completely digital device"
hah. back when digital meant not analog. good old days
Jerkoff
Dreamcast: Go change the world.
Xbox: I won't let you down.
Dreamcast is so underrated doe it's a cool console doe
@@JoseyBear Xbox is the dreamcasts spiritual successor, one could say.
@Hello Would ik bro
Now sega has microsoft's back and they been having good relationship
PlayStation 2: None of your sales combined equal half of mine
"It doesn't matter what you think Bill"
Well damn, only the rock can get away with saying that to Bill Gates. Lol, the guy literally created windows.
An amazing system for 2001. HDTV support, Xbox Live, great exclusives & much better graphics than its competitors.
Respect the hell out them both.
20 years later Series X user.
I had all the Xbox consoles.
Series X is my fav.
360 is mine ❤
Another series x owner here 😊🎉
I've remember seeing this back in 2001 as a kid
That’s cool for u
WTF, Anyone notice this Rock guy looks so much like Dwayne Johnson?!?
Wow I wonder🤔😏
They looked at 100s of prototype controller prototypes.
And came up with The Duke. The most uncomfortable design ever.
Man I remember holding that behemoth of the original xbox controller. It was huge but for some reason I still loved it :)
the xbox is gonna be 20 years old next year...
Damn I feel old lol. I was 11 when I got the xbox for Xmas 2001
Halo too.
@@Beastmode650 what was the very first game did you play when it first plugged to the tv?
@@Joshua_N-A Either Cel Damage or Halo CE.
@@Beastmode650 jeez your old.
2:32 This is when Bill Gates lies to the world regarding which processor is inside the Original Xbox. There was a AMD processor chip inside that demo model on stage during this presentation in this video you're watching. Microsoft decided to change the processor last minute from AMD to Intel due to political reasons. AMD engineer's worked really hard on that project.
yeah, that's cool but who asked?
@@lanakaneti9524 me
he also lied saying the games will be able to be saved inside of the xbox
Well, at least AMD got the last laugh finally on the Xbox One!
@@OVOChatgptThey did in the end, just needed an extra chip 😂
20 years been here w Xbox since the start let's get another 20 goin well done Xbox thanks for some of the most memorable games and friends made along the way.
When he started taking about how comfortable the controller is ngl i started laughing
"CAN YOU SMELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
WHAT MICROSOFT
IS COOKIN"
I mean, who better to get people fired up for something than an Attitude Era Rock? Amazing!
Bill Gates had no idea Xbox was gonna be extremely successful when he unveiled the first Xbox. Xbox for life
After Sega discontinued the Dreamcast, I started saving up for an Xbox. I knew it would be a console for hardcore gamers, and it was. I like to call the Xbox the last console for hardcore gamers. Starting with the 360, it became all about finding more and more ways to siphon money from gamers' wallets. Plus, that generation began the sad affair of games shipping with bugs or in an unfinished state, to be patched later. I remember one of the Xbox guys, I think it was Seamus Blackley, who said a goal of the Xbox was, "no patches, no ports, no shit." Those were the last greatest days of console gaming, to me anyway. The original Ninja Gaiden (not Ninja Gaiden Black, but the original release) is still the best action game of all time.
Truer words have never been spoken. The original Xbox has the coolest design out of all of them. Every single Xbox since the original has looked kind of shitty, this new series X looks so stupid in my opinion, just a generic box with virtually no aesthetic features.
@@EskimoCanadian44 ah, the 360 S and the One X look quite cool in my opinion, atleast the series x isnt as big as a ps5.
Oh boy.. you should see how games are in 2021
@@delamain611
I admit that I was Cyberpunked. lol
No Ports?????!!!!!??? So they didn't want 3rd Party support???? That's the best way to kill a console my friend.. Even back then..
Bill: Rock I'm your fan
Also Bill: nIcE gUY!!?
can’t wait for this to come out
I heard this game called "Halo" is coming out on it, very hyped
2002 is gonna be an epic year! Can't wait.
Has it came out yet? I’m still waiting on it
5:49 His theme song sound AWESOME and different 🦾🤨
Shout out to AMD engineers
Xbox original
Xbox classic
@@noore10 Only PlayStation 2 👍
@@dereszowieznowunaplazy1764 👍
@@noore10 I have photo with 2005 with my PS2 ilove this console ❤
2:58 The Rock is back and he is my favorite wrestler! :D
What a time to be alive. I got an xbox on launch and never looked back.
back when split screen was a thing
This. I will never get over Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson presenting the first Microsoft video game console.
I’ve had my Xbox since Christmas Day, 2005.
I remember when i entered a contest to be a tester for xbox and won back in 2002. We were to test games and accessories. I remember telling friends you were gonna be able to play people all over the world and talk to them. They would say no freaking way. I just said wait and see.
Got to give Microsoft credit here to have The Rock as the spokesperson for their new console.
wow can you just think of how much years go past like the history in 11 years 2001-2022
20 años después ¿Quién está aquí por el ANIVERSARIO? 💚
2001 - This is the future of the video game industry.
2020 - We are proud to announce the Xbox One S X 360 E Series X Core
This was epic. And still is.
Missed opportunity to call the Xbox the Rockbox. Not fixing mine.
Remember when we didn't have to install games we could just jump right into gaming. Miss them dayz
Man, don't make me cry
And no updates or DLC.A complete game at its day one launch
I lmfaol when I saw the presentation back in the early 2000's. Today, I have just checked out the preorder of my Xbox Series X
The most brutal console ever. XBOX
Xbox is the best box 💚
i love this ceremony about xbox 2001 it was really amazing.
20th Anniversary of Original Xbox (2001-2021)
I used to have an Xbox when I was 10 years old.
The Rock Seeing the Xbox Series X/S: Like That’s supposed to impress The Rock, The Great ONE.
Ahh this makes me go back 2000s where im not even born
yeah same here back in those days we used to bring friends over and play together or watch vhs films but now you cant find that anymore .
2:33 Ouch. AMD was behind part of the build for XBox and they were going to use their chips. Even the AMD engineers were given front seats. They made the switch to Intel just prior to the event.
Microsoft first console of the 2000s
So random bringing out the rock but he played his part rather well.
This gen was the best, gamecube ps2 and og xbox were amazing
What happened to the Xbox this reveal is awesome I am so happy that they kept the ability and magic to still play the original Xbox games
I have a Xbox 360, I’m 28 now, I’ve had it since November 2005 so I had it since I was 12
Omg no one believed me when I said this. Now I can show people I wasn't crazy lol
3:41. If you look to bill’s right you can see a early version of the Series X
At my dentist, They have a play zone (closed now to COVID before) and it had some claw machines, PAC man, And a driving game, some toys, And I never used it because I play the pac man, but they have a original Xbox...
RIP every single arcade in existence. Thanks COVID-19....
The Rock cooked a legendary speech.
It doesn’t matter what you think Bill! 😂
The Nerd and the Cool kid presenting to the class.
3:30 you just know Bill Gates paid the rock A LOT to say all that lmao
Still got mines. I haven’t played it much and it’s been sitting in my closet for almost 20 years taking it out like it’s brand spanking new!
You know that the rock had no idea what he was saying lol
5:18 it would have been funnier if he had said "What the rock is cooking"
he did towards the end of the video @ 5:47
how much the rock got for this cameo lmaooo
I was 17 when the OG Xbox came out in 2001... Man, those were some better, simpler times, I'll tell you what. There was none of this pay-to-win bs, no overly long download wait times, and sure as hell no loot box nonsense. It was just me and the boys, a pizza from Domino's and games like Halo 1 and the OG Star Wars Battlefront after a crappy movie from Blockbuster. Damn, those were the days and I miss the fug outta them.
Ngl they did a great job in choosing the endorser of this product. The Rock was looked up to by a lot kids and teenagers because he was extremely cool back then. He was like a movie character but in real life because of the live WWE/WWF shows.
The future of video games.
Clark (The Rock) Kent: It’s not about where you were born or what powers you have, or what you wear on your chest… it’s about drive… it’s about power.
damn the rock is an xbox guy? i thought he can only be cooler
DO YOU SMELL WHAT THE XBOX IS COOKING?
Would have been cool if they remade this reveal in 2020 but with the series x
“The graphics power is 3x what’s been available before” That, erm, claim... does it have an M1?
sure they were comparing to ps1, not to n64 nor ps2. because the 128-bit gen took those ugly polygons from paradigm-shifted-32-bit gen and turned into state of the art, and right with Metal Gear Solid 2, released at the same year as the original xbox, but exclusively to ps2, it was a blast and showed a true maturity of video games as a form of art.
I worked hard for my XBOX 6 months before it came out I saved a lot of money not knowing The Xbox would come out and suddenly The XBox was there I will never forget the moment I bought The Xbox with my hard earned money as a 17 year old woke up every morning running to work and ran back home mennn yeahh that was the early 2000's
Bill gates : not everyone will have an hd tv but this device is ready for it. Wow memories
When times were simple.
My God what a throwback
el momento donde se conocio un pedazo de historia del geming
Bill Gates smirking from the beginning knowing this was gonna blow up
Good old days. We'll never get this timeline back ever again.
The early 2000's look like the late 90's
Yeah totally!
Imagine a duke controller with a screen in the middle that plays halo.
When the gaming industry was focused on gaming, not selling. I miss those times.
It helped when the tech industry was ran by people like Gates, intelligent engineers. Now it's run by these psychopath venture capitalists who only know that "big numbers on quarterly reports are very good! No big numbers?! Me scared! SELL SELL SELL"
@@leftyfourguns I will always blame EA. They were the 1st ones to create these horrible Season passes and no game style improvements. Those financial fanboys.
Well companies lost money by selling consoles at low prices, so they had to get money somehow. That's capitalism at its worst.
@@PG-20 I love how Borderlands makes fun of this with Marcus dispenser machines selling everything for vault hunters. 😂
@@504octo XD