By mswatcher
via theverge.com
Published: Jun 22 2012 / 10:54
Not many people remember this, but the original Xbox got its name from Microsoft's plans to deliver a "DirectX Box" to the home console market. Feeling the need to counteract the growing influence of consoles at the turn of the century, Microsoft sought to bring DirectX — its proprietary collection of programming interfaces (APIs) used to build games for Windows
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