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"no real emulation" may actually be a little contentious. I meant to say there was no emulation on the level of ultrahle or dolphin
The Xbox was a modest seller, and helped create a brand for Microsoft that would give [[Xbox 360 emulators|its successor]] a stronger market share in the west. It had a number of advantages over other sixth-gen consoles at the time; it was the only console to include a hard disk,<ref group=N>The PlayStation 2 also had a hard disk accessory, but the Xbox had it built-in on all models. Consoles in the seventh generation onwards began to include internal storage in varying forms.</ref> meaning it was the first to be able to rip CDs, and it was the only console of the lineup to include a unified online service called Xbox Live,<ref group=N>The Dreamcast had Sega Net in North America and Dreamarena in Europe, but Xbox Live was the same for all regions.</ref> prompting Sony to create the PlayStation Network the next generation.
Early in its lifespan, the Xbox had [[wikipedia:Xbox modding|an unusually active modding scene]] compared to the other consoles (often vindicated by the incredibly short warranty). Upon the first jailbreak by [[wikipedia:Andrew Huang (hacker)|Andrew Huang]], the scene ultimately delivered no real comprehensive emulation.until the mid-2010s,<ref group=N>The Xbox would have been too difficult to emulate at the time anyway as its specs often rivaled that of consumer PCs in some cases, and it was alleged that many developers received legal threats from Microsoftto dissuade them from trying.</ref> Today, its emulation scene continues where developers have continued to stagnate, have issues owing to the fact that , alongside the poorly documented hardware, many of its the Xbox's games either came from Windows or was then released for Windows afterwards(though it does retain a few exclusives). Since mid-2017, howeverHowever, the Xbox emulation scene has resurged been resurging with two emulators at the forefrontsince mid-2017. Its developers continue to say there's no competition between them, as they're both open-source and have differing goals and methods.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/8ymp6n/cxbxreloaded_just_hit_v01/e2ckmpl/ JayFoxRox's statement] (representing XQEMU).</ref><ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/6mwizs/cxbx_running_xbox_dashboard_4817_with_audio/dk7jnif/ SoullessSentinel's statement] (representing Cxbx-Reloaded).</ref>
==Emulators==
