16 Mind-Blowing Facts You Didn't Know About Xbox
1. The Original Xbox Lost Microsoft 4 Billion Dollars In The First 4 Years
Due to the relatively poor sales in comparison to the PS2 (especially in Japan) and the fact the internal hardware required to make the original Xbox was so pricey, each unit lost Microsoft $125 at retail, being it cost them $425 to make but was being sold for $299.
Over time, this stacked up to a whopping $4 billion across 2001-2005 alone.