Microsoft's entry into the console entertainment market, the Xbox was released in November of 2001 in North America. Set to compete with Sony's Playstation 2, Nintendo's Gamecube and Sega's Dreacast systems the Xbox was the only of the systems to feature an on-board hard drive. Originally, marketed as more of home entertainment computer as appose to a standard video game system. The following links are related those related to the Xbox entertainment system.