Xbox 360 Uncloaked by Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi’s new book, Xbox 360 Uncloaked, reveals to us what really went on at Microsoft between the launch of the Xbox and the Xbox 360. As many people know, hardware manufacturers like Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft start thinking of their next generation system very soon after the launch of a system. Microsoft is likely already looking at the Xbox 720 or whatever they wind up calling it. The road to the Xbox 360 was bubbling with internal problems and Xbox 360 Uncloaked shows that. The book explains it all in an a way that mimics a drama.

Nintendo had the right to buy all of Rare, but it had to do so before an approaching deadline. The relationship with Nintendo wasn’t a good one. Speculation about a split was rife when Rare sent out a Christmas card in December, 2000. On the card was a green Christmas tree with a black box underneath it. On the box was a green X. Once the Microsoft team saw that, they decided that Rare might be worth going after. Nintendo didn’t necessarily offer much resistance.

If you’d like to read Chapter 11 and Chapter 19 to see if its your cup of tea, then click “Read.” If you like the book, you should also consider finding a copy of Opening the Xbox, the prequel to Xbox 360 Uncloaked, and Game Over: Press Start to Continue, a book based on the history of Nintendo.

Dean Takahashi’s new book, Xbox 360 Uncloaked, reveals to us what really went on at Microsoft between the launch of the Xbox and the Xbox 360. As many people know, hardware manufacturers like Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft start thinking of their next generation system very soon after the launch of a system. Microsoft is likely already looking at the Xbox 720 or whatever they wind up calling it. The road to the Xbox 360 was bubbling with internal problems and Xbox 360 Uncloaked shows that. The book explains it all in an a way that mimics a drama.

Nintendo had the right to buy all of Rare, but it had to do so before an approaching deadline. The relationship with Nintendo wasn’t a good one. Speculation about a split was rife when Rare sent out a Christmas card in December, 2000. On the card was a green Christmas tree with a black box underneath it. On the box was a green X. Once the Microsoft team saw that, they decided that Rare might be worth going after. Nintendo didn’t necessarily offer much resistance.

If you’d like to read Chapter 11 and Chapter 19 to see if its your cup of tea, then click “Read.” If you like the book, you should also consider finding a copy of Opening the Xbox, the prequel to Xbox 360 Uncloaked, and Game Over: Press Start to Continue, a book based on the history of Nintendo.