Power On: The Story of Xbox | Chapter 6: TV…Or Not TV

Xbox loses its way. Can a former intern get the team back on track? Chapter 6 of Power On: The Story of Xbox. Xbox almost didn’t happen. Find out why in this behind-the-scenes, six-part series that takes you back to the scrappy beginnings of Microsoft's video game console. It’s the untold story of the people behind the box, glitches and all.

[LANCER]

hats off to Microsoft for this documentary, seriously, it takes guts to admit your mistakes

[_nanoslon_]

-We need to get rid off the Kinect.
-But… this wasn’t the mission…
-The missions change. They always do.

[kingskater]

As much as I dislike Don Mattrick for some of his bad leadership decisions and then leaving when Xbox’s reputation was sinking, I do respect that he came back for this and talked about those decisions despite so many Xbox fans still hating him.

[Jimbobthon]

Respect to Don Mattrick for coming back and talking about the issues of the Xbox One.

If Don Mattrick had stayed, Xbox probably wouldn't be here today.

Phil Spencer saved the brand.

[animecompilations]

The whole documentary was amazing from start to finish this wasn't an easy journey and have even more respect for Xbox.

[ayearoldonyoutubeluigi]

The fact that they are able to acknowledge their flaws shows how much Xbox and Microsoft have improved as companies. It’s sad people don’t notice this more.

[SlappinMTG]

It brought tears to my eyes to see how hard you all have worked. Xbox will be in my heart forever. I will never forget how it changed my life and the friends it has brought me. Thank you

[solder_dev]

This documentary was absolutely amazing, hats off Xbox, you got my respect!

[ade-d]

I’m 42 and grew up with this. This series meant more than I thought it possibly could. Proud to be Xbox.

[OPTMLLY]

This documentary was absolutely amazing.

[HunterB]

Humanizing the console we all grew up playing and informing about its 20 year timeline was an amazing marketing decision. Culminating all the ups and downs into this documentary series was nothing short of spectacular. So much nostalgia and personal emotion, thank you.

[ducktape-]

Huge kudos to Don Himself for appearing and being in this documentary while we learn what happened.
So many people call him out on this and demonize him, but at the end of the day even he wanted to do something good.
They just missed something and not all the blame should go to one guy.
Hats-off to Xbox for the Comeback this generation and the massive success of Halo Infinite.

[aL_]

i'm genuinely surprised at how candid they are about this stuff.. i don't think any big company would do that.
huge respect

[john.]

37:30 Really touching finish with Bill giving his speech for the original while showing the newest most recent box. Nice work, guys.

[TaylorMooreK]

I feel so lucky to have been part of the Scorpio release and the Bethesda Acquisition! Working for Phil Spencer and Tim Stuart was one of the greatest joys of my life!

[acetown]

One of the best docu-series I've ever seen, well done

[ScarredMomentZ]

I'm a PS5 owner, and I have to say, I respect the hell out of Microsoft and it's workers in the Xbox department. You can tell they put passion and heart in what they do. Nothing but respect.

[sajjadfarahani]

I'm watching this episode on January 18th and they're talking about the biggest deal in the gaming industry with owning zenimax in price of 7.5 billion dollars... it's January 18th and funny how they bought Activision blizzard for nearly 70 billiion dollars today.

[King_Kuya]

This series was EXCELLENT. It motivated me to get my childhood original Xbox out of storage, disassemble it, clean it, and fire up Combat Evolved. Thank you for making this and thank you for owning your mistakes! I'm excited for the future :)

[MegaManNeo]

The fact that you guys had the guts to include your biggest mistakes in that documentary - including Sony's game trade answer - shows just how much you evolved.
Respect.