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mBox (Xbox)

MBox
Company: Mirconoft
Best Audience: young
License Cost: 350K
Development Cost: 70K
Release dates for a playtime of
30 Years 35 Years 42 Years
Y11 M12 W4  Y13 M10 W4  Y16 M5 W3
Discontinue dates for a playtime of
30 Years 35 Years 42 Years
Y17 M2 W3  Y19 M10 W4  Y23 M8 W1

The mBox is the first release from the ingame hardware and software developer Mirconoft. The mBox is the first release in a line of four mBox consoles. It is superseded by the mBox 360, mBox One, and the mBox Next. The mBox is a direct competitor to the Playsystem 2 by Vonny. The mBox's real-life equivalent is the Xbox by Microsoft.

MBox logo GDT

The mBox has a reasonable marketshare, however, it is not as succesful as the major Playsystem 2.

Target Audience[]

Well-fitting: Young (x1), Everyone (x0.9)

Non-fitting: Mature (x0.85)

Technical Specifications[]

  • CPU: 32-bit 733 MHZ
  • Memory: 64-MB SDRAM
  • Sound: 64-MB 3D sound channels

Industry News[]

  • "PC software juggernaut Mirconoft has announced today that they will enter the game console market with their very own gaming console called the mBox. First demonstrations have been impressive, but we will have to wait and see how it fares against the popular DreamVast, as well as against the recently announced and much anticipated Playsystem 2. The new console is said to debut in the coming months." - Year 11, Month 5, Week 1
  • "Mirconoft has announced the delay of their new gaming console, mBox. The new release date is early next year. Rumour has it that the incredible success of the Playsystem 2 launch has prompted Mirconoft to delay their own debut." - Year 11, Month 6, Week 2
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