It’s hard to believe there was a time when Microsoft wasn’t in the console market. Ever since the release of the original Xbox, the PC giant has also becoming a gaming giant and industry leader in the world of home console entertainment. It’s never been slow either. Microsoft came out of the gate swinging and ready to do battle with Sony and the PlayStation 2, offering up a grand library of content that would persuade players to invest in the newcomer’s grand arrival in the market. The Xbox library is magnificent and vast, but there are quite a few titles that stand above the rest.

Either iconic in their very innovation or popular enough be the reason a person bought an Xbox, these games define the system in a very real way. These are the 25 greatest Xbox games of all time.

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