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How Halo Changed the Game Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Microsoft needed a guardian angel when it decided to enter the console wars with the Xbox. Instead it got a Halo. Robbie Bach was in charge of Microsoft's gaming division in 2000 when the company first acquired the Halo franchise. In this video, as well as a new book, he retells how his team harnessed creativity and perseverance to make the new console a rousing success. Much of that can be attributed to the success of Halo, a title that revolutionized what video games could be and do. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROBBIE BACH: Robbie Bach was the President of Entertainment & Devices Division at Microsoft. He led the division that is responsible for the Xbox, Xbox 360, Zune, Windows Games, Windows Mobile and the Microsoft TV platform. After 22 years at Microsoft, Robert announced his retirement from Microsoft effective in the fall of 2010. Robert now speaks to corporate, academic and civic groups across the country and in 2015 completed his first book, Xbox Revisited: A Game Plan for Corporate and Civic Renewal. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRANSCRIPT: Robbie Bach: So the Halo franchise originated for us back in 2000. We had decide

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