I've never been more proud of the console the Xbox team produced all those years ago, and its many updates. It was a special console and an amazing team.

I also found some random detritus in my images folder, enjoy ☺️

We agonized over tone and terminology, provided preemptive user feedback to the engineering teams, and straddled marketing messages and engineering reality. The result was a UI that strived to be consistent, clear, and helpful.

Chances are, if you played Xbox 360 or Xbox One anytime in the last twenty years, you've read something that I wrote. If you don't remember a word, then we succeeded. We gave Xbox its voice, but that voice above all was designed to get you playing your next game.