Xbox
The Xbox is a games console produced by Microsoft starting on November 15, 2001. It directly rivals Sony's PlayStation 2. The successor to the Xbox is Microsoft's Xbox 360, which features major improvements from the original Xbox and it also rivals Sony's PlayStation 2 successor, PlayStation 3 and other current generation consoles. Due to the Xbox 360's success, Xbox stopped being manufactured by Microsoft in late 2006.
Due to Rockstar Games producing Grand Theft Auto games for PlayStation first, all ports to the Xbox came a few years after the original release of the any GTA game.
This changed after the release of the Xbox 360, as the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of the game came out on the same date.
Grand Theft Auto games on the Xbox, especially Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, often featured enhanced graphics, which included more higher quality textures, more detailed hands, high definition cars and superior sound quality. However, these games, especially San Andreas, tended to sometimes suffer from slight lag and have longer loading times.
Grand Theft Auto games released on the Xbox
- Grand Theft Auto III (2003/2004, original release 2001)
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2003/2004 original release 2002)
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2005 original release 2004)
- All GTA games for Xbox are compatible with Xbox 360, with a free software emulator via Xbox Live.
