One of the best documentaries to come out in the past year was by far Power On: The Story of XBOX. You didn’t have to be a member of the XBOX faithful or Team Green to appreciate this documentary.
If you’re a gamer and you love games then the history of the games we all love and play have a story and a history. Power On: The Story of XBOX was the history of Microsoft and XBOX and how they were able to make the transition into the ultra competitive gaming space and not only be successful but one of the “Big Three” of gaming. It’s an introspective into the games, the people, the expectations, the failures and the successes all coming together to bring us what we have today 20 years later with XBOX.
The Power On: The Story of XBOX has been critically acclaimed and has won a bunch of awards. You wanna know exactly what XBOX has won with their documentary? Just take a look, it’s quite the impressive list:
Winner of the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Camera Editing and Nominee for Outstanding Arts & Popular Culture Program.
Winner of the People’s Voice Webby Award for Documentary (Video Series & Channels) and Honoree for Entertainment (Video Series & Channels).
Winner of 16 Telly Awards (6 Gold, 5 Silver and 5 Bronze).
If you haven’t seen this documentary, you can watch it on a bunch of different platforms and you can get not only your gaming fix but learn something about XBOX that you may have never known. It’s absolutely worth checking out. If you decide to do so, you can find all six episodes on YouTube, Prime Video, IMDb TV, Roku, Redbox, or Microsoft’s own site.
