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Next Generation Xbox To Be Called Xbox 360?
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on Mon Feb 07, '05 01:32 PM
from the wrap-around-xboxen dept.
from the wrap-around-xboxen dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Gamesite Engadget has a story claiming via a trusted source that says the next generation Xbox (codename Xenon) will be called Xbox 360." From the article: "Our source, who has worked on several projects involving the Xbox and the Xbox 360, has seen the proposed packaging and other design elements for the new console..last year a marketing firm conducted a survey where they asked people whether they thought Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, or Nintendo N5 sounded more 'next-gen'."
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related story
(Score:4, Funny)(http://www.gullib.le/)
Re:related story
(Score:5, Funny)(http://www.soonersports.com/ | Last Journal: Thursday March 13, @03:39PM)
New direction
(Score:5, Funny)Re:New direction
(Score:5, Funny)Re:New direction
(Score:5, Funny)(http://www.netjak.com/)
Another quote
(Score:4, Funny)Also this marketing firm concluded the Xbox 360 name was, "So phat it was sick".
I like XBox Delorean myself
(Score:4, Funny)especially the gull-wing DVD loading bay. Don't have a wall-plug? No worry. Mr. Fusion is built in. Just feed it any old garbage such as your Microsoft EULA printouts, it it is good to go.
Really...
(Score:2)So, it will run...
(Score:4, Funny)(http://www.hollan.org/ | Last Journal: Wednesday December 25, @12:14PM)
(I am soooo dating myself.)
A pun revived
(Score:4, Interesting)(http://picknit.com/ | Last Journal: Saturday July 29, @03:58PM)
skipped a few version numbers?
(Score:5, Funny)(http://rocketmonkey.org/)
Anderson Cooper 360
(Score:5, Funny)Re:Anderson Cooper 360
(Score:4, Informative)Turning
(Score:1, Redundant)(Last Journal: Wednesday October 11, @07:55PM)
What's up with the Circles?
(Score:5, Funny)I understand why they don't want to call it XBox 2, and I agree with that. It does sound behind the times. Maybe for "Xbox 3" it will be XBox 1024x768 or who knows what.
And the next release of MS Windows will be...
(Score:2)Roman Numerals?
(Score:1)(http://nedwolf.com/ | Last Journal: Friday September 30, @01:10PM)
Oh God!
(Score:1)(http://my.opera.com/alamandrax/ | Last Journal: Tuesday May 11, @03:20AM)
And then the next one after that will be...
(Score:2)Out Tufnel-ing Spinal Tap
(Score:3, Funny)(http://devers.homeip.net:8080/blog/ | Last Journal: Tuesday April 12, @08:34AM)
Is this Microsoft's version of David Tufnel's classic "Spinal Tap" bit in which he shows off his special guitar amp that was custom-made for him by Marshall and is better than the regular version, because it goes to eleven.
"The 360 is better, innit? Because, you see, it's 355 more than the N5, and 357 more than the PS3."
All they need are exploding drummers and the circle (ahem) will be complete...
Ah yes... marketspeek
(Score:4, Interesting)It's square AND it's round!
It's mindboggling kewl that it can do two things at once!
(I'm willing to bet somebody in Microsoft suggested XBox '05 but got shot down because that would confuse people who thought it was the 5th XBox version...)
No XBox 1337?
(Score:5, Funny)For those who dont read L33T..
(Score:1)(http://www.theultrageeks.com/)
360=EGO
XBOX: EGO
Doesnt sound so bad actually..
Now we can start with the "leggo my xbox ego" jokes!
Anyway Im not buying this is the actual name, looks more like a marketting campaign (a la "who are you"?) to me.
p.s. You have to remember XBOX2 is suposed to be made with the japanese market in mind, does 360 mean something in japanese culture?
360?
(Score:1)Should have been
(Score:1)(Last Journal: Thursday August 17, @03:04AM)
Well of course!
(Score:2, Funny)Well of COURSE they would pick Xbox 360 if those where the only choices. The only other options would result in copyright infringement. Even the strong legal arm of MS would be no match for that kind of blatant usage of competitor trademark!
In Related News...
(Score:1)hmm .. this has to be a joke.
(Score:3, Informative)(http://www.theultrageeks.com/)
360 is a revolution (obviously), so it means: Xbox revolution pun intended no the Nintendo revolution console.
Xbox360.com is already registered to someone with a yahoo mail address so all this theory seems pretty unlikely.
I think X2, XNXT or Xenon seems like more possible choices.
around and around in
(Score:1)(Last Journal: Monday March 08, @03:19PM)
Now For the Mathematicians
(Score:3, Funny)(http://bluezhift.proliphus.com/ | Last Journal: Thursday October 26, @10:06AM)
"Xbox 2pi, playing in another dimension!"
Or something like that...Yeah, it's a reach.
Not bad
(Score:2)(http://www.bengarvey.com/)
i had a feeling
(Score:2, Interesting)Typical reaction...
(Score:2)(http://www.ferion.net/ | Last Journal: Monday May 06, @02:16AM)
Fake
(Score:4, Informative)Really?
(Score:1, Interesting)Better XBOX name...
(Score:3, Funny)(Last Journal: Thursday February 09, @11:11AM)
360 degrees
(Score:2, Funny)Note the picture in the article...
360
(Score:2)(http://www.bluelightning.org/ | Last Journal: Tuesday January 04, @08:33AM)
Still better sounding then Windows XP
(Score:1)(http://cyrax777.us/)
XBox 360
(Score:2)My friend's name...
(Score:2, Funny)(http://www.jamesbrief.com/ | Last Journal: Monday March 10, @05:26AM)
"XBox 95"
Xbox 360...
(Score:1)(http://xbox2.gamegossip.com/)
can't... make... joke... work...
(Score:1)(Last Journal: Wednesday April 05, @05:24AM)
After the Buyouts...
(Score:1)Degrees?
(Score:2)The funny rumor I heard
(Score:2)XYZZY-Enter-Shift-Box
(Score:1)hah
(Score:1)Xbox 420
(Score:1)Re:A better name...
(Score:1)Re:My preferences over Xbox 360
(Score:2)(http://www.adcl.biz/ | Last Journal: Monday March 01, @10:58AM)