Sony to release Playstation 361.

Ah! So Microsoft is going a whole new direction with the XBox by turning 360 degrees!

"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'."

Also this marketing firm concluded the Xbox 360 name was, "So phat it was sick".

OS/360, OS/VM?

(I am soooo dating myself.)

Actually it will be the Playstation 720 with "Skate or Die!!!" written on the box. Or maybe not, who knows.

I thought it was bad when they went from Windows 3 to Windows 95.

along the same vein:

all those names sound about as next-gen as "delorean" or "teenage mutant ninja turtles" or "next-gen"

The 360 thing is so "trendy" just like 24/7 was a year and a half ago. If this was 1984, they'd call it "XBox XT"

No, it's actually going to be 360 times the size of the original.

"all those names sound about as next-gen as "delorean""

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.

As soon as I heard the word "XBox 360" it made me think "XBox Revolution" and then thoughts of Nintendo's codename ran through my head for their next product. Maybe all of their games will make you start spinning around and around until you're so dizzy you won't know what price you're paying to buy every game they have.

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.

Or 360 times more expensive -- they'll get away with it, too, because it will ship with Halo 3 - The Ending You Should Have Got With Halo 2

Try 4.0 to 2000...

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'.

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...

More importantly, will it have a model wearing a plaid miniskirt and beehive hairdo smiling, extolling how she can now service multiple jobs at the same time?

I'm surprised they're not calling it the XBox 1337...

Well if previous trends in computing are any indication, it will actually be the Playstation/370.

No no no, I forsee Halo 3 being Halo 360.

Or maybe Halo XP or Halo.NET or Halo Server 2006...

"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'."

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!

Because apparently, no one else will.

No, I don't think my wife would like that, and my kids would likely be confused.

"Mommy: do people come apart like machines?" "No." "Then why is Daddy on the phone bragging about how he screwed the ass off his secretary?"

If you're more mathematically inclined you can think of it as Xbox 2pi! And since pi is a transcendental number, you've got your tag line ready made.

"Xbox 2pi, playing in another dimension!"

Or something like that...Yeah, it's a reach.

Halo BOB. :)

It'll be Halo 360 Extreme, because it'll be a skateboarding game.

I'm sure the BufferOverflowBox would follow the ZBox.

How about Next-Box, I mean come on, it has the word next in the name, you can't get more 'next gen' unless you were put gen somewhere in the name, but such actions would explode men's minds.

I call BS. The Xbox is...a box. 360 is the number of degrees in a circle. So it's going to be a round box? Think about it.

Note the picture in the article...

My suggestion:

"Xbox 2*Pi Radians"

Doesn't "radian" sound high-tech and next-gen (well, provided you don't know what it means)?

My friend's name for the XBox sequel...

"XBox 95"