No honestly not to offend lemmings... but why has microsoft called it an xbox 360 when it's not even x-shaped or shares a resemblence of an x? i can see why they called the first xbox its name becuz it had an x on it... not counting the xbox 360 logo engraved on the system.... i just thought it was kind of funny how microsoft has called it the xbox
No honestly not to offend lemmings... but why has microsoft called it an xbox 360 when it's not even x-shaped or shares a resemblence of an x? i can see why they called the first xbox its name becuz it had an x on it... not counting the xbox 360 logo engraved on the system.... i just thought it was kind of funny how microsoft has called it the xbox progenitorvirus
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I find the three console names equally dumb, and somewhat retarded..., no offense to anyonebut IMO thats it.Â
beats me... but "xbox" your first thoughts are somewhat resemblence of an x becuz they call it xbox... :lol: i just dont know why microsoft did that but most likely due to its success with the xbox
Anyways, I've heard tow reasons for the 360. One was that it would unite the world in gaming, a round world, circle when viewed in 2d, 360 degrees in the circle. Also 360 doesn't sound inferior to PS3. Xbox 2 not only sounds lame, but lamely inferior.
As for the origin of Xbox, I think it had a lot to do with their early marketing. You know those "For 'insert feature here' there is no power greater than X" X being the traditional variable in mathematics....... I dunno, that's the best reason I could think up.
Not sure about the x, but the 360 is obvious.  360 degrees, right back where you started. :lol:  (I do like the console, just been dying to use that pun.)
Maybe they couldn't think of anything else? Maybe they hope to run circles around the competition? Maybe the want to turn around the failure of the first Xbox(I guess 180 would make more sense in that case though). I don't know...
Anyways, I've heard tow reasons for the 360. One was that it would unite the world in gaming, a round world, circle when viewed in 2d, 360 degrees in the circle. Also 360 doesn't sound inferior to PS3. Xbox 2 not only sounds lame, but lamely inferior.
As for the origin of Xbox, I think it had a lot to do with their early marketing. You know those "For 'insert feature here' there is no power greater than X" X being the traditional variable in mathematics....... I dunno, that's the best reason I could think up.
Private_Vegas
becuz micro$oft milks its lemmings... thats why. but i also heard with the first xbox they named it becuz it was based of directX technology or sumthing like that.
I'm not sure why this thread got any bigger. Haha. Seriously, If you gave it a brand new name, people would get confused, I think. Brand name is very important.
i know why m$ called it the 360.... but the x360 doesn't feature any directX technology like the 1st one, but features XNA architecture. so there's really no connection between the look of the console, to its hardware to match its actual name....
The department responsible for Direct X is also responsible for coming up with the Xbox. the x before box is meant as an allusion to the Direct X group.
Anyways, I've heard tow reasons for the 360. One was that it would unite the world in gaming, a round world, circle when viewed in 2d, 360 degrees in the circle. Also 360 doesn't sound inferior to PS3. Xbox 2 not only sounds lame, but lamely inferior.
As for the origin of Xbox, I think it had a lot to do with their early marketing. You know those "For 'insert feature here' there is no power greater than X" X being the traditional variable in mathematics....... I dunno, that's the best reason I could think up.
progenitorvirus
becuz micro$oft milks its lemmings... thats why. but i also heard with the first xbox they named it becuz it was based of directX technology or sumthing like that.
if you know the answer then why start an entire thread about it?
Anyways, I've heard tow reasons for the 360. One was that it would unite the world in gaming, a round world, circle when viewed in 2d, 360 degrees in the circle. Also 360 doesn't sound inferior to PS3. Xbox 2 not only sounds lame, but lamely inferior.
As for the origin of Xbox, I think it had a lot to do with their early marketing. You know those "For 'insert feature here' there is no power greater than X" X being the traditional variable in mathematics....... I dunno, that's the best reason I could think up.
johnusabeis
becuz micro$oft milks its lemmings... thats why. but i also heard with the first xbox they named it becuz it was based of directX technology or sumthing like that.
if you know the answer then why start an entire thread about it?
calm down lemmings :lol: i was just asking why they still called it the xbox i know the 360 part... just never got the whole "xbox" part when it has no connection whatsoever...Â
i know why m$ called it the 360.... but the x360 doesn't feature any directX technology like the 1st one, but features XNA architecture. so there's really no connection between the look of the console, to its hardware to match its actual name.... progenitorvirus
if you didnt notice there is a "X" in XNA also. so i guess they decided they didnt need too change the name after all.
[QUOTE="progenitorvirus"]i know why m$ called it the 360.... but the x360 doesn't feature any directX technology like the 1st one, but features XNA architecture. so there's really no connection between the look of the console, to its hardware to match its actual name.... johnusabeis
if you didnt notice there is a "X" in XNA also. so i guess they decided they didnt need too change the name after all.
yah thats true... next time when m$ makes a new console they should at least make their console resemble an x... maybe they should just take a cardboard box slap an x logo on it and sell it :lol: that would make a lot more sense
Anyways, I've heard tow reasons for the 360. One was that it would unite the world in gaming, a round world, circle when viewed in 2d, 360 degrees in the circle. Also 360 doesn't sound inferior to PS3. Xbox 2 not only sounds lame, but lamely inferior.
As for the origin of Xbox, I think it had a lot to do with their early marketing. You know those "For 'insert feature here' there is no power greater than X" X being the traditional variable in mathematics....... I dunno, that's the best reason I could think up.
progenitorvirus
becuz micro$oft milks its lemmings... thats why. but i also heard with the first xbox they named it becuz it was based of directX technology or sumthing like that.
if you know the answer then why start an entire thread about it?
calm down lemmings :lol: i was just asking why they still called it the xbox i know the 360 part... just never got the whole "xbox" part when it has no connection whatsoever...Â
[QUOTE="johnusabeis"][QUOTE="progenitorvirus"]i know why m$ called it the 360.... but the x360 doesn't feature any directX technology like the 1st one, but features XNA architecture. so there's really no connection between the look of the console, to its hardware to match its actual name.... progenitorvirus
if you didnt notice there is a "X" in XNA also. so i guess they decided they didnt need too change the name after all.
yah thats true... next time when m$ makes a new console they should at least make their console resemble an x... maybe they should just take a cardboard box slap an x logo on it and sell it :lol: that would make a lot more sense
hey great idea!! it wont confuse the simple minded as much but im sure youll still be scratching your head and creating pointless threads asking why.
[QUOTE="johnusabeis"][QUOTE="progenitorvirus"]i know why m$ called it the 360.... but the x360 doesn't feature any directX technology like the 1st one, but features XNA architecture. so there's really no connection between the look of the console, to its hardware to match its actual name.... johnusabeis
if you didnt notice there is a "X" in XNA also. so i guess they decided they didnt need too change the name after all.
yah thats true... next time when m$ makes a new console they should at least make their console resemble an x... maybe they should just take a cardboard box slap an x logo on it and sell it :lol: that would make a lot more sense
hey great idea!! it wont confuse the simple minded as much but im sure youll still be scratching your head and creating pointless threads asking why.
oh go away lemmings and go play your x360... i hope it crashes on you when your playing your game :lol:its been over a year n a half since the x360 launch and m$ is still milking you fans and repeaing the benefits of faulty hardware :lol: what a character that bill gates is!
[QUOTE="johnusabeis"][QUOTE="progenitorvirus"]i know why m$ called it the 360.... but the x360 doesn't feature any directX technology like the 1st one, but features XNA architecture. so there's really no connection between the look of the console, to its hardware to match its actual name.... progenitorvirus
if you didnt notice there is a "X" in XNA also. so i guess they decided they didnt need too change the name after all.
yah thats true... next time when m$ makes a new console they should at least make their console resemble an x... maybe they should just take a cardboard box slap an x logo on it and sell it :lol: that would make a lot more sense
hey great idea!! it wont confuse the simple minded as much but im sure youll still be scratching your head and creating pointless threads asking why.
oh go away lemmings and go play your x360... i hope it crashes on you when your playing your game :lol:its been over a year n a half since the x360 launch and m$ is still milking you fans and repeaing the benefits of faulty hardware :lol: what a character that bill gates is!
[QUOTE="johnusabeis"][QUOTE="progenitorvirus"]i know why m$ called it the 360.... but the x360 doesn't feature any directX technology like the 1st one, but features XNA architecture. so there's really no connection between the look of the console, to its hardware to match its actual name.... progenitorvirus
if you didnt notice there is a "X" in XNA also. so i guess they decided they didnt need too change the name after all.
yah thats true... next time when m$ makes a new console they should at least make their console resemble an x... maybe they should just take a cardboard box slap an x logo on it and sell it :lol: that would make a lot more sense
hey great idea!! it wont confuse the simple minded as much but im sure youll still be scratching your head and creating pointless threads asking why.
oh go away lemmings and go play your x360... i hope it crashes on you when your playing your game :lol:its been over a year n a half since the x360 launch and m$ is still milking you fans and repeaing the benefits of faulty hardware :lol: what a character that bill gates is!
I hope your PC get's fried so you never touch your keyboard again. You are nothing but a troll. All you do is blindly bash 360 because you don't have any good games to play yourself. Yeah what a terrible guy Bill Gates! I mean what kind of a loser runs the world's largest charity foundation anyways :roll:
No honestly not to offend lemmings... but why has microsoft called it an xbox 360 when it's not even x-shaped or shares a resemblence of an x? i can see why they called the first xbox its name becuz it had an x on it... not counting the xbox 360 logo engraved on the system.... i just thought it was kind of funny how microsoft has called it the xbox progenitorvirus
Wow this is useless thread lol
And obviously the TC doesn't wanna offend anyone he's unbias....th "M$" in the thread title should prove that alone alone
What a weird thread dude. So what is a playstation? Is that a station? What's a Wii...why a gameboy? Is there a boy there? Is it only for boys?
I hope your PC get's fried so you never touch your keyboard again. You are nothing but a troll. All you do is blindly bash 360 because you don't have any good games to play yourself. Yeah what a terrible guy Bill Gates! I mean what kind of a loser runs the world's largest charity foundation anyways :roll:
jack244
Bill Gates is one of the richest (the richest?) man in the world. If he didn't give away a huge chunk to charity, he would look like a complete scoundrel. Not saying he doesn't care, but giving money to charity doesn't make anyone a "good" person. The people that have a problem with Gates have a problem with his business practices, the money he's giving away was scalped out of all of us that own computers.
the 360 part was so they could compete with Sony...if you went to the store, which would you buy? Playstation 3or Xbox 2
hockeyruler12
:lol: That logic is so horribly wrong that it just created a rip in the time-space continuum.
umm, no its not
Yes, it really is. If you go to a store and base your purchase on whichever product has a bigger number in it, God help you. If marketing was that easy, the market would be flooded with things like Coke 3000, Motorola 2 Billion ZTX, Honda GT 400,000,000.Â
No honestly not to offend lemmings... but why has microsoft called it an xbox 360 when it's not even x-shaped or shares a resemblence of an x? i can see why they called the first xbox its name becuz it had an x on it... not counting the xbox 360 logo engraved on the system.... i just thought it was kind of funny how microsoft has called it the xbox progenitorvirus
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 Its the next X-box console. They added the " 360 " so then it wouldn't seem inferior to ps3. whats sounds more advanced ? PS3, or X-box 2 ?Â
Because it's a buzz word phrase that appeals to idiots. I could not believe they actually named it something that stupid when announced.... the casual idiot appeal the name implys was prettymuch what made me not want one in conjunction with Halo2 sucking hard and ruining everything great about the first.
No honestly not to offend lemmings... but why has microsoft called it an xbox 360 when it's not even x-shaped or shares a resemblence of an x? i can see why they called the first xbox its name becuz it had an x on it... not counting the xbox 360 logo engraved on the system.... i just thought it was kind of funny how microsoft has called it the xbox progenitorvirus
Because they were scared to call it "Xbox 2" because Xbox 2 would look worse than PS3 for the casual gamer. In other words, Microsoft is scared of Sony.Â
[QUOTE="progenitorvirus"]No honestly not to offend lemmings... but why has microsoft called it an xbox 360 when it's not even x-shaped or shares a resemblence of an x? i can see why they called the first xbox its name becuz it had an x on it... not counting the xbox 360 logo engraved on the system.... i just thought it was kind of funny how microsoft has called it the xbox -KinGz-
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I find the three console names equally dumb, and somewhat retarded..., no offense to anyonebut IMO thats it.Â
i agree, i always thought sega had the best names tho
because te 360 is 60 better than the ps3 :P only kidding
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"According to Dean Takahashi's book, "Opening the Xbox", the Xbox was originally going to be called DirectX-box, to show the extensive use of directX within the console's technology. "Xbox" was the final name decided by marketing, but the console still retains some hints towards DirectX, most notably the "X"-shaped logo, which DirectX is famous for, along with the "X" shape on the top of the system." Wikipedia
The xbox is pretty much the same thing as a playstation and after that they just put in numbers to seperate them...(cause i see the grannies at walmart like 5 days or so before christmas asking me which is from which)
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