why is it called 360?

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#1 tHeFuTuReHeAd
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can someone explain to me why the xbox 360 is called 360 (why that number)?  is there any reasoning to it?
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#2 gac8666
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I think its pretty obvious.... no actually I dont have any idea.
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#3 Kevanio
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same reason the Wii is called the Wii i guess...its sounds good, xbox 2 would have sounded to sony like lol
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#4 insane_metalist
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cause u can do a 360 flip ones u see gears graphics?
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#5 tHeFuTuReHeAd
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the thing is the word wii is supposed to look like 2 people standing next to each other, and wii (we) means more than one person (playing games together).  and as for ps3, well its the third playstation.
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#6 tHeFuTuReHeAd
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cause u can do a 360 flip ones u see gears graphics?insane_metalist

 

lol that was quite awful

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#7 bxgt
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because it does a circle around entertainment.movies picture games and music.
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#8 Ruben360
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I think its because of the cirle (power button). But then again they could have made that because of the name:P
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#9 tHeFuTuReHeAd
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because it does a circle around entertainment.movies picture games and music.bxgt

 360 degrees of entertainment?

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#10 bxgt
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[QUOTE="bxgt"]because it does a circle around entertainment.movies picture games and music.tHeFuTuReHeAd

360 degrees of entertainment?

yes, exactly my point.
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#11 black_awpN1
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Because it fully emrges you in the experience. It like 360 degree ( a circle) of entertainment around you.
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#12 msjr78
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They actually explain this in that "Inside the Xbox 360" vid that came with the original Premium 360 HDD. Can't remember what they said offhand. Anyone still have that vid on their HDD?
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#13 Legacyoftain
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360 is a sphere....a sphere is a symbol to represent somthing that is all encompassing i.e. giving you a FULL gaming experience...the cumination of years of gaming comming full circle into the ultimate gaming console...or perhaps they just had a manatee put balls into a tank with random numbers on it..and 360 was what came out.
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#14 Ruben360
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They actually explain this in that "Inside the Xbox 360" vid that came with the original Premium 360 HDD. Can't remember what they said offhand. Anyone still have that vid on their HDD?msjr78
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Can't you download it again? (I'll do it, but my 360 is off for repair:P) 

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#15 Omnipotent
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I thought it was all marketing.

MS didn't want to call it "Xbox 2", because it sounded like it was an older-gen console compared to the PS3. Thus, they called it the 360 so people would know it's in the same "next-gen" category as the PS3

 

...or something like that

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#16 masterconker25
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[QUOTE="tHeFuTuReHeAd"]

[QUOTE="bxgt"]because it does a circle around entertainment.movies picture games and music.bxgt

360 degrees of entertainment?

yes, exactly my point.

You are correct, sir.

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#17 m0n3z
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[QUOTE="bxgt"][QUOTE="tHeFuTuReHeAd"]

[QUOTE="bxgt"]because it does a circle around entertainment.movies picture games and music.masterconker25

360 degrees of entertainment?

yes, exactly my point.

You are correct, sir.

 

Because it sounds good, encompasses all forms of entertainment, and they didn't want something lame like "ps3". 

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#18 teebeenz
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Its called the 360 becuase PS3 had a 3, yet the Xbox 2 wouldnt, and as 99% of consumers are idiots, theyd assume the pS3 was better due to the higher number (which it is). So they used a generic 3 number to allow them to say Xbox 3 without it being so.
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#19 Hashbrowns
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Its called the 360 becuase PS3 had a 3, yet the Xbox 2 wouldnt, and as 99% of consumers are diiots theyd assume the pS3 was better (which it is). So they used a generic 3 number to allow them to say Xbox 3 without it being so. teebeenz

Hmmm...  Wait...no, not seeing it.  What are we looking at again?

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#20 JaMeS4418
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I think microsoft had an online poll with a list of possible names and xbox 360 was the winning name.
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#21 m0n3z
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Its called the 360 becuase PS3 had a 3, yet the Xbox 2 wouldnt, and as 99% of consumers are idiots, theyd assume the pS3 was better due to the higher number (which it is). So they used a generic 3 number to allow them to say Xbox 3 without it being so. teebeenz

 

Did you mean to say that the PS3 has ONE good game? 

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#22 Kage1
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Because when you send it out for repairs, they send it Back to you. Thats a 360.;)
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#23 dela_kobla
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can someone explain to me why the xbox 360 is called 360 (why that number)?  is there any reasoning to it?tHeFuTuReHeAd

i doubt there was any reasoning to it! They just came up with something...

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#24 teebeenz
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>i doubt there was any reasoning to it! They just came up with something...dela_kobla
ive already said the reason. Its a common marketing practise.
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#25 standcm12
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PS3 vs. xbox 2

doesnt look so good for MS.

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#26 teebeenz
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PS3 vs. xbox 2

doesnt look so good for MS.

standcm12
Bingo. You see the same thing in cars as well. You only have to look at the latest Evos full name to see.
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#27 SkaterM80
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PS3 vs. xbox 2

doesnt look so good for MS.

standcm12
Exactly!