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Next Generation Xbox To Be Called Xbox 360?

Posted by Zonk on 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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  1. A pun revived by fm6 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    They probably had the same idea IBM had: "We'll call it the 360 because it's an all-around system!" (The System 360 was the first computer with byte-level addressing, breaking down the distinction between "Scientific" and "Business" computers.) I wonder if IBM will sue?

  2. Ah yes... marketspeek by the_skywise · · Score: 3, Interesting

    XBox 360 - It's a box.. so it's square... but it's 360, so its a sphere!

    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...)