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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. related story by drxray · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sony to release Playstation 361.

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    1. Re:related story by BoomerSooner · · Score: 4, Funny

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

  2. New direction by RasendeRutje · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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    1. Re:New direction by hal2814 · · Score: 4, Funny

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

    2. Re:New direction by Alkaiser · · Score: 4, Funny

      Halo BOB. :)

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  3. skipped a few version numbers? by j0nb0y · · Score: 4, Funny

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

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  4. Anderson Cooper 360 by AtariAmarok · · Score: 4, Funny

    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"

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  5. What's up with the Circles? by stpitner · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  6. No XBox 1337? by justforaday · · Score: 4, Funny

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

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  7. Fake by Dixie+Flatliner · · Score: 4, Informative

    Their source is either wrong or mistaken, the aforementioned survey was distributed by Edelman PR Worldwide, on retainer by Sony Japan. The Playstation 3 is the only real system moniker, the "Xbox 360" being a joke, referencing past Sony comments that Microsoft wasn't so much taking the system (Xbox 2) in a new direction, but in fact just turning in circles (paraphrased from memory). And N5 being simply the Fifth home console evolution in the Nintendo line. Both are fake.