I'm calling bullshit here. Microsoft are smart enough not to even THINK about calling it any of those things, especially if it deviated from the Xbox name. I'm going to have to agree this is probably just another terrible PR move by Microsoft.
Rejected Xbox Names Revealed in List
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That list is pretty sad. I would have liked to have read the non-acronym/initialism list, i.e. the "car name" list instead.
In the other list posted, the name "Utopian Turtletop" really jumped out at me. I think that is a name that is in need of a suitable product.
Though I would say all the selections at least make SOME sense, which is more than I can say for the Wii. Does Wii have a similar longer name that I've never read of? Because it has all the juvenile mockery potential, with none of the misplaced logic of a legitimate acronym as far as I could ever tell.
And then its succeeded by the Wii U, its not even fun to say out loud. You sound like you are making an ambulance noise.
I never had the chance to play one, but Dreamcast...that's how you name a console.
Jaguar always seemed a little "trying to hard" and its the same as a car company.
Neo Geo is fun to say. Turbo Graphix 16 is a little wordy.
But Gameboy? That is perfect. Why Nintendo abandoned the Gameboy name in favor or DS and 3DS is beyond me. I know they stand for Developer System and (i assume) Three Dimensional System, but "Gameboy Duo" and "Gameboy 3D" would probably have sold a bit more initial units.
In the other list posted, the name "Utopian Turtletop" really jumped out at me. I think that is a name that is in need of a suitable product.
Though I would say all the selections at least make SOME sense, which is more than I can say for the Wii. Does Wii have a similar longer name that I've never read of? Because it has all the juvenile mockery potential, with none of the misplaced logic of a legitimate acronym as far as I could ever tell.
And then its succeeded by the Wii U, its not even fun to say out loud. You sound like you are making an ambulance noise.
I never had the chance to play one, but Dreamcast...that's how you name a console.
Jaguar always seemed a little "trying to hard" and its the same as a car company.
Neo Geo is fun to say. Turbo Graphix 16 is a little wordy.
But Gameboy? That is perfect. Why Nintendo abandoned the Gameboy name in favor or DS and 3DS is beyond me. I know they stand for Developer System and (i assume) Three Dimensional System, but "Gameboy Duo" and "Gameboy 3D" would probably have sold a bit more initial units.
Wow. That list was just bad. And I thought I was bad with names. But those were bad.
It almost makes the Xbox One sound better by comparison. Almost. That's still a stupid confusing name. And if you're wondering why, notice how many people thought this article was talking about the Xbox One rather than the Xbox. I didn't even realize it till I went back and reread it.
It almost makes the Xbox One sound better by comparison. Almost. That's still a stupid confusing name. And if you're wondering why, notice how many people thought this article was talking about the Xbox One rather than the Xbox. I didn't even realize it till I went back and reread it.
The fan made xbox infinite logo was so good. Shame Xbox One is a terribly boring name.synobal said:
It only sounds deep or intelligent to marketing teams.
You know... the Xbox Max sounds pretty cool. it also sounds likew hat you call the last system oyu make but it sounds better than the xbox one. The acronym sucks, but jsut calling it a max and saying well, we wanted gamers to have the max expereience probably would have made it sound less ridiculous.
What a terrible list of terrible names. The Xbox was just fine, and it really let them go wild with the design. Too bad that they completely forgot about the whole "let's make it look cool" thing with the latest incarnations.
In fact, what's up with that? Console designs used to be cool. Not NES or Atari... those weren't that cool... but the Xbox, the PS, the Nintendo 64, the Genesis, and even the SNES... all of those had superfluous doodads and shapes to make them look sleek or futuristic. Now it's just "Look at our big black bricks! Don't you just want to play with our big black bricks all night long?"
In fact, what's up with that? Console designs used to be cool. Not NES or Atari... those weren't that cool... but the Xbox, the PS, the Nintendo 64, the Genesis, and even the SNES... all of those had superfluous doodads and shapes to make them look sleek or futuristic. Now it's just "Look at our big black bricks! Don't you just want to play with our big black bricks all night long?"
Hey! Let's quote the guy with the exact same response 10 times in the same thread.Steven Bogos said:
Jeez.
Even then, he's still correct. XBox One is a terrible name and this is probably a smokescreen to try and make us stop calling it the XBone or the XBox One Eighty. And if Beyonce at the Superbowl taught us, asking people to stop calling you something or using an unflattering picture of you only makes them do it more.
I wonder if they made up this list just to make Xbox One sound good by comparison. All those acronyms are horrible. Are they telling us they could only thing of ONE name that didn't totally suck?
Yeah, when you think it cant get worse...." AIO (All In One)" imagine having to say that in a covnersation. Xboxaio....
I think the Myth was actually a decent name. not for what it represents, but Xbox Myth kinda sounds alright. much better than Xbone at least. they coudl even run a whole marketing campaign about it being mythical.
we even got a magazine called EON..... would cause confusion.
P.S. capcha: Who you gonna call?
Microsoft marketing department....
I think the Myth was actually a decent name. not for what it represents, but Xbox Myth kinda sounds alright. much better than Xbone at least. they coudl even run a whole marketing campaign about it being mythical.
Wii is still a dumb name. and so is 360 really. Xbox at least made sense. it was a DirectX (engine) box. shortened to X Box, or Xbox.Jumwa said:
Xbox is an acronym, sort of. DirectX Box.Simple Bluff said:
yeah i didnt miss that one, was like "the hell?"CriticalMiss said:
we already have a lot of eons https://www.google.lt/search?q=EONFrostbyte666 said:
we even got a magazine called EON..... would cause confusion.
the bolded misspellnig made this ten times funnier.Scars Unseen said:
P.S. capcha: Who you gonna call?
Microsoft marketing department....
I love how they've all got recurring words like 'play', 'interactive' and 'all in one' except for the "OM".
Now I just have this image of a boardroom full of suits spouting these crappy acronyms, with one high-as-balls businessman in the corner going "Wait! I have it! The OM: Odyssey of the Mind!"
Kinda wish they'd called it that now.
Now I just have this image of a boardroom full of suits spouting these crappy acronyms, with one high-as-balls businessman in the corner going "Wait! I have it! The OM: Odyssey of the Mind!"
Kinda wish they'd called it that now.
Seems like it may be fake if it's referring to the original Xbox. AIO (All In One) and TS0 (Three Six Zero) refer to consoles 2 generations later. So either he's made it up and not realized or Microsoft saved those names and didn't bother brainstorming new ones.
Both could be true...
Both could be true...