News Aaron Birch 6 Jul 2013 - 07:04
Microsoft has released a list of rejected original Xbox names, heavy on the acronyms...
If you're still firmly in the camp that finds the name Xbox One absurd, or you still consider the name Xbox itself a little silly, then you haven't seen anything yet.
Talking to Edge, Seamus Blackley, who was part of the original Xbox launch team, discussed the original Xbox's name gestation, and revealed a list of different suggested names produced by Microsoft's “naming geniuses.”
The naming team were heavily leaning towards the 11-x or Eleven-x, but these were flanked by equally silly acronyms, such as Face, Max, M-pac and Mega. The full list is below.
It's interesting to browse through the list, as you can clearly see that, although mostly terrible, some of the suggested names have lived on in one way or another. For example, Tso, which meant Three,...
Microsoft has released a list of rejected original Xbox names, heavy on the acronyms...
If you're still firmly in the camp that finds the name Xbox One absurd, or you still consider the name Xbox itself a little silly, then you haven't seen anything yet.
Talking to Edge, Seamus Blackley, who was part of the original Xbox launch team, discussed the original Xbox's name gestation, and revealed a list of different suggested names produced by Microsoft's “naming geniuses.”
The naming team were heavily leaning towards the 11-x or Eleven-x, but these were flanked by equally silly acronyms, such as Face, Max, M-pac and Mega. The full list is below.
It's interesting to browse through the list, as you can clearly see that, although mostly terrible, some of the suggested names have lived on in one way or another. For example, Tso, which meant Three,...
- 7/6/2013
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- Den of Geek
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