I’ve heard the reason for the name of XBox 360’s successor was that some marketing geniuses heard that most people called it “the three-sixty” for short, and thought “Great! Let’s call this the XBox One, and it will be referred to as The One! Like Neo!!”
And then, everyone collectively agreed on “XBone” 🦴
schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 17 hours ago
And under no circumstances confuse any other Microsoft products with each other, except under confusing circumstances.
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 16 hours ago
Why the fuck they wouldnt brand with this strategy is beyond me. I came up with this like 16 years ago and stand by it.
Xbox
Xbox 360
Xbox 720
Xbox 900
brsrklf@jlai.lu 15 hours ago
I’ve heard the reason for the name of XBox 360’s successor was that some marketing geniuses heard that most people called it “the three-sixty” for short, and thought “Great! Let’s call this the XBox One, and it will be referred to as The One! Like Neo!!”
And then, everyone collectively agreed on “XBone” 🦴
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 13 hours ago
Lol sounds about right!! Ive never heard anyone call it “the one”, ever. But fair enough thay they guessed that may happen.
papalonian@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
So the Xbox 720 is twice as good as the one before it, but the 900 only gives you a 25% increase? Who’d buy that garbage?
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 13 hours ago
True. Maybe it should go 2600, 5200, 7800…