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CrimsonBlooD

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May 4 '05

it ermm...sux IMO. they souldve just called it XBoX 2 than 360 >.>
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isaac!gaming

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May 4 '05

I think it is just a temporary 'code name'.  Like how the Gamecube was called Dolphin.
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Grim Reaper

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May 5 '05

It is weird so I can't tell but it sounds really cool.
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gothic goon

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May 6 '05

it is pretty odd because if you where living under a rock and you'de never heared about and XBOX before the you'de probably think it is the 360th model.
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CrimsonBlooD

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May 6 '05

i thought the "codename" was Xeon or something..
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TheBringerOfDeath

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May 6 '05

[quote author=gothic goon link=topic=10999.msg53912#msg53912 date=1115357743]
it is pretty odd because if you where living under a rock and you'de never heared about and XBOX before the you'de probably think it is the 360th model.
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hehe i really don't think people will think that gothic..

But i think XBOX 360 is a cool name
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gothic goon

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May 7 '05

yeah i kinda agree it sounds pretty good but it is weird if it is a code name, why would they call it 360? it opens up a lot of questions.
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Dark Shadow

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May 7 '05

[quote author=Isaac link=topic=10999.msg54054#msg54054 date=1115403714]
Oh, I don't know, it might be.
But then again, some systems have gone through stages of code names...
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Yah, think about the N64 (Project Reality, Ultra 64) or Dreamcast (Kitana). Sony, however, seems to be the only system creator to not make up codenames. But then, how long are they gonna keep calling system sucessors Playstation?
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CrimsonBlooD

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May 8 '05

well i think Sony will call their systems "Playstation" as long as the consumers still buy the console. Until the sales drop, i doubt sony will change the name "playstation"
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Db8frenzy

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May 9 '05

X-box 360 sounds too generic:p
I mean, come on, even Revolution is kinda gay, because that's what you'd expect a console to be named after a while. I thought Xenon sounded pretty tight, but 360 is way too obvious.
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Dark Shadow

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May 9 '05

[quote author=Db8frenzy link=topic=10999.msg54800#msg54800 date=1115652771]
X-box 360 sounds too generic:p
I mean, come on, even Revolution is kinda gay, because that's what you'd expect a console to be named after a while. I thought Xenon sounded pretty tight, but 360 is way too obvious.
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Revolution is  A DAMN CODENAME. No one cares if it's gay.

And CrimsomBlooD, the PS thing is starting to scare me. The PSP stands for Playstation Portable. AAAGHh!
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thaddius

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May 10 '05

It sounds similar to Nintendo's revolution.
360, revolution. I dunno. It's like the flavour of the month kinda name to me.

I think the games are going to speak for the system though, not the title.
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ADiO

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May 13 '05

Its the official name. The codename was "Xenon" They named it XBOX360 because they wanna keep up with the PS3 name. Because they said calling it XBOX2 would make it seem like if the next gen XBOX would be one generation down...
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LionLake

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May 16 '05

Hm yeah doesnt sound very impressive. Its not an actual 360 degrees change though is it? We'll have to wait and see what it does I guess. Maybe they should have called it Xbox: Better than PS 3 so :P for sony
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