The original Xbox could have been named one of these wacky acronyms

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Had Seamus Blackley and his hardware team not vetoed the anagram-based suggestions made by Microsoft's mad men, the original Xbox could have been called the Microsoft FACE – which stood for "Full Action Center" – according to a list of rejected names for Microsoft's debut console provided to Edge by Blackley.

Or, alternatively, the Microsoft O2 ("Optimal Ozone"), MEA ("Microsoft Entertainment Activator"), OM ("Odyssey of the Mind") or any other number of ridiculous things. Blackley said that, while "Xbox" was originally an internal shortening of "DirectX Box" used in email threads, it was the only contender to survive the four-stage naming process.

Out of the entire list, we think the most historically interesting option was Microsoft TSO, which meant "Three Six Zero." Sound familiar?

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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2013/07/05/the-original-xbox-could-have-been-named-one-of-these-wacky-acron/

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B23RPosted:

why say this now and i think the xbox was a way better name

imgurPosted:

lel Thank god they got through with something not one of those xD


I agree, some of those names were terrible..

imgurPosted:

ME0W Who was coming up with those names? And what's their obsession with the number 360?


You aren't obsessed with circles?

neboPosted:

Thank god they got through with something not one of those xD

SynybunPosted:

Who was coming up with those names? And what's their obsession with the number 360?

RuinsPosted:

Fuzzeh_X
RATF
Fuzzeh_X
RATF
Fuzzeh_X
RATF
Fuzzeh_X
Zer0
Fuzzeh_X
gtapro151
Zer0 Still better then playstaion lol
So its a staion you play on?
Playstaion and now lets just keep adding numbers


so its a box you play on? now lets put a X in front of it

lawlz exactly it's great how stupid fanboys are (talkin about zer0)


At least it stand for somthing other then your crap of a system

I don't even own a Playstation lol i'm just telling the truth Xbox is just as uncreative as Playstation i'm not saying either is crap so for you to just call the Playstation crap for no reason just shows how ridiculous you are.


i'm calling the PlayStation crap because i actually have one and in my opinion i think it is crap however as far as names are concerned "Xbox" is creative and PlayStation is like the name of an arcade in a pub. Xbox One is an all in one system, Microsoft actually have a reason for calling it that however playStation just bring out different versions with no creativity (PS 1,2,3 and 4). In the future you will have something like "Xbox Infinity" and "PlayStation 27823". Therefore Sir you are ridiculous for saying that people are "fanboys" of consoles and especially when you do not own a PS3 you can't really say it is better.

lol i'm ridiculous and you're the one guessing the that Playstation will continue to that high of a number without changing the name and once again no ones talking about the name Xbox One no one cares about that it's been decided by the majority of the internet that name is dumb, however we are talking about Xbox and Playstation which are both uncreative I give absolutely 0 ***** what you say plus you've already proved that don't know what your talking about because not once did I say the PS3 was better, your delusional.


right yet you are calling people fanboys of consoles because you are that sad. Everyone is entitled to their opinion yet you feel the need to call them fanboys because they like one console instead of the other. Also if they have made it to "4" without changing the name im pretty sure they will continue as they have showed no effort to think of a better name so they bring out versions.

Lol I called ONE person a fanboy because he literally called Playstation crap in the middle of a completely civil argument, and no I don't own a PS3 but I have OWNED one and it was very fun.


in the middle of the argument? when his comment was the first? that makes sense and if you did own a PS3 then why don't you anymore? why get rid of it? if it was very fun

I simply enjoy the 360 more and once again not suprising but you're wrong he made that comment about 3 quotes later saying Playstation was crap nice try though. P.S. i'm done replying to you're very incorrect comments. So bye!


umm u blind? it says that Zer0's comment was first...then u said he was a fanboy from it you dick

Fuzzeh_XPosted:

RATF
Fuzzeh_X
RATF
Fuzzeh_X
RATF
Fuzzeh_X
Zer0
Fuzzeh_X
gtapro151
Zer0 Still better then playstaion lol
So its a staion you play on?
Playstaion and now lets just keep adding numbers


so its a box you play on? now lets put a X in front of it

lawlz exactly it's great how stupid fanboys are (talkin about zer0)


At least it stand for somthing other then your crap of a system

I don't even own a Playstation lol i'm just telling the truth Xbox is just as uncreative as Playstation i'm not saying either is crap so for you to just call the Playstation crap for no reason just shows how ridiculous you are.


i'm calling the PlayStation crap because i actually have one and in my opinion i think it is crap however as far as names are concerned "Xbox" is creative and PlayStation is like the name of an arcade in a pub. Xbox One is an all in one system, Microsoft actually have a reason for calling it that however playStation just bring out different versions with no creativity (PS 1,2,3 and 4). In the future you will have something like "Xbox Infinity" and "PlayStation 27823". Therefore Sir you are ridiculous for saying that people are "fanboys" of consoles and especially when you do not own a PS3 you can't really say it is better.

lol i'm ridiculous and you're the one guessing the that Playstation will continue to that high of a number without changing the name and once again no ones talking about the name Xbox One no one cares about that it's been decided by the majority of the internet that name is dumb, however we are talking about Xbox and Playstation which are both uncreative I give absolutely 0 ***** what you say plus you've already proved that don't know what your talking about because not once did I say the PS3 was better, your delusional.


right yet you are calling people fanboys of consoles because you are that sad. Everyone is entitled to their opinion yet you feel the need to call them fanboys because they like one console instead of the other. Also if they have made it to "4" without changing the name im pretty sure they will continue as they have showed no effort to think of a better name so they bring out versions.

Lol I called ONE person a fanboy because he literally called Playstation crap in the middle of a completely civil argument, and no I don't own a PS3 but I have OWNED one and it was very fun.


in the middle of the argument? when his comment was the first? that makes sense and if you did own a PS3 then why don't you anymore? why get rid of it? if it was very fun

I simply enjoy the 360 more and once again not suprising but you're wrong he made that comment about 3 quotes later saying Playstation was crap nice try though. P.S. i'm done replying to you're very incorrect comments. So bye!

RuinsPosted:

Fuzzeh_X
RATF
Fuzzeh_X
RATF
Fuzzeh_X
Zer0
Fuzzeh_X
gtapro151
Zer0 Still better then playstaion lol
So its a staion you play on?
Playstaion and now lets just keep adding numbers


so its a box you play on? now lets put a X in front of it

lawlz exactly it's great how stupid fanboys are (talkin about zer0)


At least it stand for somthing other then your crap of a system

I don't even own a Playstation lol i'm just telling the truth Xbox is just as uncreative as Playstation i'm not saying either is crap so for you to just call the Playstation crap for no reason just shows how ridiculous you are.


i'm calling the PlayStation crap because i actually have one and in my opinion i think it is crap however as far as names are concerned "Xbox" is creative and PlayStation is like the name of an arcade in a pub. Xbox One is an all in one system, Microsoft actually have a reason for calling it that however playStation just bring out different versions with no creativity (PS 1,2,3 and 4). In the future you will have something like "Xbox Infinity" and "PlayStation 27823". Therefore Sir you are ridiculous for saying that people are "fanboys" of consoles and especially when you do not own a PS3 you can't really say it is better.

lol i'm ridiculous and you're the one guessing the that Playstation will continue to that high of a number without changing the name and once again no ones talking about the name Xbox One no one cares about that it's been decided by the majority of the internet that name is dumb, however we are talking about Xbox and Playstation which are both uncreative I give absolutely 0 ***** what you say plus you've already proved that don't know what your talking about because not once did I say the PS3 was better, your delusional.


right yet you are calling people fanboys of consoles because you are that sad. Everyone is entitled to their opinion yet you feel the need to call them fanboys because they like one console instead of the other. Also if they have made it to "4" without changing the name im pretty sure they will continue as they have showed no effort to think of a better name so they bring out versions.

Lol I called ONE person a fanboy because he literally called Playstation crap in the middle of a completely civil argument, and no I don't own a PS3 but I have OWNED one and it was very fun.


in the middle of the argument? when his comment was the first? that makes sense and if you did own a PS3 then why don't you anymore? why get rid of it? if it was very fun

Fuzzeh_XPosted:

RATF
Fuzzeh_X
RATF
Fuzzeh_X
Zer0
Fuzzeh_X
gtapro151
Zer0 Still better then playstaion lol
So its a staion you play on?
Playstaion and now lets just keep adding numbers


so its a box you play on? now lets put a X in front of it

lawlz exactly it's great how stupid fanboys are (talkin about zer0)


At least it stand for somthing other then your crap of a system

I don't even own a Playstation lol i'm just telling the truth Xbox is just as uncreative as Playstation i'm not saying either is crap so for you to just call the Playstation crap for no reason just shows how ridiculous you are.


i'm calling the PlayStation crap because i actually have one and in my opinion i think it is crap however as far as names are concerned "Xbox" is creative and PlayStation is like the name of an arcade in a pub. Xbox One is an all in one system, Microsoft actually have a reason for calling it that however playStation just bring out different versions with no creativity (PS 1,2,3 and 4). In the future you will have something like "Xbox Infinity" and "PlayStation 27823". Therefore Sir you are ridiculous for saying that people are "fanboys" of consoles and especially when you do not own a PS3 you can't really say it is better.

lol i'm ridiculous and you're the one guessing the that Playstation will continue to that high of a number without changing the name and once again no ones talking about the name Xbox One no one cares about that it's been decided by the majority of the internet that name is dumb, however we are talking about Xbox and Playstation which are both uncreative I give absolutely 0 ***** what you say plus you've already proved that don't know what your talking about because not once did I say the PS3 was better, your delusional.


right yet you are calling people fanboys of consoles because you are that sad. Everyone is entitled to their opinion yet you feel the need to call them fanboys because they like one console instead of the other. Also if they have made it to "4" without changing the name im pretty sure they will continue as they have showed no effort to think of a better name so they bring out versions.

Lol I called ONE person a fanboy because he literally called Playstation crap in the middle of a completely civil argument, and no I don't own a PS3 but I have OWNED one and it was very fun.

RuinsPosted:

Fuzzeh_X
RATF
Fuzzeh_X
Zer0
Fuzzeh_X
gtapro151
Zer0 Still better then playstaion lol
So its a staion you play on?
Playstaion and now lets just keep adding numbers


so its a box you play on? now lets put a X in front of it

lawlz exactly it's great how stupid fanboys are (talkin about zer0)


At least it stand for somthing other then your crap of a system

I don't even own a Playstation lol i'm just telling the truth Xbox is just as uncreative as Playstation i'm not saying either is crap so for you to just call the Playstation crap for no reason just shows how ridiculous you are.


i'm calling the PlayStation crap because i actually have one and in my opinion i think it is crap however as far as names are concerned "Xbox" is creative and PlayStation is like the name of an arcade in a pub. Xbox One is an all in one system, Microsoft actually have a reason for calling it that however playStation just bring out different versions with no creativity (PS 1,2,3 and 4). In the future you will have something like "Xbox Infinity" and "PlayStation 27823". Therefore Sir you are ridiculous for saying that people are "fanboys" of consoles and especially when you do not own a PS3 you can't really say it is better.

lol i'm ridiculous and you're the one guessing the that Playstation will continue to that high of a number without changing the name and once again no ones talking about the name Xbox One no one cares about that it's been decided by the majority of the internet that name is dumb, however we are talking about Xbox and Playstation which are both uncreative I give absolutely 0 ***** what you say plus you've already proved that don't know what your talking about because not once did I say the PS3 was better, your delusional.


right yet you are calling people fanboys of consoles because you are that sad. Everyone is entitled to their opinion yet you feel the need to call them fanboys because they like one console instead of the other. Also if they have made it to "4" without changing the name im pretty sure they will continue as they have showed no effort to think of a better name so they bring out versions.


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