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theprof00 on 28 February 2013
Chrizum said:
Or maybe Xbox 365, they could market it with the message that you'd play on the thing all year long.

I was just thinking that.

However, it will be called the Pepsi-iBox-ipotle brought to you by comcast.



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JoeTheBro on 28 February 2013

Don't worry, I understand you bro.

PS4 is a given and wii HD made sence since the first was SD.

720 is because it's 2 circles, not just 360x2. Basically the community way back then decided it was Xbox 360(x). Thus the 720 is next. After that the 1080. They ignored the first Xbox when deciding this.



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richardhutnik on 28 February 2013
Chrizum said:

Most people tentatively call the next Xbox "720" but I really can't see the logic in this. Why name it the 720? The next Playstation isn't called the PS6, right? So why double the number for Xbox? Xbox 361 would make even more sense than 720.

Discuss.

I believe the movie Real Steel is behind it, with it showing the name in a banner briefly during the movie, or at least partly.  It seems like individuals in the videogame journalist arena decided to beat everyone's head over it enough, that people like drones, used it mindlessly, because they assumed that everyone else is calling it.  I did a survey on here, and something like over 80% of the respondents (was at least over 70%) didn't believe the next Microsoft console would be called that.  But, by convention, it seemed to have stuck.  I had proposed that maybe 720 be used as the mythical name for every future unreleased XBox, as a placeholder, until the name was revealed, and people didn't like it.

The Next XBox would make the most sense as a placeholder name.



richardhutnik on 28 February 2013
Proclus said:
Because everyone knows what you're talking about if you say 720.

DEFINITELY!  I think of the old Atari skateboard arcade game with the killer bees and the machine yelling "Skate or die!" when the bees appears!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/720%C2%B0



richardhutnik on 28 February 2013
D-Joe said:
Xbox 360-2 or Xbox versus 360 or Ballmer returns:Xbox 360

If Ballmer is involved, it will be called The XBox Bing!

Ok, now I typed it, I dread that it may go in that direction.  UGH!



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adriane23 on 28 February 2013
Mistershine said:
Chrizum said:
Troll_Whisperer said:
Because we don't know the real name yet and by calling it Xbox 720 everyone knows what we're referring to.

I understand that but why 720? It seems silly to just double the number, might as well call the next Playstation the PS8 now.

Way cooler would be to name it Xbox 1080 and have a 1080p remake of 1080° Snowboarding as a launch title.


The next in a sequence of circles is 2, giving you 720°. I like it because it means PS4 fanboys will have to turn 720° before they can walk away , instead of only 360.

Whether you turn 360 degrees or 720 degrees, you still won't be walking away.



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Mistershine on 28 February 2013
adriane23 said:
Mistershine said:
Chrizum said:
Troll_Whisperer said:
Because we don't know the real name yet and by calling it Xbox 720 everyone knows what we're referring to.

I understand that but why 720? It seems silly to just double the number, might as well call the next Playstation the PS8 now.

Way cooler would be to name it Xbox 1080 and have a 1080p remake of 1080° Snowboarding as a launch title.


The next in a sequence of circles is 2, giving you 720°. I like it because it means PS4 fanboys will have to turn 720° before they can walk away , instead of only 360.

Whether you turn 360 degrees or 720 degrees, you still won't be walking away.





wfz on 28 February 2013
adriane23 said:
Mistershine said:
Chrizum said:
Troll_Whisperer said:
Because we don't know the real name yet and by calling it Xbox 720 everyone knows what we're referring to.

I understand that but why 720? It seems silly to just double the number, might as well call the next Playstation the PS8 now.

Way cooler would be to name it Xbox 1080 and have a 1080p remake of 1080° Snowboarding as a launch title.


The next in a sequence of circles is 2, giving you 720°. I like it because it means PS4 fanboys will have to turn 720° before they can walk away , instead of only 360.

Whether you turn 360 degrees or 720 degrees, you still won't be walking away.


Michael Jackson would disagree with you.



dharh on 28 February 2013
wfz said:

Michael Jackson would disagree with you.


I'd hella buy an X720 (X360-2, X361, X3, X8, X1080, XBING) if it could do a 720, grab its crotch, then moonwalk out of my room when I turn it off.



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Marks on 28 February 2013
Mistershine said:
Chrizum said:
Troll_Whisperer said:
Because we don't know the real name yet and by calling it Xbox 720 everyone knows what we're referring to.

I understand that but why 720? It seems silly to just double the number, might as well call the next Playstation the PS8 now.

Way cooler would be to name it Xbox 1080 and have a 1080p remake of 1080° Snowboarding as a launch title.


The next in a sequence of circles is 2, giving you 720°. I like it because it means PS4 fanboys will have to turn 720° before they can walk away , instead of only 360.


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