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Directx box isn´t it?



There was a weird in the early 2000's where everything beginning with an x was seen as awesome and extreme.



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Because it's a box X-shaped?



DirectXbox

Was shortened to Xbox for marketing reasons, and was the most popular name when it came to polls iirc.



                            

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Because it has two X chromosomes?

Wait, that would mean ... oh my god!



Yeah Direct X(box). Thought it was pretty well known.



Because Playstation was taken?



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Yep.. It was DirectXBox originally.. shortened to Xbox.. DirectX being Microsofts APIs for handling gaming, multimedia, and video.



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