5 Names For The New Xbox
Here are our top 5 most (un)likely names for the new Xbox.
It’s commonly referred to as the ‘Xbox 720′, but if Microsoft gives the successor to the Xbox 360 such a blindingly obvious title (despite the name appearing on an ad banner in Real Steel), we’ll start taking every one of Michael Pachter’s predictions seriously.
Incidentally, the industry analyst has recently said that a new Xbox console won’t be revealed in 2012 and won’t launch until as late as 2014, which gives us time to play the guessing games with the name of the new Xbox.
Or rather, guessing which of the names out there has even the slightest chance of being the one. Here are our top 5 most (un)likely names for the new Xbox:
5. Xbox 720
What?: It’s the Xbox 360… times two (*rolls eyes*).
Likelihood: This is waaaay too banal a title to be green-lighted. Besides, based on the precedence that no hardware manufacturer has ever simply rolled with an unofficial denomination of a new product, we’ll stop gaming forever if Microsoft makes its new machine an excepetion to that rule.
4. NextBox
What?: We’re not even going to justify this with an explanation.
Likelihood: Only marginally more chance of being the official name than Xbox 720, purely because it’s not as widely disseminated. But seriously, it’s stupid on several levels.
3. Xbox Uranus
What?: Microsoft’s marketing team was going with big cats or planets, but Jaguar was already taken and the dart stuck in the seventh planet from the Sun.
Likelihood: We know Sony fan boys would love it if Xbox Uranus was green-lighted and it would make us chuckle too. Xbox Uranus would probably generate as much media heat as the Wii did when it was launched… but no. No way, not a chance.
2. Windows Box
What?: The machine that finally makes a happy compromise between PC and console.
Likelihood: You’ll be able to find this one in the gardening section of B&Q. Commercial suicide.
1. Xbox Fusion
What?: It brings us together to play and combines several new technologies, including Kinect and Cloud storage.
Likelihood: We quite like this one as a concept, except fans have already thought of it so for the sake of the marketing guys justifying their jobs (as per name #5), this name has only a glimmer of a hope.
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you forgot xbox ‘infinity’. ;)
I’ll stick with Xbox Fusion please
So XBOX 720 is lazy and rubbish whereas PS2 and PS3 are the benchmark of original thinking?
XBox Orbit. Orbit would make a LOT of sense, since I expect the new XBox to feature a miniaturized version of the Kinect technology directly into the screen-equipped controller. What’s the advantage? Augmented Reality. Not like on your smartphones or 3DS though… the Kinect IR sensor could scan your surrounding environment in 3D in real-time, sensing depth, and hiding 3D models BEHIND those scanned objets. Imagine a game like Left 4 Dead where zombies try to invade your home; they break your windows and your doors. Imagine a game like Luigi Mansion, where ghosts are in fact hidding UNDER your bed, or into your wardrobe! Wow! And expect Microsoft to tell people their old Kinect is still compatible, for scanning their body. Objective and subjective point of views. A real Wrap-around. Maybe something like a Scuba, where you are immersed in another reality!! XBox Wrap, XBox Scuba. Or maybe simply XBox FX or XBox VR (they seem to give priority to short definitions, but I think the new name will be longer than the 3 numbers of “360″.
However, due to the fact that Sony already unveiled their new Orbis trademark publicly, there is no chances Microsoft will name it Orbit.
URANUS ALL THE WAY
What about the shababox
Xbox Delta. It follows the shape of the buttons on the controller. Xbox was the square and X, Xbox 360 was the circle, the triangle is left. Delta is the name for the character.
xbox fusion i love this name :D
@Joe
I very much liked the name “Xbox Delta” it actually makes sense with your explanation! good one dude! :)
What about simple ‘Xbox 3′ ? :L They better not call it the 720.. thats just pathetic..