Why did they call it the xbox 360?

Why did they call it the xbox 360?

because you're a fag

xbox 1 had a 180 degree angle inside of it somewhere. The xbox 360 have a 360 degree angle somewhere in it, probably its heart.

Something something center of attention from everyone around it, same idea as the One. Really pompous

As various Microsoft executives have noted, Xbox 2 is a fine name until you realize that Sony's next machine will be called the PlayStation 3, which sounds newer and more powerful. The Xbox 360 name was chosen to imply that the gamer is at the center of the Xbox experience.

Are you fishing for the moonwalk meme?
Obviously they couldn't name it XBOX 2 when competition had Playstation 3 because masses are retarded.

Xbox > Xbox 360 > Xbox One

because, hehe.. w-w-when you see it, you---pffftttt!!!

Xbox 2 would've been boring and PS already had a number scheme going.

Now explain Xbox One

Yes, very

>Now explain Xbox One
They thought at least Scalebound will be released.

Xbox Won ;^)

when you see the xbox one you say ITS THE ONE! and start jumping around screaming ITS THE ONE! ITS THE ONE! ITS THE ONE!

>walk into GameStop
>see the new Xbox
>do a Scorpio and walk away

Because when you see it, you turn 360 degrees and walk away.

Xbox Mobius

>pre-order Scorpio edition
>get to the counter
>look at it
>scorpion kick the cashier and run away backwards

To avoid calling it Xbox 2, as that would make it seem less advanced than the PlayStation "3" to certain audience.

north american maths

>360 E

Why?

Nintendo Entertainment System > Super Nintendo Entertainment System > Nintendo 64 > Nintendo GameCube > Wii (from Nintendo) > Wii U (from Nintendo, I suppose) > Nintendo Switch

Why did they call it the Xbox? Because you look at it, and put it back in it's box. With X shaped tape to seal it up.

>play tony hawk
>360 kickflip

>huh, 360...
That's how the 360 was born.

>Being this new

>NES
>Super NES
>Ultra NES
>changed to Nintendo 64 at the last minute

Idiot, if you turned 360 degrees, you'd be walking straight ahead again.

Playstation > Playstation 2 > Playstation 3 > Playstation 4 > ????????

If they named it like that, than who was the ironic jokester that coined Playstation when they have no games?

underrated

It was Ultra 64 though, but I see what you mean.

Not if you walk backwards.

>PlayStation Portable
>stations aren't portable, but ok

Why do they call it the Playstation? Because you take one look at it and realize you just played yourself. Then you take it back to the station where you bought it.

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I don't know why I'm indulging you, but see here.

>The Wii U didn't sell well because the name was too similar to the Wii
>But the 3ds sold fine
Explain this one

>Handheld console

>console

>held in your hands

>he buys his consoles at the station

are you waiting for a train, FAGGOT?

Train Station is where the train stops.
Buss Station is where the buss stops.
This is PlayStation.
sorry for butchering an old IT 'workstation' joke

There were MANY reasons the Wii U didn't sell well.

They did a lot of things wrong.

Moonwalkmind

3ds got Mario Kart, Animal Crossing, Pokémon, Monster Hunter and Kid Icarus in close proximity to eachother.

DS's success far outstrips the 3DS, but I think that has more to do with cellphones than anything else.

To make the Xbox 360 look more like the Xbox One. No idea why they chose E though

People know what "3d" is and it stands out. "Wii U" sounds meaningless.

Different demographics. Handheld players are gamers who do research and know the 3DS is a new system. Wii owners were mostly casuals and "expanded audience" whose Wii Sports machines were still working fine so why would they need some weird new U peripheral?

>PlayStation Vita
>oh no its name is in some fancy Romance language
>does poorly in America
>gangbusters in Europe

It didn't really do all that well in Europe though.

Only Japan. It was basically the Saturn of handhelds.

>The Wii U didn't sell because the name was too similar to the Wii
But that's only half the problem. Wii U didn't sell because it had no games, and Nintendo was inept and out of touch to the point where they didn't realize that banking everything on casual players like they did with the Wii was no longer a viable strategy. Between the Wii and the Wii U the casual gaming market pivoted to smartphones causing the commercial viability of the Wii U to crumble by the wayside

I'm just sad people didn't start calling it ps pita.

The Wii U was also virtually unknown to even exist to anyone but core Nintendo fans.

And the pricing model and launch strategy were both a sad display.

This is the E. That one was the S.

Reminds me of the Nokia Taco

>Extreme NES
>Hyper NES
>Transcending NES
>Interstellar NES

OP's image is the E. I think it looks boring. I know MS wanted it to look like Xbone, but the og Xbone is universally thought to resemble a VCR.

360 S looks so sexy, though, like it's wearing a corset.

>Multidimensional NES
>Omnipotent NES
>Eternal NES

Both are better than the original design which looked like a retarded Alto vase.

>NES
>Neo NES
>NES ZERO

>NES TYPE 0

haha, what even are these? it's the original Finnish meme.

anyway, yeah, the original is quite dated.

A big part of it was the naming though. I remember people coming into the store and asking for the Wii U tablet and if it worked with the original Wii. Nintendo thinking they could sell 100 million Wii Us just because the Wii pulled those numbers was foolish

t. former Gamestop employee

Xbox infinite?

Scorpio would be a better name for the XBX. Xbox one X is a ridiculous name, while Scorpio is edgy in a good way.

Because you turn 360 degrees and get on the floor to do the dinosaur

Would the sequel to Scorpio be Sagittarius?

it'll probably be the Leo since its the only other cool sounding star sign

The Xbox One's name is one of the reasons it failed.

The original Xbox 360 Elite looks fine.

Its name is the One sole reason why it failed.

uh, except it was also weak and the original design was ugly and xbox hueg and had a bunch of creepy draconian tech built into it.

360 as in a full re-imagining of the original xbox.
It name also sounds appealing to the average normie so the name alone pretty much marketed itself.

Hello newfag.

>yfw consoles have just become shittier with every new gen
Glad I skipped this gen and built a PC instead.

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