Here is the history behind the original Xbox name:

http://megagames.com/news/xbox-was-going-be-called-%E2%80%9Celeven-x%E2%80%9D?utm_source=zergnet.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=zergnet_78908

Who knew it was almost named 11-X?

Here is the list of names discribed:

• WEP (Windows Entertainment Project)
• Midway
• DirectX Box
• Microsoft Bunduss
• MAX (Microsoft Action Experience)
• AIO (All In One)
• MIND (Microsoft Interactive Network Device)
• FACE (Full Action Center)
• MITH (Microsoft Interactive Theatre)
• XON (Experience Optimised Network)
• MVPC (Microsoft Virtual Play Center)
• TAC (Total Action Center – discs/games could be called TACs)
• MARC (Microsoft Action Reality Center)
• LEX (Live Entertainment Experience)
• M-PAC (Microsoft Play and Action Center)
• RPM (Real Performance Machine)
• MOX (Microsoft Optimal Experience)
• E2 (Extreme Experience)
• MTG (Microsoft Total Gaming)
• VIP (Virtual Interactive Player)
• PTP or P2P (Powered To Play)
• VIC (Virtual Interactive Center – disks/games could be called VICs)
• MARZ (Microsoft Active Reality Zone)
• TSO (Three, Six, Zero)
• EHQ (Entertainment Headquarters)
• O2 (Optimal Ozone or Optical Odyssey)
• MIC (Microsoft Interactive Center)
• R&R (Reality and Revolution)
• MEA (Microsoft Entertainment Activator)
• AMP (Active Microsoft Player)
• VPS (Virtual Play System)
• MAP (Microsoft Action Play)
• MEGA (Microsoft Entertainment & Gaming Attendant or Microsoft Entertainment & Gaming Assembly)
• CPG (CyberPlayGround)
• VERV (Virtual Entertainment & Reality Venture)
• OM (Odyssey of the Mind)
• P2 (PowerPlay)
• IS1 (Interactive System In One)
• MET (Microsoft Entertainment Technology or Microsoft Entertainment Theatre)
• 11-X
• Xbox

What is your favourite name in the list?

"Hey dude do you have a FACE?"

I think The VERV sounds cool.

But considering the silly marketing strategy of the initial, way radical dude promotions of the original Xbox, I'd expect something more like The MAX.

"Microsoft taking your gaming... to the MAX! Woooooooo!!!"