Microsoft Buys Domain "Xbone"

So, MS has purchased the Xbone domain despite the fact that Major Nelson thinks it's disrespectful.

So I guess everyone can finally stfu about the Xbone nick name. Microsoft seems okay with it.

http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2013/09/12/microsoft-buys-the-xbone-com-domain-even-though-major-nelson-thinks-the-nickname-is-disrespectful/

Ehrm, they probably bought it because they don't want such a high profile name potentially being used to trash the Xbone.

That doesn't mean they're okay with it. They bought it so somebody else doesn't buy it and use it for EVIL.

Can't wait for a revision console in the future, Xbox One Revision,so we can call it XBoneR .

Man people will go to any lengths for a forced meme.

Microsoft is likely buying it as a domain squatter - holding it so nobody else can have it. I have a feeling MS won't say much about it, this is just one of the few ways they can do to dissuade people from using the term. They know you can't tell the internet what to call something.

Wonder how much they had to pony up for it. No way that was still available. If so, the .com domain tradesmen failed big time.

There should be some kind of law against forcing the 'Xbone' on people.

They should be ok with it, it's a catchy nickname.

@rafaelfc: I totally agree. Fanboys are touchy about it for some dumb reason. I guess that makes Major Nelson a fanboy....

A lot of companies do this type of thing. I'm sure they also grabbed:

Xbonesucks.com (which I just checked and it is taken)

and

SuckanXbone.com (not taken yet at time of my post!)

so other people don't.

Still like Jeff's, THE XONE

I agree, that joke lost any humour by the time E3 started... if it was ever funny to begin with.

Looking at the posts in this thread...and multiple instances of the name "Xbone" coming up since E3, I can only come to one conclusion:

A lot of people need to pull sticks out of their butts.

I can only hope that Microsoft uses this to launch its long-awaited softcore porn channel.

@bigjeffrey said:

And then, y'know, they keep the partnership with Pizza Hut, and the 'hut makes a comeback with the P'XONE.

Genius !

Partner it up with Occulus Rift!

Seeing as its purpose was to piss people off, I'd say it's spot-on.

Part of the reason it is meme is because it invokes an emotional response. Duh!

Best console name ever.

I find it funny people get so annoyed about it, you are only feeding the thing you hate. The Xbone is here to stay because of you people.

What's even so bad about it? I think it's pretty funny and surprisingly catchy.

Xbone was a deserved name.

Brb. Registering xboned.com

Oh wait. It's already taken.

Yup, they knew some horrible shit would end up there (Xbox parody site, porn, dick pics), and probably someone who type www.xbone.com to find Xbox One information would see some just ugly stuff. This is just damage control, this is not them accepting it. All this will do is redirect to http://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/meet-xbox-one

Buying a domain name doesn't mean they like it. It means they want control over it so someone else can't. If The Company buys thecompanysucks.com, that doesn't mean The Company agrees with the statement.

Nintendo once bought the rights to a pornographic Mario parody for the sole purpose of preventing its distribution.

A free P'ZONE for everyone who orders from the P'XONE

Almost there. P90X bundles a Kinect workout game with the XBO to help work off all that Pizza Hut and couch-sitting.

The P90XONE is born.

X-Buns.

E'ryone getting XBURNED by the XBONE.

Well, now the nickname is official.

if you read the story they weren't okay with the name, Nelson thought it was disrespectful

anyway

lol

I don't see why everyone goes sexual with it. I think it's just a fun-to-say name. Like "T-Bone" but with an "X". Though I guess everyone pushing the nickname "X-Bone" is having as much trouble as George Costanza had trying to get his nickname to be "T-Bone." Boom, 15 year old sitcom reference.

For the comedy, of course.