Could the new Xbox simply be Xbox 3?
By Cheapoz 73 Comments
So there's rumours of a new Xbox slimmed down motherboard going around the web. Along with USB storage updates, it looks like something big is in the works, hardware-wise for Microsoft in 2010.
Obviously Natal will hit later this year. Since its announcement there's been rumours that they'll be treating it "like a console launch", but now there's momentum behind the thought of a newer version of the console coming along too. So what to call it?
The story goes that when naming the Xbox 360, Microsoft needed to include a "3" in the name, since it was only a matter of time before they'd be competing on shelf space next to the Playstation 3.
So the new, slim Xbox needs a name that will reenergise sales but effectively sell the same hardware again.
Why not Xbox 3?
- The name Xbox 3 is shorter than the current name, matching it's slimmed-down form factor.
- It actually will be the 3rd iteration of the external device, albeit very similar internally
- The Name shares a relativity to the original name 360, helping drive the notion that the 360 and 3 will run the same games and devices, just one is newer!
So what do you think? Did I just save Microsoft spending $100,000 with Futurebrand for a new name?