The original Xbox could have been named one of these wacky acronyms

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Had Seamus Blackley and his hardware team not vetoed the anagram-based suggestions made by Microsoft's mad men, the original Xbox could have been called the Microsoft FACE – which stood for "Full Action Center" – according to a list of rejected names for Microsoft's debut console provided to Edge by Blackley.

Or, alternatively, the Microsoft O2 ("Optimal Ozone"), MEA ("Microsoft Entertainment Activator"), OM ("Odyssey of the Mind") or any other number of ridiculous things. Blackley said that, while "Xbox" was originally an internal shortening of "DirectX Box" used in email threads, it was the only contender to survive the four-stage naming process.

Out of the entire list, we think the most historically interesting option was Microsoft TSO, which meant "Three Six Zero." Sound familiar?

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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2013/07/05/the-original-xbox-could-have-been-named-one-of-these-wacky-acron/

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FYIPosted:

DirectX box what where they thinking?

UG_UnknownPosted:

Fawk
Katsumi
RaheemSterling_31 Look at the size of that thing!


It wasn't too bad for it's time. The controller was way too big in my opinion though


i think the controller looks nice but i think it may be oversized as for the console it looks good


Yeah lol

UG_UnknownPosted:

Foolish
Woobie All those names would have been so dumb :P


Yeah, I can't imagine having any of those names as the title of the XB1.


Hahah lol

FoolishPosted:

Woobie All those names would have been so dumb :P


Yeah, I can't imagine having any of those names as the title of the XB1.

RuinsPosted:

Katsumi
RaheemSterling_31 Look at the size of that thing!


It wasn't too bad for it's time. The controller was way too big in my opinion though


i think the controller looks nice but i think it may be oversized as for the console it looks good

xMizTekPosted:

looks smaller than the Xbox One

KatsumiPosted:

RaheemSterling_31 Look at the size of that thing!


It wasn't too bad for it's time. The controller was way too big in my opinion though

LWRPosted:

Look at the size of that thing!

WoobiePosted:

All those names would have been so dumb :P

KatsumiPosted:

I never knew Xbox was short for DirectX Box. I wouldn't mind if it just stayed as 'Xbox' or 'Xbox Original'