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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EverPosted:

I still have my original xbox also, some of the games are still fun to play

RuinsPosted:

M60 lol those names are horrible.
I still have my original xbox :D


i sold mine :(

HOFPosted:

That would be cool :)

CHPPosted:

Optimal*

CHPPosted:

Optical OZONE!!!!

IlIuminatiPosted:

lol those names are horrible.
I still have my original xbox :D

N2OPosted:

-Mark
MW2-Rush
-Mark I could care less about the name.

I'm just more concerned about the quality of the console.


I agree, who cares what the name is, as long as its a good console, that runs the games well!


Exactly. I mean I care about the name to extent but it being a good console makes a bad name very forgettable.


i am with you. i care to some extent, but not much. if the console is good qualiity is all that matters

DJMarkyMarkPosted:

MW2-Rush
-Mark I could care less about the name.

I'm just more concerned about the quality of the console.


I agree, who cares what the name is, as long as its a good console, that runs the games well!


Exactly. I mean I care about the name to extent but it being a good console makes a bad name very forgettable.

MaggardoPosted:

-Mark I could care less about the name.

I'm just more concerned about the quality of the console.


I agree, who cares what the name is, as long as its a good console, that runs the games well!

LuckyOtterPosted:

Should have called the Xbox One the Xbox Infinity. That sounds a lot cooler. Still more creative than Playstation consoles though. I doubt they ever stop going up in numbers. Years later we'll have the PS7.


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