Major Nelson thinks 'Xbone' nickname is disrespectful

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Xbox One's 'Xbone' nickname hasn't gone down too well with Microsoft's Larry Hryb (aka Major Nelson), who believes that the name "disrespects" the effort made by the Xbox team back at Redmond.

"I don't like it," Hryb replied when asked on NeoGAF what he thought of the nickname.

"It disrespects the teams that have put in thousands of hours (already) into the development of the product. Sure, it's cheeky but I don't care for it myself."

Gamers branded the upcoming console the Xbone shortly after its reveal back in May.

And it appears to have hit the mainstream, too. Snoop Lion referred to the console as the "Xbone" during a Reddit AMA last week.

Some have since renamed the console the Xbox One-Eighty, following Microsoft's multiple U-turns.

Xbox One launches on November 22.

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THCv3Posted:

Xbox One console is disrespectful to the gaming community.

MultiKillsHDPosted:

He does realize now that he says he doesn't like the name he is going to get trolled even more by the amazing Xbox Community..

generalhunterPosted:

Should have picked a different name than Xbox infinity sounded better

TwiiitchyPosted:

I personally think the nickname is retarded and should go away.

DuhTigersBloodPosted:

Well considering it was meant to be disrespectful BUT WHO THE **** CARES?

StoopidMonkiePosted:

It's not a disrespectful name just a dumb one. :p

SpaceJamssPosted:

Who, Outside of this article as we know of.. Has even heard of this Nickname? And your like a Multi-Million about to probably borderline billionaire gets upset over a nickname. Its a gaming community its what we do. Thanks to IGN, machinima and youtube.

HarmfulMushroomPosted:

VEVO I don't see how it's disrespectful. It sounds incredibly stupid though.


I really don't either, it could be worse so I don't know why he's complaining about it..

VEVOPosted:

I don't see how it's disrespectful. It sounds incredibly stupid though.

1barPosted:

Major nelson also seems to get butthurt alot