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Kotaku Rumor: The Xbox 3's Code Name Is "Durango" [Crytek: Durango Meeting In London] #1

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Originally Posted by -SD-:
Crytek guy's tweet: http://twitter.com/#!/Cry_SeanT/stat...13741046620160

Quote:
Enjoying the Durango developers summit in London. So far, great swag and interesting talks.
Wonder if he's talking about the same Durango as this thread is...


Originally Posted by Tiago Leite: View Post
Original:

Kotaku is rumoring that this is what it will be referred to as publicly before they unveil the final name.

Originally Posted by Kotaku:
The Next Xbox is Code-Named…Durango

Kotaku has heard from multiple sources close to the project that the code-name for Microsoft's next console is Durango.

Yup. Durango.

Note this is a code-name. Like the Katana (Dreamcast), Dolphin (GameCube) and Revolution (Wii) before it, it's not the name that will appear on the finished product when you finally get your hands on one.

It is the name, however, that you'll be hearing during the console's final development phase, that awkward time between it being first shown off and then actually released to the public.

Interestingly, it seems to also suggest a bit of a pattern in Microsoft's internal naming policies. Kinect, before we knew it as Kinect, was called Natal, named for a city in Brazil. Durango, meanwhile, is the name of one of Mexico's 31 states.
Source: http://kotaku.com/5885539/the-next-x...e+nameddurango
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Dicer
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No loop?
V_Ben
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At last, the gore verbinski game deal makes sense.
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#4



?
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Sounds...poweful.
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Originally Posted by Door2Dawn: View Post


?
I was thinking the same thing.
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Joint deal with Dodge incoming.
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It's pronounced "doo-rahn-go."



Curious to see the reasoning behind it. Seems an odd choice.
edit: Oh, didn't know natal was a city. Okay, solves that, I suppose.
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Originally Posted by Door2Dawn: View Post


?
Came to say this...
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A code name that actually sucks.
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It's so bad you Durango 360 degrees away ... or something.
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What is it with microsoft and these sw american sounding yee haw names? Remember longhorn?
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"A bit of a pattern"? I thought they always named their projects in development after cities? Or almost always.
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Mexico exclusive!
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Its also the name of a nice small town in Colorado. Huh.
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I was thinking in this:

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Originally Posted by Door2Dawn: View Post


?
Yup, likewise.
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PS4 going 1up 'em right
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I like it; I like to imagine a white console coated in a thin film of red trail dust.
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Quote:
Interestingly, it seems to also suggest a bit of a pattern in Microsoft's internal naming policies. Kinect, before we knew it as Kinect, was called Natal, named for a city in Brazil. Durango, meanwhile, is the name of one of Mexico's 31 states.
Slowtaku indeed. MS have been doing this since man first discovered fire.
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So in other words:



"It's a Dawge."
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No mamen pinche Microsoft!
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Demigod Mac
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Well, at least it's better than, "Project Midway"
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Originally Posted by kameha5th: View Post
not Dango...
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Originally Posted by kameha5th: View Post
So...
The console is going to die horribly until resurrected in an alternate universe?
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Originally Posted by graywolf323: View Post
not Dango...
Don't worry, I got it!
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Originally Posted by Triton55: View Post
Noooooooooooooooooooooo.
I literally just photobucketed this...

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Uhhhh...
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Originally Posted by shira: View Post
PS4 going 1up 'em right
Haha, first thing I thought of.
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I would have gone with Canyonero
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Originally Posted by Anteater: View Post
Don't worry, I got it!

I Lol'd
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My mom had a durango. It's fucking huge. She is 5' and like had major compensation issues. It was so big she couldn't really drive it. Smashed it into things.
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Originally Posted by Y2Kev: View Post
My mom had a durango. It's fucking huge. She is 5' and like had major compensation issues. It was so big she couldn't really drive it. Smashed it into things.
Was it the F series?
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Originally Posted by Y2Kev: View Post
My mom had a durango. It's fucking huge. She is 5' and like had major compensation issues. It was so big she couldn't really drive it. Smashed it into things.
They're trying to prepare people for the size of the console.
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Originally Posted by AceBandage: View Post
Was it the F series?
I dunno. It looked like two poos smushed on top of one another.
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Sounds extremely phallic. GAF will love it.
Originally Posted by shira: View Post
PS4 going 1up 'em right
I was literally thinking this right before I scrolled down to this image. GAF never disappoints.
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Lame name, as was Natal

Ultimately means nothing to us though.
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Power button on one side and a dodge insignia on the other.
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Great taste.

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Originally Posted by shira: View Post
PS4 going 1up 'em right
12 yards long, 2 lanes wide! 65 tonnes of American Pride!

could've used that for the original Xbox controller.
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I love this thread so much. :lol
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Originally Posted by D4Danger: View Post
12 yards long, 2 lanes wide! 65 tonnes of American Pride!

could've used that for the original Xbox controller.
always makes me laugh
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Wowwww, any thoughts of pre-ordering cancelled with this news. Durango? More like ognaruD.
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That's funny. I like it because I work in Durango (Colorado).
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INB4REGIONALJKS
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previous codename updates were named after cities too, like Barcelona
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Originally Posted by Rimfya: View Post
It's so bad you Durango 360 degrees away ... or something.
When you see it, you get in your Durango and drive away.
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Ferd F-teenthousand or bust.