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Xbox.com website glitch - "The New Xbox"
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Ninja Moomin
Banned
TheVoidDragon
Member
Wouldn't people get confused with the old Xbox if they just call the new one Xbox? People who don't know much about them will get confused.
Manp
Member
you're hurting my feelings bro!
Q
Queen of Hunting
Unconfirmed Member
no not with marketing, marketing is everything u need to make things bold. it doesnt get any simpler than the new xbox... if that doesnt tell you its new then that person must be pretty dam retarded
"Would like the new Xbox, a used Xbox, or an old Xbox. We also carry the Xbox 360, original and slim designs."
PapaJustify
Member
Could just be a placeholder name, because they were aware that somebody could pick this one up when they were testing the new design.
So instead of writing the actual name for the next Xbox they were just writing "The New Xbox". But we'll see...
So instead of writing the actual name for the next Xbox they were just writing "The New Xbox". But we'll see...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFY2kJ96jNY
"I'm Xbox y'all, I'm Xbox y'all, I'm Xbox-ity-box, I'm Xbox y'all!
I'm Xboxityboxboxityboxbox, I'm Xboxity box, YO, because I'm X and I'm BOX."
Hire me Microsoft.
Ninja Moomin
Banned
No web developer, anywhere, tests 'new designs' on a live environment. Anyway, the nav and section change implied by the screen would likely be CMS driven with little to test.
Most likely when Xbox Next does come around the entire site will get a lick of paint to reflect the new / refined branding rather than a low key addition.
Making this even more suspect...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trUk5jkXf3I
Someone captured that on video. I do not know how reliable that is.
Someone captured that on video. I do not know how reliable that is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trUk5jkXf3I
Someone captured that on video. I do not know how reliable that is.
I'm going with fake.
Different page header to the one in the op (which I also think is fake).
katsubento
Member
LOL
FonkyByNature
Member
I think naming it just Xbox is the right idea.
We're in a period of minimalism where naming consoles and gadgets needs to be as simple as possible, Apple made it standard, i think there's less confusion. This way of branding is just more streamlined. I like it and i'm sure people will like it too.
Naming electronics like Sony does is the worst idea ever. Bravia EX-900 or Xperia ZL sounds too neardy to me. If they want to reach more demographics, making it simple is a must imo.
Xbox is like that place where entertainement comes together in one place, that's why Microsoft are trying to make it sound simple. Want games, music, videos, apps ? Go to Xbox.
Simple, efficient and easy to market.
We're in a period of minimalism where naming consoles and gadgets needs to be as simple as possible, Apple made it standard, i think there's less confusion. This way of branding is just more streamlined. I like it and i'm sure people will like it too.
Naming electronics like Sony does is the worst idea ever. Bravia EX-900 or Xperia ZL sounds too neardy to me. If they want to reach more demographics, making it simple is a must imo.
Xbox is like that place where entertainement comes together in one place, that's why Microsoft are trying to make it sound simple. Want games, music, videos, apps ? Go to Xbox.
Simple, efficient and easy to market.
I agree. Also, I really don't think that they would implement or even mention illumiroom.
base shagohod
Member
Hmm
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Xbox 365 or bust.
I call bullshit on this, there's no way in hell (or is there?) that whoever is handling Microsoft's web development would have pushed this code to production blindly and reverted it back so quickly. You could argue that the load balancers threw you onto another server where the code was still old, but I highly doubt their servers would be that off-sync.
These things go through QA and are tagged under specific releases for deployment.
These things go through QA and are tagged under specific releases for deployment.
Diablo Rosso
Member
Absolutely brilliant.100% Legit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trUk5jkXf3I
Someone captured that on video. I do not know how reliable that is.
Still possible to fake, simple redirect in the hosts file...
SirMossyBloke
Member
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trUk5jkXf3I
Someone captured that on video. I do not know how reliable that is.
Oh of course now it is a different header that was already confirmed to be using a wrong font.
Lol why do some guys try to get some 5 minutes of fame for such shit.
Bullshit, people will get confused with the old X-Box, just wait for it.
Portugeezer
Member
The new Xbox, now with BUILT IN KINECT!
Pai Pai Master
Banned
Xbox 4 to be The New New Xbox?
Ninja Moomin
Banned
Yes. Apple style iterative updates will feature and the brand won't change.
There will also be, eventually, several 'boxes' under the Xbox brand... an entry level streaming box through to full on.
Kill Your Masters
Member
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaHkEH3nk8w
customer: 'I'd like to buy the new xbox'
gamestop employee: 'old xbox it is'
customer: 'no I mean new xbox'
gamestop employee: 'old xbox?'
customer: 'n-e...'
gamestop employee: 'o-l...'
Hey dude have you seen new footage of "X" game?
Whaat no, which platform is it on?
It's on X-Box.
Wait, what? the old X-Box?
Noooo dude the neeeew X-Box.
Terrible name, i hope MS is not stupid enough to use that. 720, Durango or whatever is fine, but please don't call it just
"X-Box" or "The New X-Box"
Whaat no, which platform is it on?
It's on X-Box.
Wait, what? the old X-Box?
Noooo dude the neeeew X-Box.
Terrible name, i hope MS is not stupid enough to use that. 720, Durango or whatever is fine, but please don't call it just
"X-Box" or "The New X-Box"
RaySpencer
Member
Will they? I doubt many people will confuse it with something that hasn't been on sale for 8 years. Also not many people bought xbox's and if they did it was to play fairly 'hardcore' games like PGR and Halo.
This isn't a Wii vs Wii U situation where Wii's are still being sold, and it is one of the best selling video game platforms of all time. But the biggest issue for the Wii is that it sold to a whole new demographic that doesn't pay attention to anything in the video game space.
Then there is the other fact that Microsoft would market the shit out of it.
If Microsoft markets it as "The New Xbox" and makes explicitly clear that this thing is the successor to the 360 and is more powerful, then I don't think they have anything to worry about.
Nintendo fucked up with the Wii U's marketing by not making it clear to consumers that it wasn't just some add-on for the Wii. MS could easily avoid that by just hammering it into people's heads that this is a new shiny console.
Nintendo fucked up with the Wii U's marketing by not making it clear to consumers that it wasn't just some add-on for the Wii. MS could easily avoid that by just hammering it into people's heads that this is a new shiny console.
All of these arguments of people being confused are ridiculous and quite frankly dumb.
People will assume you're talking about the latest things, especially when it comes to video games. When someone says iPad you think of the newest iPad, when someone says corvette, you think of the latest one that was just revealed.
I guess whenever there's something for people to poke at, they will
People will assume you're talking about the latest things, especially when it comes to video games. When someone says iPad you think of the newest iPad, when someone says corvette, you think of the latest one that was just revealed.
I guess whenever there's something for people to poke at, they will
Raven77
Member
If that really is going to be the name of the new xbox, they need to make sure they market it right. The thing with the iPad is, everyone knows that a new one means a brand new redesign and update and omgawez0mesauce.
Consumers not that in the know might see something with "New Xbox" on and think meh I have an elite, Ididn't want the slim version, and I don't want this version either. I know most people will know this is the next generation but not everyone pays that much attention. Just a thought.
Consumers not that in the know might see something with "New Xbox" on and think meh I have an elite, Ididn't want the slim version, and I don't want this version either. I know most people will know this is the next generation but not everyone pays that much attention. Just a thought.
Backfoggen
Banned
It's gonna be called 3x-Box
Diablohead
Member
A lot of friends call their xbox 360 the xbox most of the time and we know what we mean by it, calling a next gen console the new xbox is fine IMO, it's clear enough to know that it's the next step and i'm sure any packaging will explain it on the front, one thing I can't see microsoft trying is just having an image of the console on a white/black box with no wording like apple does.
RaySpencer
Member
What? No they don't.
iPads don't have numbers anymore, nanos, shuffles, touches, iMacs, MacBooks, Mac Minis, nine if those have numbers.
They only thing with numbers now is the iPhone.
Fattony12000
Member
They should call it the PSX, take that name BACK for OUR people.
PSXbox.
PSYBOX.
.EXEBOX.
Shit, I don't know.
PSXbox.
PSYBOX.
.EXEBOX.
Shit, I don't know.
sacrificengineer
Member
Xbox -> Xbox 360 -> Xbox
no
no
nothing to do with the fact that they do not look any different ?
Diablohead
Member
yeah most of the time the number given to the ipad is sort of community born, with 3g, 4g and such for the ipad "with retina" version
It's like the iPad hasn't existed in your world
For the first year the new Xbox will be called just that 'The New Xbox' then it will gradually filter out and turn into just Xbox again
Last time I went to buy a MacBook, it just listed the size and specs... It didn't say "MacBook Pro 3" on the sign next to the demo unit.
Haha, hardly. Numbers are mainly iPhone only at this point.
I have to laugh at the people who think just calling it the Xbox or the New Xbox is dumb and people will get confused. Obviously when someone walks into a store and says, "I'd like an Xbox," everyone will think they are trying to buy the original Xbox from early 2000s. Come on now...