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[bigboss370]

well they started with the first xbox, went 360 degrees and came back to the beginning, the one

 

[Owzers]

Because only one person can redeem the serial key?

 

[WrenchNinja]

They call it Xbox One cause you'll take one look at it and moonwalk away.

 

[Deuterium]

aaaaaaand thread. Pay attention OP

LOL, okay, I probably deserved that. I should have explained in my original post that I understood (you'll have to take me at my word, here) as to the "obvious" reason for the name.

What I meant to convey was the possibility that Microsoft was also going for a more subtle effect...which would be for Joe Consumer walking into their electronics store and asking for "The One". Or that the system would come to be referred to as, simply, "the One".

 

[apana]

They are trying to trick the gaming gods in order to get out of the third console curse.

 

[les papillons sexuels]

clearly Xbox One is said "xbox won"

 

[H2Yo]

Just my speculation...I think Microsoft may be expecting that many people will, conversationally, drop the word "Xbox" when talking about the system, and simply refer to it as "The One".

Nah, to me your theory sounds like pure tin-foil-hat.

I have no doubt it's Xbox One so then next can be Xbox Two, Xbox Three, etc.

Late to the party, they may be, but it works.

 

[Muffdraul]

To me there's just no reasonable justification for naming your third iteration of anything "One". It's just lame.

As if that's going to stop me from buying one.

 

[ohNOitsRO]

Because the Xbox lost 359 features on the way to next gen

 

[Spongebob]

They call it Xbox One because it's an all-in-One entertainment device.

I think this as well.

 

[sammex]

There can be only One.

 

[Robot Pants]

They call it Xbox One because it's an all-in-One entertainment device.

I'm laughing my ass off because the OP had this paragraph long theory on why they picked the name, and this reply comes right after it and just destroys everything the OP wrote.

 

[LumpOfCole]

Because shareholder interests one
And we lost

 

[scoobs]

they named it something that will make it easier to name its predecessors