Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Xbox" in English language version.
It will hit the shelves on 10 November, five days after the US.
Anyone who purchased the original Xbox during its launch window quickly came to know its behemoth of a controller, now nicknamed "Duke."
Direct X-Box, of course, was truncated to "Xbox," -- and "marketing hated the name", says Fries. "They went off and created this whole, long list of better names for the machine." In focus testing, the marketing team left the name "Xbox" on that long list simply as a control, to demonstrate to everyone why it was a horrible name for a console. "Of course, "Xbox" outscored, in focus testing, everything they came up with. They had to admit it was going to be the Xbox."
Moore said that Microsoft is currently working on a second new Xbox 360, which will be offered at the arcade's price point of $200. He declined to say what functionalities the cheaper model would or would not have. One likely scenario is the cheaper model will essentially be a slim arcade with no Wi-Fi capabilities or a hard drive. Moore also said that going forward, all future models of the Xbox 360 would not have names and would only be designated by their memory capacity.
the original "Fatty" Xbox controller didn't have a specific public name
Euro prices are 149.99 Euro for the camera + Kinect Adventures, 299.99 Euro for the 4 GB console bundle.Alt URL Archived June 20, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
The effort aims to attract a broader audience to Microsoft's console. Most of the 30 million Xbox 360s sold since November 2005 have been snapped up by avid young males drawn to complex shooter or adventure games such as Halo and Modern Warfare or R.P.Gs
Euro prices are 149.99 Euro for the camera + Kinect Adventures, 299.99 Euro for the 4 GB console bundle.Alt URL Archived June 20, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
Direct X-Box, of course, was truncated to "Xbox," -- and "marketing hated the name", says Fries. "They went off and created this whole, long list of better names for the machine." In focus testing, the marketing team left the name "Xbox" on that long list simply as a control, to demonstrate to everyone why it was a horrible name for a console. "Of course, "Xbox" outscored, in focus testing, everything they came up with. They had to admit it was going to be the Xbox."
Moore said that Microsoft is currently working on a second new Xbox 360, which will be offered at the arcade's price point of $200. He declined to say what functionalities the cheaper model would or would not have. One likely scenario is the cheaper model will essentially be a slim arcade with no Wi-Fi capabilities or a hard drive. Moore also said that going forward, all future models of the Xbox 360 would not have names and would only be designated by their memory capacity.
the original "Fatty" Xbox controller didn't have a specific public name
Anyone who purchased the original Xbox during its launch window quickly came to know its behemoth of a controller, now nicknamed "Duke."
The effort aims to attract a broader audience to Microsoft's console. Most of the 30 million Xbox 360s sold since November 2005 have been snapped up by avid young males drawn to complex shooter or adventure games such as Halo and Modern Warfare or R.P.Gs
It will hit the shelves on 10 November, five days after the US.
Euro prices are 149.99 Euro for the camera + Kinect Adventures, 299.99 Euro for the 4 GB console bundle.Alt URL Archived June 20, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
