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Neither me nor any gaming folk I know have ever called the original Xbox, "Xbox 1". Everyone just calls it the "original Xbox".

• venus 13y ago
  Funny how language evolves in microcosms. In my circle of friends it's the Xbox 1, and the original PlayStation is the PS1. "Original Xbox" sounds a little unwieldy to my ear.
  • cowpewter 13y ago
    We do say PS1. And just "xbox" means the 360 now. I guess for us, PS1 made sense, since its 1, 2, 3, where the xbox doesn't follow any numerical order. Plus, the mini-version of the PS1 released after the PS2 came out was actually called the PSone by Sony themselves. I still have one, plus the screen accessory you could dock it into[1]. Add in a cigarette lighter adapter, and it was great for long car trips. [1] This shows the PSone and the screen http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/PSone.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/PSone.jpg
    • seanp2k2 13y ago
      FWIW I think "Xbox One" is a really dumb name. I would have liked "Infinity", "720", "3", "-NG", "Mark III", etc way more. Calling it "Xbox One" reminds me of Pandora One and RealOne Player :) It seems like an oddly -aughties convention for something coming out in 2013. Even Apple just stuck with numbers and a simple designation for the iPhone line, though they did something similar to MS with "The New iPad" groan