Zing wrote:AppleQueso wrote:Zing wrote:The first is "Xbox" the second is "360". Calling the second system the "Xbox" would be like calling the PS3 the "PlayStation". No one does it. "oXbox" is a redundant meme. "360" prevents any confusion and is more accurate.
The only aspect that lends any credence to "Xbox" meaning the 360 is the fact that the Xbox is quite literally dead. The chance that someone is actually playing an Xbox game, and not 360, when they say "I played some Xbox today" is virtually zero. For whatever reason, the 360 completely obsoleted the original and everyone seemed quite happy to dump the old games (Halo 2 being an exception). People are still playing PlayStation and PlayStation 2 games, so there is more chance for confusion.
I like how the second paragraph completely contradicts the first.
Saying nobody calls the 360 "Xbox," and then elaborating on the fact that people often do.
I said "no one does it", as in, "no one does it in real life". It is just a localized online meme. Also, no where in my second paragraph do I make the claims you say I do.
Except people do do that in real life. Plenty of people simply say "Xbox" when talking about the 360. Your second paragraph even flat out says that when someone says "I played some Xbox", they're likely talking about the 360. So if I'm not playing the 360 when I say "I played some Xbox", I should probably make some kind of effort to demonstrate that I don't mean the 360, hm?
Perhaps I could say "Original Xbox", or if I'm online, maybe I could abbreviate it to "oXbox" or something?
WOAH.
