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Xbox 8?

Started by JoelWmusic, Jul 03 2012 07:26 PM

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#1 JoelWmusic

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Posted 03 July 2012 - 07:26 PM

New patent from Microsoft. I saw it on Yahoo. It says that Microsoft has locked up Xbox 8 name rights. Will people please quit saying Xbox 720 now?

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#2 levitynyc

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Posted 03 July 2012 - 07:36 PM

Tired of next gen rumors. Just release something or announce something and I'll care.

Zeroing in on the PC I want.

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#3 SickBoy

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Posted 03 July 2012 - 07:44 PM

If that's the name: Microsoft offering all-in-one PC with gaming hardware that hooks up to your TV.

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#4 TheKurichan

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Posted 03 July 2012 - 08:23 PM

God I hope it ends up being the Winbox 8.

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#5 Indy aka Rex

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Posted 03 July 2012 - 08:48 PM

I love how MS is slowly imploding into itself by unifying everything into a near-future catastrophe. Your consumers don't want you to unify under a brand idea or a UI, they want you to unify functionality and features. Metro on the 360 is god-awful, it looked god-awful on anything that isn't a smartphone or a tablet. If Windows 8 turns out like every single "other" OS release (ie: Vista, ME, etc.) in your history, your plans to unify everything will end up imploding into itself and you're going to suffer so many losses over it.

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#6 Compeau

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Posted 03 July 2012 - 09:29 PM

I love how MS is slowly imploding into itself by unifying everything into a near-future catastrophe. Your consumers don't want you to unify under a brand idea or a UI, they want you to unify functionality and features. Metro on the 360 is god-awful, it looked god-awful on anything that isn't a smartphone or a tablet. If Windows 8 turns out like every single "other" OS release (ie: Vista, ME, etc.) in your history, your plans to unify everything will end up imploding into itself and you're going to suffer so many losses over it.

You know why Metro is awful on the 360? Because it only uses 25% of the screen space, and half of what it shows is ads. Why does the UI only use a tiny rectangle at the center of the screen? So dumb.

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#7 SickBoy

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Posted 03 July 2012 - 09:58 PM

God I hope it ends up being the Winbox 8.

I think it would be cool. Seems like it would turn off one of their revenue taps (game licensing), though. But if they want to go all in on owning all your home entertainment, maybe that's what they do. Surface, for example, is definitely a bolder, and possibly better realized product than I might have expected out of Microsoft.

They could really swing for the fences with the next Xbox, but I'm not certain that will happen in a way that appeals to gamers. Certainly I've been wondering if they would beef up first-party development, but I haven't seen much evidence of that to date.

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#8 Satoshi_Matrix

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Posted 03 July 2012 - 11:30 PM

Hey maybe it's not the Xbox 8, but rather the Xbox ∞? as in, Xbox Infinity.

Has a pretty cool ring to it.

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#9 SickBoy

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Posted 04 July 2012 - 01:09 AM

And its successor can be called the Xbox infinity plus one?

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#10 Satoshi_Matrix

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Posted 04 July 2012 - 08:44 AM

Oh of course not. It'll be called the Infinity Xbox!

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#11 Compeau

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Posted 04 July 2012 - 12:12 PM

And its successor can be called the Xbox infinity plus one?

Nope, the Xbox Uncountably Infinite.

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#12 Satoshi_Matrix

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Posted 04 July 2012 - 01:16 PM

Xbox Infinity Gene.

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#13 Compeau

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Posted 05 July 2012 - 04:07 PM

Nope, the Xbox Uncountably Infinite.

No love for set theory references?

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#14 Jindofox

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Posted 01 August 2012 - 12:47 PM

Oh of course not. It'll be called the Infinity Xbox!

Considering the length of this console generation, that's probably not far off.

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#15 minus_273

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Posted 01 August 2012 - 05:36 PM

New patent from Microsoft. I saw it on Yahoo. It says that Microsoft has locked up Xbox 8 name rights. Will people please quit saying Xbox 720 now?

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#16 pvx22

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Posted 08 August 2012 - 01:39 PM

The system will likely be more similar to a PC this time around.

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#17 Ondore

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Posted 08 August 2012 - 02:27 PM

They should go with the market they have at this point.

Ergo, the Xbox 420.

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#18 minus_273

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Posted 09 August 2012 - 05:09 AM

I love how MS is slowly imploding into itself by unifying everything into a near-future catastrophe. Your consumers don't want you to unify under a brand idea or a UI, they want you to unify functionality and features. Metro on the 360 is god-awful, it looked god-awful on anything that isn't a smartphone or a tablet. If Windows 8 turns out like every single "other" OS release (ie: Vista, ME, etc.) in your history, your plans to unify everything will end up imploding into itself and you're going to suffer so many losses over it.

Its not called metro anymore its called the Windows 8 UI.

http://www.theverge.com/2012/8/2/3215039/microsoft-metro-name-dispute-developers

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#19 Wenny

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Posted 14 August 2012 - 08:55 AM

New patent from Microsoft. I saw it on Yahoo. It says that Microsoft has locked up Xbox 8 name rights. Will people please quit saying Xbox 720 now?

So when is the Xbox 720 coming out?

Spoiler

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#20 minus_273

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Posted 14 August 2012 - 10:51 AM

So when is the Xbox 720 coming out?

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Patents are for technologies, not names. Trademarks are for names/logos.

I assume its not the case here but you are actually wrong about patents. There are design patents for the look and feel of something. Its what samsung is getting busted for right now with their iphone clones.

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#21 Wenny

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Posted 14 August 2012 - 01:47 PM

I assume its not the case here but you are actually wrong about patents. There are design patents for the look and feel of something. Its what samsung is getting busted for right now with their iphone clones.

Feel?