I like some of the ideas you guys have come up with. Why not create a poll?
I thought about it at first, but I'm not about to sit around and come up with all the crazy names MS's marketing department will so any poll would be incomplete without that information.
LOL, nice one.
It's just the next logical iteration though from 360, which is why people say it instead of 'Xbox Next.'
This is entirely my point that 720 is *not* the next logical iteration of MS's naming convention, unless you observe it entirely in a vacuum, failing to account for the potential confusion using such a name would cause in this HD era.
I mean, that term's already been in use for years remember - and it refers to the current system. Personally I certainly wouldn't use it if I wanted it to be clear what generation I was referring to.
I shouldn't have capitalized the "Next" part
720 is the same as if you referred to the next PS as PS4. It might not actually be called that, but everyone will know what you're talking about.
It would be rather silly of Sony to stray from their established naming convention, they haven't in the past so why now? MS on the other hand doesn't even appear to have any logical progression in naming scheme so the two situations are not directly comparable. The next Playstation will be the PS4, you know that, I know that, and so does just about everyone else on the planet.
To me, what's most important in speculative conversation is that the terms used are easily and clearly understood by all.
I concur. I just strive for accuracy wherever possible. Meaningless semantics? Probably in the minds of anyone outside this community, and I'd guess a fair number within as well
I'll keep using Xbox 720 not because I think that's the name, not because it might be the most clever or accurate portrayal, but because it is a name that everyone will immediately understand what I am referring to. NextBox or XBox Next (pressed into service once again)
If a placeholder is what we seek then a name is not necessary at all. We could simply refer to it as the next XBox or next-gen XBox and there would be zero confusion on anyone's part. Many media sources have already dubbed the next XBox the 720, implying this will be the actual name of the next XBox product. I do not like this given the potential for confusion.
Xbox 1080, or other non-standard terms of reference IMO just invite confusion when almost always the point of discussion will be something else related to the console rather than the name of the console itself; whatever stand-in name is simply a way to indicate discussion is about the 360 successor.
I'm not suggesting we use the term XBox 1080 as a placeholder (rather next XBox), I'm suggesting it may be the name of the actual product.
