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Schlagbohrertoday at 1:49 PM1 replyview on HN

The Xbox 360 was called that instead of the Xbox 2, because it was gonna sit on shelves next to the Playstation 3 and MSFT didn't want consumers to look at "2" next to "3".


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inigyoutoday at 2:39 PM

Apocryphally but not in reality, the third pound burger failed to compete with the quarter pounder because three is less than four.