The Thread of Gaming Randomness

[slackur]

^very loosely based. A movie was made from the book too, much closer to the source material than the game, which only took the initial concept and ran with it. Admittedly, I enjoyed the game the most. :/

[SirPsycho]

^If you can grab them cheap they seem to have a decent value on eBay/CL still among parents.

I might pick them up if they're still there, another thrift store has had a system sitting around in a box for awhile.

[Quackula]

After mentioning picking up an xbox to a few different friends, every single one one of them needed me to clarify if I meant the original or the 360.

...see people this is why we have the "oxbox" thing.

[techwizard]

i usually just say the "original xbox", and xbox 360 is just the "360". feels dumb saying it but it avoids dumb questions.

[Quackula]

Somewhat shamefully, I've actually started affectionately calling it "The Ox Box"

Mostly because it reminds me of the Oxymoron Brand commercials from Sheep in the Big City. That was an awesome show.

"Now that's gaming with the power of an Ox!"

[Izret101]

I clarify Original Xbox.
Same thing happens (verbally anyways) everytime a new Playstation comes out i guess you have to deal with that more in the retail setting though. Because everyone plays either "Xbox" or "Playstation".

Everyone use to play "Nintendo" or "Sega"(which always seems to be specifically the Genesis)

[Quackula]

I clarify Original Xbox.
Same thing happens (verbally anyways) everytime a new Playstation comes out i guess you have to deal with that more in the retail setting though. Because everyone plays either "Xbox" or "Playstation".

Everyone use to play "Nintendo" or "Sega"(which always seems to be specifically the Genesis)

Man, I remember being a bit confused by the Sega one as a kid. My grandparents had a Master System and I was always wondering why their Sega was different from the other Sega's I'd ran across.

[Sirgin]

I don't see why people would confuse Xbox with the Xbox 360. Probably the kind of people who do not realize there was an Xbox before the Xbox 360 and thus the kind of people that can be safely ignored.

When I say "that's a great PlayStation game." very few people will think I mean the PS2 or PS3. Why does the Xbox have to be different?

[Izret101]

I think it has to do more with people just generalizing the terms.
When i play games on Xbox and happen to be unfortunate to hear people i do not know talking they either play X new release on their Xbox or on their Playstation.

Some specifically say I have X game for PS3 and X game on 360"
But usually it is just something like "I have Halo 4 on Xbox and Black Ops 2 on Playstation."

[Quackula]

I don't see why people would confuse Xbox with the Xbox 360. Probably the kind of people who do not realize there was an Xbox before the Xbox 360 and thus the kind of people that can be safely ignored.

When I say "that's a great PlayStation game." very few people will think I mean the PS2 or PS3. Why does the Xbox have to be different?

Maybe it's just a US thing, but a lot of people abbreviate the 360 as simply "Xbox."  It's not even that people aren't aware of the first Xbox or anything either, it's just.... what it is.

There's really know what of knowing when someone says "Xbox" if they mean the original or if they're abbreviating the 360. It's just that common.

[moonraker_fats]

I went to a swap meet today that had a little game store booth, and they had not one, but two Sharp NES TVs! They also wanted $400 each and would not budge. Oh well :,(

[monkees19]

Maybe it's just a US thing, but a lot of people abbreviate the 360 as simply "Xbox."  It's not even that people aren't aware of the first Xbox or anything either, it's just.... what it is.

There's really know what of knowing when someone says "Xbox" if they mean the original or if they're abbreviating the 360. It's just that common.

Really? I don't hear anyone refer to the 360 as Xbox. It's always "360" and if they mean the first one they say "original Xbox"

[techwizard]

well as much as i try to say original xbox and 360, i just call the 360 "xbox" and the ps3 "playstation" a lot of the time. usually only with close friends who would know what i mean, because i'm more likely to be playing the current gen ones than the older ones (for the microsoft and sony consoles, most of the time). if i'm talking to anyone that doesn't know me as well i try to be more specific.

[blcklblskt]

I think most people (non-collector's) refer to them as PlayStation and 360 (or just Xbox).  It is almost as if the previous consoles mysteriously disappear when the next generation arrives.

[Izret101]

CAN'T STOP PROGRESS. ONWARD HOOOOOOOOOO