Ever wonder what the xbox was originally called? Take a look inside

Did you know that the games console that became the Xbox was at first to be given the title the DirectX-box, to show the considerable use of DirectX in the piece of kit’s technology.

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Xbox turned out to be the ultimate title used by Microsoft’s marketing department, but the equipment presently keeps some nods towards DirectX, natably the X-shaped logo, which DirectX is best known for, not to mention the shape of the X at the top of the system.

Despite all of this however, it is eminently possible that the Pentium 3 (x86) processor may have been the inspiration behind it.

Source: xbox 360

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