eldergamer
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[quote name='Yamato']Thats because it isn't a numbering system. They called it the 360 because it was a complete turnaround from the original xbox which was black and convex, to a more modern-looking console that was white and concave. Haven't you heard of the saying "doing a 360"?
It isn't much different from going from gameboy > gameboy color > gameboy advance > gameboy advance sp.
Off the top of my head, I can't think of any consoles that use a numbering system (aside from Sony)[/QUOTE]
It was done more for more of a marketing standpoint so that the 'second' Xbox controller would look comparable to the 'third' playstation. You can't release and Xbox 2 and have people think it's equivilant to the Playstation 3.
It isn't much different from going from gameboy > gameboy color > gameboy advance > gameboy advance sp.
Off the top of my head, I can't think of any consoles that use a numbering system (aside from Sony)[/QUOTE]
It was done more for more of a marketing standpoint so that the 'second' Xbox controller would look comparable to the 'third' playstation. You can't release and Xbox 2 and have people think it's equivilant to the Playstation 3.