11th June 2017, 6:28 PM
Perhaps so; it is a weird name, and as I've seen some people online saying, you can abbreviate this system name to "XBOX", which can't be a coincidence. Making people think of your new product when they think of the things' name does seem to be an idea which could work.
However, MS did also announce that the XO/XO X will soon have some original Xbox backwards compatibility added in, though they didn't give any details about how it will work. They only announced one game so far, Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge, but that's a great one to start with since it's a really good game. I wonder if you'll be able to use a real disc to enable it, or if you'll have to download games and rebuy stuff... we'll see at some point I'm sure. Between this and things like their HD re-releases of Voodoo Vince and Phantom Dust, it's great to see MS care about the original Xbox again beyond just Halo. So they aren't trying to erase the existence of the original Xbox system.
However, MS did also announce that the XO/XO X will soon have some original Xbox backwards compatibility added in, though they didn't give any details about how it will work. They only announced one game so far, Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge, but that's a great one to start with since it's a really good game. I wonder if you'll be able to use a real disc to enable it, or if you'll have to download games and rebuy stuff... we'll see at some point I'm sure. Between this and things like their HD re-releases of Voodoo Vince and Phantom Dust, it's great to see MS care about the original Xbox again beyond just Halo. So they aren't trying to erase the existence of the original Xbox system.