16 Mind-Blowing Facts You Didn't Know About Xbox
10. It Was Originally Called The Direct X-Box
Heard of Direct X technology? Microsoft's flagship 3D rendering tech was one of the first of its kind to allow users of many differently specced PCs to play the same games - albeit with a variety of differences when it came to frame rates, rendering etc.
Being proud of this and with the general fervour around the software at fever-pitch, the Direct X-Box was set to capitalise on it until their marketing department got stuck in and shortened things down. Now you know where all those misspellings of the name come from when some people insist on calling it the 'X-Box'.