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The name Xbox sounds perfectly edgy for the early 2000s, but it actually stems from a highly nerdy internal project.

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The name Xbox sounds perfectly edgy for the early 2000s, but it actually stems from a highly nerdy internal project.

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The name Xbox sounds perfectly edgy for the early 2000s, but it actually stems from a highly nerdy internal project.
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