Xbox One fik hurtigt det mindre smigrende tilnavn Xbone på flere forummer, kort efter konsollen blev afsløret. Og i et interview med Gamespot fortæller Microsoft Studios-bossen Phil Spencer sine tanker om emnet.
"At first, I guess the thing that bugged me the most is I didn't see it. I'd been looking at the name for Xbox One for months, and I wasn't clever enough to merge them and come up with Xbone."
Spencer kan dog godt se at navnet vil hænge ved, og siger at Microsoft ikke kan gøre så meget ved det.
"But, you know, I think it's going to stick. I think we can say we don't like it as much as we want, but it's a clever use of the name. Probably not the most flattering name, but I think it's going to be there."