Microsoft buys Xbone.com

[Name]

"Xbone," as an alternative moniker for the Xbox One, sprang from the depths of the internet's hive-mind with such immediacy that it may as well have been included in the console's announcement PR. In fact, the nickname has become so ubiquitous that Microsoft has gone ahead and purchased Xbone.com, according to whois records dug up by the sleuths at Fusible.

We wouldn't say the URL is doing a tremendous amount of positive work for Microsoft, though. Navigating to Xbone.com redirects to a Bing search for the term "Xbone," where the very first entry listed under "Related Searches" is "Xbox One Terrible," as of press time. Whoops!

There's not a whole lot else Microsoft could have done with the domain, however, as having it redirect to anything more official would be like signing off on the term's legitimacy. Under the circumstances, this seems like all the company can do to control the term's usage online.

Link to website : http://www.bing.com/search?q=xbone&form=MSSRPD

Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2013/09/12/mi...uys-xbone-com/

[CloudStrife7x]

Microsoft would do something like this lol

[thegutta]

Yup that's Microsoft they will buy your soul just to control your life the way they want to n there won't be shit you can do about it lol

[SiN]

hahah.. Xbone... sounds like a porn site.....lol

[Serious_M]

doesn't surprise me at all

[voidsd666]

This is not a surprise to me. This type of thing always reminds me of the episode of the Simpsons cartoon where Bill Gates shows up to buy out Homer's start-up. (Season 9 episode called Das Bus).

[Landon]

Any news on how much they bought it for?