I also find it hard to understand the naming scheme. To anybody who follows closely, I'm sure it makes sense. For someone out of the loop. No clue.
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The naming scheme is pretty simple, just bad.
The new generation is "Series", with the X being more powerful than the S. So the Xbox Series X is the best model, and the Xbox Series S is the same generation, but less powerful. It's like if the PS4 and PS4 Pro came out at the same time.
Also you have the Xbox one (original vcr model with kinect) Xbox one S, and Xbox One X.
Then on the "Series" line you have Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X.
So many people can think "X" or "S" as being a "Series", something of a kind, and confusing a "xbox one X" with a "xbox series X". - You have a series X? oh yeah, i have the xbox one X.
Also the looks of the xbox one S and the xbox series S is quite similar...
Not sure why didn't called xbox 2022 pro and slim or something.
And it's a shame, i have an xbox series x and is actually a great product.
> Also you have the Xbox one (original vcr model with kinect) Xbox one S, and Xbox One X.
> Then on the "Series" line you have Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X.
Wait, the Xbox One S/X and the Xbox Series S/X are different things?! I actually never realised that.
Yep! Xbox One was their generation parallel to the Playstation 4, and Xbox Series is their current generation parallel to the Playstation 5. All the X and S after those are tier differentiators.
They really need someone better naming their consoles.
Ugh, yeah, finally something with even worse version naming than the Apple Watch. (There's a thing called an Apple Watch Series 1. Confusingly, it's _not_ the first one; it is the cheaper cut-down version of the _second_ generation product; the first-gen product didn't have a version name at all).
I mean, I still don't see why the XBox 360 isn't the most powerful of the series.
I jest, but then, I also don't.
The WiiU attracted a lot of justified derision on its naming scheme, but I wonder if it also got a lot because it was still legible enough to be seen by people as mistake. Speaking for myself, even as a bit of a gamer (not a major one, but I'm in touch with the scene in general), the XBox line is just a cognitive blur to me. I couldn't even name them correctly any more. If they come out with an XBox XS I would literally need to read an article pointing out that it's a new release. The line is so illegible as naming schemes I can't even make fun of them properly.
Same here. It's like how the Wii-U was confusing to many people, who assumed it was just an accessory for the wii
> It's like how the Wii-U was confusing to many people, who assumed it was just an accessory for the wii
Fun fact: when it came out, I originally thought that with "Xbox One" they meant the original Xbox (the one before the Xbox 360).
There’s zero logic to the naming scheme, so the only way to know it is to memorize it. I’m not sure it ever “makes sense”.