Because they’re making Xbox Series games

(I was seriously thinking the new console was called “xbox one series S”)

  • hybrid havoc@beehaw.org
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    2 years ago

    This is… incorrect. Among the previous generation the consoles were:

    • Xbox One (eventually renamed to…)
    • Xbox One S
    • Xbox One X

    The consoles in the current gen are:

    • Xbox Series S
    • Xbox Series X

    Neither the word “one” nor the word “series” overlapped between the two generations.

    • John_Coomsumer@beehaw.org
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      2 years ago

      Can’t fucking believe they didn’t just do this, starting with the previous gen:

      Xbox S1 and Xbox X1. Then current gen would be Xbox S2 and Xbox X2, and so on forever. Mid cycle refreshes can be S2.5 or X2.5. refer to the generation as generation 2 or generation 3.

      . Or if they were really assed about Sony having higher numbers (ive seen this theory floated) then start with S5 and X5, fine whatever.

      The current naming convention literally looks like the result of a bet between marketing departments at Nintendo and Microsoft of “hey I bet I can get the CEO to sign off on the stupidest fucking naming scheme”

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      2 years ago

      I strongly believe that the One X should have been renamed to make it easier to drop support of the One S.

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        2 years ago

        But that never really came to fruition. Unless you mean that they should still be supporting the One X further into this generation.

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          I think that the One S should be dropped first, followed by the One X, but that the One X shouldn’t be anchored to the 2013 console.

          So yeah, the One S should be dropped and the One X should be supported further, then be the next to drop say 2 years after. As it exists, it appears that the One X is anchored to the One S.

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            The problem is that the One X has a very weak CPU. To keep supporting it there would have to be significant compromises in terms of world complexity etc.