With the recent official acknowledgement of the next-gen PlayStation and its unsurprising, yet conventional name of PlayStation 5, we are left wondering what direction Microsoft will choose when it comes to naming their successor to the Xbox One.

The Xbox brand has had a less than straight forward history when it comes to naming their hardware after the release of the original Xbox in 2001.

With the upcoming release of the PlayStation 3 in 2005/06, Microsoft allegedly wanted to avoid calling their next console the Xbox 2 to avoid consumers splitting hairs between numbers and causing consumer confusion with possible assumptions that 2 is greater than 3, so instead they opted for the Xbox 360 name when it released ahead of the PS3 in '05. Though this decision only furthered complications when it came time for the next generation Xbox...

Though many believed the next generation Xbox would be called the Xbox 720 after a supposed teaser was seen in the trailer for the 2011 film 'Reel Steel'. Instead, Microsoft chose to go back to the drawing board and turned heads when they revealed the Xbox One name during the Xbox Reveal 2013 event. The Xbox One released in 2013 up against the PlayStation 4.

Further revisions of the Xbox One would be released under the monikers Xbox One S and Xbox One X. With the S being a revised, cost efficient revision of the original Xbox One and the X being a competitor to the rival PS4 Pro.

It's all a stark contrast to Sony's continued method of naming each home console PlayStation revision numerically and this makes us wonder what Microsoft will decide when it comes to naming the next Xbox which is rumoured to release in 2020 against the PlayStation 5.

Will they follow the likes of the Windows and Android teams and jump to 10 or perhaps X? What are your thoughts?

Let us know your thoughts and ideas in the comments below!

 

[Hephaestus]

None of the above!
I would imagine they will call it "Original Xbox" just to piss us off even more.

 

[Captain_N]

it will be called a budget pc..... that requires an internet connection to function.

 

[OldGnashburg]

XBOX 2: Electric Boogaloo

 

[YukidaruPunch]

Microsoft has hands down some of the most stupid nomenclature in the entire industry. They went from 3.1 to 98 to XP to Vista to 7 to 8 and then to 10. Office was 2007, then 2010, then 2013 then 365. Xbox skipped 2 in favour of 360 and then it was One again; and then added an X. It's just bonkers.

My money's on something like Xbox Vista. It's just so stupid it might be true.

 

[IncredulousP]

Flexbox so all the dope CoD playas can flex on y'all

 

[GbaNober]

XBox: pewpew, because i think mostly of its games are shooters

 

[jurassicplayer]

WBox or YBox

 

[the_randomizer]

Another low-end gaming PC

 

[vincentx77]

It needs to be XBox 2020. It represents both it's year of release and the fidelity of it's visuals. The marketing campaign could be brilliant. "All the games that came before were out of focus. Step up to the 20/20 experience. Xbox..."

 

[phreaksho]

Xbox 6... One up the ps5 ... Or the Xbox 11 ( Xbox one one)...

 

[fvig2001]

Xbox West since they don't do well in the east. I feel they'll be generic and just use Xbox 4K or "The XBOX".

 

[jkjj]

everyone knows this is boomerbox because only boomers buy xbox. it should be called boomerbox.

 

[Silent_Gunner]

Microsoft has hands down some of the most stupid nomenclature in the entire industry. They went from 3.1 to 98 to XP to Vista to 7 to 8 and then to 10. Office was 2007, then 2010, then 2013 then 365. Xbox skipped 2 in favour of 360 and then it was One again; and then added an X. It's just bonkers.

My money's on something like Xbox Vista. It's just so stupid it might be true.

Reminds me of the chronology of the Street Fighter and Devil May Cry series.

With Street Fighter, it starts at the very first one, then it goes to the Alpha series (in spite of the Japanese name for the series being Street Fighter Zero), then it's Street Fighter 2, then Street Fighter 4, Street Fighter 5, and then the last one, chronologically speaking by the official canon storyline, Street Fighter 3. Yeah.

For Devil May Cry, ignoring Donte May Cry, the first one chronologically is 3, followed by the original, and, last I heard, it continued to 4, then it went on to Dante shooting helicopters with just Ebony and Ivory, and currently ends at DMC5. But I remember reading something that the offical canon may have switched 4 and 2 around or something. Maybe I'll figure it out once I feel like marathoning all 5 games and, if I'm out of my parents' house by then, drinking my way through Donte May Cry Because Who The Fuck asked for this Reboot?

 

[bitjacker]

Xbox 255

 

[Akira]

KekBox

 

[Budsixz]

xbox 4s max premium pro advanced +

 

[Naster]

Xbox 362

 

[DANTENDO]

Xbox sound and the slogan we hear you - be like in the presentation you wanted true 4k 60fps every game we hear you - you wanted never to feel lag online in any game we hear you - you wanted exclusives we hear you even more

 

[Shadow#1]

A M$ regarded name again Xbox Two

 

[xdarkx]

Xbone X... wait, that doesn't sound right.