During this year's Game Awards, Microsoft stole most of the spotlight by revealing the name of their next-generation gaming console. Or so we thought. Originally revealed as the Xbox Series X, the latest system in the line of Microsoft's consoles, the name garnered confusion and ridicule. Now, Microsoft has decided to clarify what exactly the new moniker means, amidst the outcry. The fourth-generation Xbox console, final form of the Project Scarlett, and successor to the Xbox One will actually just be called Xbox. The Series X part of the name is just a branding subtitle, to "allow room for additional consoles in the future", according to the company. So, theoretically, rather than the current naming scheme, which sees Microsoft selling the Xbox One, Xbox One S, and Xbox One X, the "Series X" name will help consumers choose between different models of the new Xbox, such as the highly-rumored discless streaming-only Xbox.

The name we're carrying forward to the next generation is simply Xbox," a Microsoft representative told Business Insider. "And at The Game Awards you saw that name come to life through the Xbox Series X.

"Similar to what fans have seen with previous generations, the name 'Xbox Series X' allows room for additional consoles in the future," the Microsoft rep told us.

Tags: [PLATFORM=/platform/xbox-series-x]Xbox Series X[/PLATFORM]

Source (Exclusive interview via Business Insider)

 

[ChaosEternal]

Although that just makes the entire Xbox line even more confusing (somehow), it is a pretty big improvement over Series X.

 

[Chary]

So...

Xbox>Xbox 360>Xbox One>Xbox

I feel bad for the elderly grandparents and out of touch with technology parents that will be trying to buy an Xbox for their kids.

 

[ChaosEternal]

So...

Xbox>Xbox 360>Xbox One>Xbox

I feel bad for the elderly grandparents and out of touch with technology parents that will be trying to buy an Xbox for their kids.

On the bright side, even they would be hard-pressed to accidentally buy an original Xbox by mistake. Now an Xbox One on the other hand...

 

[DANTENDO]

What a mess sony must be laughing ther arse off

 

[night_hawk]

Xbox -> Xbox 360 -> Xbox One -> Xbox One X -> Xbox 5 to pair with ps5...too easy

 

[Deleted-447617]

So Microsoft is Only selling now The Xbox One,Xbox One S And Xbox One S ??????? NO MORE XBOX ONE X
What i Mean By this there is a Typo in The Post @Chary

 

[Chary]

So Microsoft is Only selling now The Xbox One,Xbox One S And Xbox One S ??????? NO MORE XBOX ONE X
What i Mean By this there is a Typo in The Post @Chary

Good! Begone Xbox One X, and your confusing-to-type name!!! (Thanks for the catch )

 

[YukidaruPunch]

If you have to go out of your way to explain something that was supposed to be clear from the beginning it's a sign you kinda fucked up somewhere.

I don't believe there will be that much confusion down the line, nor do I believe this might spell doom on the project, but good God, did they mismanage communication on this one. Literally nothing about the reveal made it seem like it was just supposed to be "Xbox" - to the point it almost seems made up in response to the confusion, which would be flabbergasting.

 

[Jayro]

Oh look, they're trying to explain away why people are calling it the SeXbox and XboxSeX. How cute. Sorry, Microsoft, you done fucked up, and now you gotta live with it. You and your 9/11 twin tower looking ass.

 

[Deleted-447617]

Good! Begone Xbox One X, and your confusing-to-type name!!! (Thanks for the catch )

NP sometimes i only see the small things in the text but the Whole Text is too much for me to read, so i always picking out the most important information from the whole topic

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

I'm still not buying it no matter what it's called.

 

[Deleted User]

Yeah, because the name Xbox Two is illegal.

 

[mathew77]

The first one (Original Xbox in 2001) also was called just an «Xbox», right?..

 

[HaloEffect17]

*Kid wants an Xbox for Christmas*
*Santa gives them an OG Xbox*
*Kid intensifies*

 

[FAST6191]

Not sure whether this is backpedalling (phrase wise that is almost up there with "I misspoke", in a presumably tightly engineered and highly financed video set to the focal point of a multi billion dollar project that forms the basis of a whole company division for the next 6 or so years) or something more genuine.

That said Xbox xtreme would probably have a better name and that would have been dated before the first xbox was out.

 

[DANTENDO]

Microsoft hav gone into pc mode so no surprise ther as it's like pc the name never changes - now there nothing wrong with pcs as it is a personal computer but when you make a machine tht is just a game machine it should hav a name with a wow factor attached so when you go into a store you say for example wow look at tht sega megadrive wel we did in my day - when buying or looking at an xbox what do you say now Er xbox but I said tht 18 years ago

 

[LanHikariDS]

The first one (Original Xbox in 2001) also was called just an «Xbox», right?..

Yuuuup

 

[Axido]

Microsoft clearly hides the fact that this is part of a complicated naming scheme. Following up on the XBone they definitely wanted to follow through and introduce the SeXbox. Well, what most people don't know is that late in development the Xbox 369 had to go through a sudden name change and became what we know as the Xbox 360. I leave it to your imagination what the original number stood for.

Can't wait for Microsoft to announce a smaller model of the Xbox SeX, even though I know that only english-speaking dads will come to fully enjoy the possibilities of casually talking about "Series S".

 

[Uiaad]

FFS Microsoft, go home you're drunk