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Maybe It All Makes Sense

June 19, 2017 by Tim


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Kevin Greenbaum
Kevin Greenbaum
7 years ago

Pretty sure I need to agree with Player 2 here

Droid
Droid
7 years ago

See, this is the kind of stuff I follow you for!

And Microsoft has made an art out of making so much crap that the more successful things look like pearls when they’re actually just shiny pebbles in a pile of dirt.

RP
RP
7 years ago

They still have terrible marketing division. Using Z would not make sense either, but would sound way cooler.

whocares
whocares
7 years ago
Reply to  RP

Not really. Half the world would mispronounce it as “Xbox One Zed” which is much much worse than Xbox One X.

CaptOBrienBeard
CaptOBrienBeard
7 years ago
Reply to  whocares

And the rest would pronounce it as “Xbox Onesie.” Which is a lot worse.

cHUMBAwUMBA
cHUMBAwUMBA
7 years ago

Hoe-lee shiiiiit

cHUMBAwUMBA
cHUMBAwUMBA
7 years ago

X x
B ox
O ne
X x

Skyblade
Skyblade
7 years ago

Yay, E3 comics coming in. Hopefully some Console Wars soon. I wonder how the Apple-induced parts shortage that’s cutting supply of the Switch down would factor in to the comic. Apple’s not a direct part of the war, after all…

RP
RP
7 years ago
Reply to  Skyblade

Say, that reminds me. What would e3 be in Console Wars? Something like diplomacy/espionage neutral zone?

wkz
wkz
7 years ago
Reply to  RP

An all-out three way warzone instead?

After all, they big three are pulling out all the products and they’re not pulling the punches…

TechBender
TechBender
7 years ago
Reply to  RP

Are you kidding me!? Diplomacy? Pfft, nuts to that. E3 is D day. Equivalent to to world war 2 trench warfare except it’s with all the new bleeding edge super tech that is experimental without the bugs worked out so you don’t know if it’s going to slaughter a whole battalion or blow up in your face. Nah I think the reason they don’t talk about E3 in the console wars is because that’s how horrific it is.

Skyblade
Skyblade
7 years ago
Reply to  TechBender

But games aren’t sold at E3. And we’ve had games with big reveals at E3 that turn out to be massive flops. It’s more like a staging grounds. A military parade, if you will. Like the ones North Korea has been fond of lately. A chance to show off the upcoming weapons at their absolute best, under controlled circumstances, in an attempt to intimidate the competition.

Or, in the case of the X.B.O.X., to show off the new soldier, all full of ‘roids, who’s going to march onto the battlefield with just his bare hands.

Damo1155
Damo1155
7 years ago
Reply to  RP

I believe it would be more of a neutral zone but acts as a Black Market Expo for better hardware or the latest cutting edge games where deals can be brokered (i.e. Switch and XBOX cross-compatibility support)

Eldest Gruff
Eldest Gruff
7 years ago
Reply to  Skyblade

It’s a sign that Tim’s made something special with The Console Wars that every time I hear news about one company getting some slight advantage over another, I wonder how it translates to these little robots duking it out. Will we see that giant steel door in the Microsoft R&D lab open, only to see some sort of tiny sleek ninja? Or will cross-play with Minecraft and Rocket League turn into some sort of shaky alliance between the XBots, Switches, and the yet-unseen PC Master Race? Or will we see a sneak peek in a Sony tactics briefing, only to… Read more »

dukegonzo
dukegonzo
7 years ago
Reply to  Eldest Gruff

We have seen some stream soldiers in the war. I feel the Pc race are too spilt on parts and specs to form a coherent faction.

mjc
mjc
7 years ago
Reply to  Eldest Gruff

I believe Tim said in another comment somewhere that PC will not be seen during the Console Wars series, for the simple reason that PCs aren’t consoles.

RP
RP
7 years ago
Reply to  mjc

Wait… but we DID see PC (A.k.a. mom) on a picture on Xbox soldier’s photo.

Matt Moore
Matt Moore
7 years ago
Reply to  Skyblade

I know I am in the minority here, but the console wars never were my thing. I love everything else on CAD and have been reading them for years and years now.. But I tune out for Console Wars.

Skyblade
Skyblade
7 years ago
Reply to  Matt Moore

Fair enough. We all have different tastes. I myself dislike a number of his long running series, such as “The Campaign” and “Starcaster Chronicles”, until the website update made following them so much easier.

Skyblade
Skyblade
7 years ago
Reply to  Skyblade

Thanks for that update, BTW, Tim!

mjc
mjc
7 years ago
Reply to  Skyblade

What Apple induced part shortage? The only part shortage I know of is because people are buying up all the budget graphics cards for cryptocurrency mining.

Skyblade
Skyblade
7 years ago
Reply to  mjc

Apple supposedly bought up all the Flash RAM needed for the Switch for their new iPhone. It’s a relatively low production part, so there’s a shortage, and Nintendo can’t get enough to make Switch systems to keep up with demand.

id3o
id3o
7 years ago

Even better it comes inside of a (wait for it) ….
x – box – one – x – box !!

Zach
Zach
7 years ago
Reply to  id3o

This pleases me.

RG
RG
7 years ago
Reply to  id3o

Do you only get one – x – box – one – x in a x – box – one – x – box?

Me-me
Me-me
7 years ago

Sure, it’s symmetrical. Yay. Works great for code names. Recognition, to both insiders and outsiders? We’re going to be clearing up the miscommunications long after the X.B.O.X is dead.

Tim van der Meij
Tim van der Meij
7 years ago

I’ve been using the abbreviation XBO for years and felt like I was the only one!

Josh
Josh
7 years ago

I prefer XBOne, myself.

Jessica
Jessica
7 years ago

Because Robot 1-X was already taken by Futurama, which is literally what I think of every time I hear the name.

SomeOldGuy
SomeOldGuy
7 years ago

Micro$0ft and Genius = two oxymorons that will never meet….

Patrick
Patrick
7 years ago

One x box one x box please…

Froggo
Froggo
7 years ago

REVELATIONS

Carl
Carl
7 years ago

My co-worker John mentioned basically this same thing to my other co-worker Pat. I blew his freaking mind.

Hamstermer
Hamstermer
7 years ago

It’s all the XBOXes.

Ajedi32
Ajedi32
7 years ago

Wait, you’re right. That’s… actually pretty clever.

Brittany
Brittany
7 years ago

anyone else look at the pictures and think it kinda looks like a PS2?

Commentary Ver.2.72
Commentary Ver.2.72
7 years ago
Reply to  Brittany

Nope. My PS2 looks nothing like them. Especially the logo.

mandoschMUh
mandoschMUh
7 years ago

Pronounced in German, it could well be an character of Asterix: Xboxoneix 😀

Andrew J
Andrew J
7 years ago

Someone at Microsoft thought they were so clever and then this comic came out and now everyone knows and that person is sad.

Carl
Carl
7 years ago

xbox ex

Sonja Nachtbringer
Sonja Nachtbringer
7 years ago

Welp. That’s the second thing to permanently break my mind.

Not Carl
Not Carl
7 years ago

Mind Blown.

Dennis
Dennis
7 years ago

At some point, someone said, “We have the S and now the X. So when are we getting the Xbox 1 E?” I’ll let you think about that.

xBadass56x
xBadass56x
7 years ago

*inception sound plays in the background*

Lucaswalker
Lucaswalker
5 years ago

+1

Stacts
Stacts
1 year ago

I know it’s an older comic, but I feel like starting a war. The xbone’s name SHOULD have been XBox 11, because the current version of Direct X when it launched was 11 (and for those than don’t remember, the original XBox got its name from DirectXBox).

This would have done three things for Microsoft:
1) The name would have an actual meaning
2) This name would avoid the problem of being one-number-lower than their competitor.
3) This name might have stopped them from what is now a trajectory of incredibly stupid names.