It’ll all be clarified next console season with the XBox 360X Series KY.
But to have actual commentary….presumably they started calling it “Series X” because they want the primary ‘name’ to just be ‘XBox’, and than have a series that they can increment; like PlayStation does with it’s numbering but without copying them overtly. I’m not sure that starting WITH “x” in the alphabet is the best way to do that though.
The naming conventions of x boxes are puzzling at best, confusing at worst (many people bought current-gen xbox because they thought they were preordering series x – lol) and plain stupid, Xbox? ok, xbox360 – yep, ok, Xbox one x- what? are you stuttering? why not just xbox one? xbox series x – wtf?????? what does it mean? can’t they just call it xbox 4 or 5 (if they are worried people will prefer ps5 over xbox4 because it has a bigger number… Please MS decide on a simple naming convention and just follow with it. Don’t confuse consumers any… Read more »
It’s actually smart marketing in a weird way….
XBox
Xbox 360
Xbox One X
XBox X
*360 Xbox* is what they can name the two in the series and keep the confusing naming scheme but also have it make complete sense!
More than likely they use focus groups to try out various buzzwords to see what people think sounds best.
They can’t use their normal method such as with Windows because then it would just be copying Sony, and most other methods have already been used by Pokémon over the years (colors, metals, precious stones, celestial bodies and now weapons)
Recall that the XBox One X and One S are actually iterations of the XBox One, like the PS4 Pro and Slim are iterations of the PS4. That being said, while I get the marketing of calling it “Series X/S” (because it’s the next one in “the series” of XBox consoles), it is a truly horrible choice and I fully understand why frantic monkeys are confusing the new and slightly-old options while madly trying to buy *something*. Though really, what else *could* they have called it without either deviating from the XBox name scheme or *gasp* being like Sony with… Read more »
It was simple. First the UCBox, Then BYBox, Then you got ABox and XBox.
aaron Smith
4 years ago
ruined his cofee /rude
Oyee
4 years ago
This is actually a streak of brilliant from Ethan.
Ocramot
4 years ago
“a sign would have been enough”.
No, it wouldn’t.
People don’t read signs.
This will SURELY catch their attention.
Good job, Ethan.
Kenju
4 years ago
….*about to speak and holds up finger, only to stop and pause*
I….honestly can find no fault or flaw in this plan of Ethan’s…and that is perhaps the single most terrifying thing I can imagine.
Not only is Ethan right, but he came up with a sound, logical, sensible, accurate method of dealing with the problem.
*runs to panic room as the four horsemen surly must be on their way*
It is, until you realize that most parents going into a game store [to buy a console for their kids] won’t listen to the people informing them of why they are wrong, so why would they listen to an automated message telling them the same thing?
Finally! Someone has explained to me the weirdly confusing names of the latest Xboxs!
Leon
4 years ago
I still have a bunch to do on PS4……
Tonkin
4 years ago
Honestly, by Ethan standards, this is brilliant
Anon200
4 years ago
Heh my local ebgames would love to do this, I managed to preorder the last ps5 on the 17 at like 10:12 and over dozen people walked in asking the manager about preorders in the the time I was there. He called an employee in just to answer the phone calls that day.
And ouch Lucas is probably be enjoying first degree burns if that’s a fresh coffee
Jetroid
4 years ago
I like the panel design here!
raven0ak
4 years ago
and to be honest both sony and microsoft are having pretty lame launch catering, def not worth investing on either of em for good while
Nobody
4 years ago
You would think that Microsoft would have learned from Nintendo’s mistake in naming the Wii U.
You would think that Microsoft would have learned …
no.
Glaedien
4 years ago
Eugh. I was working in retail a few years ago when hatchimals were *THE* christmas thing. I suggested a similar solution, as I quickly grew tired of stopping 2,000 lb+ pallets to inform people that no we don’t have any, and no I don’t know when or if we’ll have more.
Surprisingly, the department head didn’t like my idea. ┐(゜～゜)┌
Crestlinger
4 years ago
Still going to be Playstation 5: X.b.o.x. 1
Me-me
4 years ago
Zeke’s still in the backroom, right? He’d probably enjoy the chance to be confrontational with humans.
nealithi
4 years ago
As someone that has worked retail, I approve and applaud this effort of Ethan’s
Peter Piers
4 years ago
Hey, is it just me or is the art style for this one slightly different than the others? They seem a bit taller and thinner, more gaunt. Less round. More serious, almost.
I mean, yeah, of course art is going to evolve, but I never, ever, ever noticed it at the time, only retrospectively. This would be the first time I ever noticed it as it was happening.
Arvex
4 years ago
“But you do have your coffee. It’s right there, on your shirt.”
Not sure Ethan would actually say something like that, but I would.
James Kite
4 years ago
ha, I pre-ordered the PlayStation series X for only $500 before they ran out (they only had 3 left, I was so lucky)
Just finalised payment via gift cards yesterday, it will be shipping from the manufacturer in Nigeria soon.
I kept believing this “Xbox Series X” was meant to be a placeholder name, not the actual name they’re going to end with…
Some guy who rages
4 years ago
My cousin has an Xbox One X, when the price of the Series X released, I had to take quite a bit of time to explain to him the Series X is not the One X because he kept looking up the wrong pricing and asking why I’m excited when the X is already released. So parents, sure, but everyday gamers, also. I feel this has more to do with the “X” at the end than the actual name (and how people read on the internet these days, skipping words/click-bait titles etc.)
will
4 years ago
as someone who works retail this is PAUINFULLY accurate.
T.J.
4 years ago
Lucas confirmed for cold brew gay. If he were a latte gay, that would have hurt so bad the rest of the panels would have just been him screaming from the third degree burns.
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It’ll all be clarified next console season with the XBox 360X Series KY.
But to have actual commentary….presumably they started calling it “Series X” because they want the primary ‘name’ to just be ‘XBox’, and than have a series that they can increment; like PlayStation does with it’s numbering but without copying them overtly. I’m not sure that starting WITH “x” in the alphabet is the best way to do that though.
The naming conventions of x boxes are puzzling at best, confusing at worst (many people bought current-gen xbox because they thought they were preordering series x – lol) and plain stupid, Xbox? ok, xbox360 – yep, ok, Xbox one x- what? are you stuttering? why not just xbox one? xbox series x – wtf?????? what does it mean? can’t they just call it xbox 4 or 5 (if they are worried people will prefer ps5 over xbox4 because it has a bigger number… Please MS decide on a simple naming convention and just follow with it. Don’t confuse consumers any… Read more »
It’s actually smart marketing in a weird way….
XBox
Xbox 360
Xbox One X
XBox X
*360 Xbox* is what they can name the two in the series and keep the confusing naming scheme but also have it make complete sense!
Could it be?:
One X = IX = 9
X = 10
So the next should be the XBOX X One
The next one is gonna be called “Xbox 60-60-60”, pronounced “three sixties”, of course.
More than likely they use focus groups to try out various buzzwords to see what people think sounds best.
They can’t use their normal method such as with Windows because then it would just be copying Sony, and most other methods have already been used by Pokémon over the years (colors, metals, precious stones, celestial bodies and now weapons)
I mean, it’s not like Windows is any better. XP? Vista? They’re not just iterating numbers there either lol.
yh … msdos,3.1,95,98,me,xp,vista,7,8,10
X. Box. One. X. aka X.B.O.X. They came 360 (full circle), and now they are trying to find a way out of the roundabout.
I think Tim actually made that joke in a comic before.
I like the meme that points out the Xbox comes in a box, so you could have one Xbox One X box.
Don’t worry it’ll all be come clear when the next one is released as either Xbox series Xbox one X or Xbox series XI
Xbox series XI or Xbox series X One
“Why not just xbox one?” Did…did you just miss that that WAS the next gen after 360? Xbox one WAS what they called it. the One X was after that.
When MS decides on a simple naming convention:
1.x 2.x 3.x 3.11 95 98 ME 2000 XP 7 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 …
1507,1511,1607,1703,1709,1803,1809,1903,1909,2004,20H2
Recall that the XBox One X and One S are actually iterations of the XBox One, like the PS4 Pro and Slim are iterations of the PS4. That being said, while I get the marketing of calling it “Series X/S” (because it’s the next one in “the series” of XBox consoles), it is a truly horrible choice and I fully understand why frantic monkeys are confusing the new and slightly-old options while madly trying to buy *something*. Though really, what else *could* they have called it without either deviating from the XBox name scheme or *gasp* being like Sony with… Read more »
It looks they’re sticking with S for lower and X for higher. Maybe next we’ll get Series S2 and Series X2.
If any of the major players need to provide lube with their systems, it’s Sony, not Microsoft…
Can’t increment a series starting with “X”? Just tell me Y not.
Zis might be the last thing you do.
It was simple. First the UCBox, Then BYBox, Then you got ABox and XBox.
ruined his cofee /rude
This is actually a streak of brilliant from Ethan.
“a sign would have been enough”.
No, it wouldn’t.
People don’t read signs.
This will SURELY catch their attention.
Good job, Ethan.
….*about to speak and holds up finger, only to stop and pause*
I….honestly can find no fault or flaw in this plan of Ethan’s…and that is perhaps the single most terrifying thing I can imagine.
Not only is Ethan right, but he came up with a sound, logical, sensible, accurate method of dealing with the problem.
*runs to panic room as the four horsemen surly must be on their way*
It is, until you realize that most parents going into a game store [to buy a console for their kids] won’t listen to the people informing them of why they are wrong, so why would they listen to an automated message telling them the same thing?
When I lend my navigator app, it tells people not to speed. They listen and obey.
Cocaine: not ever.
Hiding there is actually predicted to not help.
Finally! Someone has explained to me the weirdly confusing names of the latest Xboxs!
I still have a bunch to do on PS4……
Honestly, by Ethan standards, this is brilliant
Heh my local ebgames would love to do this, I managed to preorder the last ps5 on the 17 at like 10:12 and over dozen people walked in asking the manager about preorders in the the time I was there. He called an employee in just to answer the phone calls that day.
And ouch Lucas is probably be enjoying first degree burns if that’s a fresh coffee
I like the panel design here!
and to be honest both sony and microsoft are having pretty lame launch catering, def not worth investing on either of em for good while
You would think that Microsoft would have learned from Nintendo’s mistake in naming the Wii U.
You would think that Microsoft would have learned …
no.
Eugh. I was working in retail a few years ago when hatchimals were *THE* christmas thing. I suggested a similar solution, as I quickly grew tired of stopping 2,000 lb+ pallets to inform people that no we don’t have any, and no I don’t know when or if we’ll have more.
Surprisingly, the department head didn’t like my idea. ┐(゜～゜)┌
Still going to be Playstation 5: X.b.o.x. 1
Zeke’s still in the backroom, right? He’d probably enjoy the chance to be confrontational with humans.
As someone that has worked retail, I approve and applaud this effort of Ethan’s
Hey, is it just me or is the art style for this one slightly different than the others? They seem a bit taller and thinner, more gaunt. Less round. More serious, almost.
I mean, yeah, of course art is going to evolve, but I never, ever, ever noticed it at the time, only retrospectively. This would be the first time I ever noticed it as it was happening.
“But you do have your coffee. It’s right there, on your shirt.”
Not sure Ethan would actually say something like that, but I would.
ha, I pre-ordered the PlayStation series X for only $500 before they ran out (they only had 3 left, I was so lucky)
Just finalised payment via gift cards yesterday, it will be shipping from the manufacturer in Nigeria soon.
Happy Dance.
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Ethan must have been inspired by this: https://kamenrider.fandom.com/wiki/DecadeArmor
I kept believing this “Xbox Series X” was meant to be a placeholder name, not the actual name they’re going to end with…
My cousin has an Xbox One X, when the price of the Series X released, I had to take quite a bit of time to explain to him the Series X is not the One X because he kept looking up the wrong pricing and asking why I’m excited when the X is already released. So parents, sure, but everyday gamers, also. I feel this has more to do with the “X” at the end than the actual name (and how people read on the internet these days, skipping words/click-bait titles etc.)
as someone who works retail this is PAUINFULLY accurate.
Lucas confirmed for cold brew gay. If he were a latte gay, that would have hurt so bad the rest of the panels would have just been him screaming from the third degree burns.