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It’s 2001, and you’re sitting outside Gamestop for some new-fangled gear.
Basically, you’re nuts, and you have no friends.
The cat might be able to do a better job at naming an Xbox console.
The success of Xbox led to the creation of the Xbox 360.
They felt it would communicate the idea that Xbox was a generation behind.
Those weren’t the only names used during Microsoft’s second-generation console.
The green screen text on the monitor in the back really dates the photo.
You had the OG, a couple without hard drives, and the slims.
Now, these terms weren’t getting out of hand until 2013 rolled in.
Whatever, I can get over it; I mean, it worked forBattlefield One, right?
People have been confused for years yet Microsoft continues to act like there’s nothing wrong.
Then they made the slim version, theXbox One S. Okay, I get it.
Lo and behold, it’s 2020, and theXbox Series Xand S come out.
People get confused
It turns out the Redditorggf66trecently was a victim of this naming convention.
Thirteen different console names.
Now, I get it.
They’re both at fault here, but can we start blaming Microsoft’s absurd naming convention, too?
I mean, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S.
I forgot to even mention the digital Series X.
I’d have no idea they were sequential products by generation.
I mean, look at Nintendo, which has famously never named any of its consoles with numerals.
He’s not the only one who’s had issues, though.
They could have just refurbished the Xbox 360 kits as toasters.
A quick web search provides multiple other instances of users complaining that they bought the wrong console.
I tried setting it up last night, but the servers were down.
Took the L and had to share."
Like the users over atGiant Bomb, “How confusing is the new Xbox naming convention?
Who thought this was a good idea?
Wait, did you catch that?
Did Nintendo double down and create a new version of the Wii U?
They’d only misstep once more if they introduced the Switch 2 as the Switch U.
Don’t even get me started on the mid-gen refreshwhat’s next, four different versions ofGame Pass?
c’mon, Microsoft, spare us from the GPU-style naming mess!
Today, we could be discussing the Xbox 4 or 5.
Not this “Series” or “One” crap.
To the average consumer, there is no clear recognition between those words.
One slip-up, and you could end up making the best Christmas Killer-less instead.
That’s not an ‘okay’ to use the phrase “dub” in your next Xbox.
