At least it appears so lol... check out this Verge article
It looks like a bunch of soon-to-be-disappointed people accidentally bought Xbox One X's - theverge.com (https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2020/9/22/21451624/xbox-one-x-amazon-series-x-preorder-accident)
Lol... that sucks... unless people are just jumping on Xbox One X systems... but....
Thoughts, comments, post it up!
The WII U taught everyone in the video gaming community what poor branding does, I don't know why Microsoft continued with the pitiful nomenclature.
Quote from: targetrasp on September 26, 2020, 06:55:26 PM
The WII U taught everyone in the video gaming community what poor branding does, I don't know why Microsoft continued with the pitiful nomenclature.
Yeah, they done goofed. The only reason I can think of for the similar naming scheme is because all Xbox One games will work on the newer systems. It might've been a way to get people comfortable with their purchase.
360 was fine. Xbox One was often confusing vs xbox original. Series X and Series S are just silly names.
Sure, Playstation 5 is not an original naming convention, but it is direct and makes sense.
100% agree. They should've come out with an Xbox 720 instead of One ;D
PS5 does just fall in line. Simple. Makes sense. Though not super creative. That's for sure.
Now they need an xbox 3 so people can ask where Two, 720, and series Y are.
LOL
@Grindspine that would be hilarious. It would also be a Microsoft thing to do, no doubt. ;D
Xbox Gamepass allowing most games to be played on PC. Newer smart TVs are somewhat game compatible. Will we hit a point where Microsoft stops making consoles?
Quote from: Grindspine on November 09, 2025, 12:01:52 AMXbox Gamepass allowing most games to be played on PC. Newer smart TVs are somewhat game compatible. Will we hit a point where Microsoft stops making consoles?
They'll stop making traditional consoles. The Xbox ROG Ally handheld is the first step into what their future "consoles" will look like, which is just basically PCs with a game specific front-end menu. They've already confirmed this. Time will tell if this will be a winning strategy for them.
My guess is that Xbox will be done... writing is on the wall. Maybe they'll release a generic Steam Box like console for Xbox here and there. With Costco and others starting to slow down and stop selling the Xbox, the writing is on the wall.
Further writing on the wall - 2 major flagship games are now on PlayStation5:
https://www.chickendinnergaming.com/forum/sony-playstation-5-ps5-playstation-4-ps4-ps-vita-and-playstation-3-ps3/gears-of-war-reloaded/
https://www.chickendinnergaming.com/forum/sony-playstation-5-ps5-playstation-4-ps4-ps-vita-and-playstation-3-ps3/halo-campaign-evolved/
I really liked the Xbox One but I sold it to my roommates when I got divorced and had to move out because they had a bunch of Rock Band songs on it and I didn't want to be petty about it so I let them keep it (they paid me what GameStop would have paid for trading it in so it was pretty fair all around). I wanted another one for a while but honestly now most of the games are on PC and I can still use my Xbox One controller so I don't see a point in getting any Xbox console.