[LazyMans]

I also find it hard to understand the naming scheme. To anybody who follows closely, I'm sure it makes sense. For someone out of the loop. No clue.

[delecti]

The naming scheme is pretty simple, just bad.

The new generation is "Series", with the X being more powerful than the S. So the Xbox Series X is the best model, and the Xbox Series S is the same generation, but less powerful. It's like if the PS4 and PS4 Pro came out at the same time.

[basfo]

Also you have the Xbox one (original vcr model with kinect) Xbox one S, and Xbox One X.

Then on the "Series" line you have Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X.

So many people can think "X" or "S" as being a "Series", something of a kind, and confusing a "xbox one X" with a "xbox series X". - You have a series X? oh yeah, i have the xbox one X.

Also the looks of the xbox one S and the xbox series S is quite similar...

Not sure why didn't called xbox 2022 pro and slim or something.

And it's a shame, i have an xbox series x and is actually a great product.

[rsynnott]

> Also you have the Xbox one (original vcr model with kinect) Xbox one S, and Xbox One X.

> Then on the "Series" line you have Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X.

Wait, the Xbox One S/X and the Xbox Series S/X are different things?! I actually never realised that.

[delecti]

Yep! Xbox One was their generation parallel to the Playstation 4, and Xbox Series is their current generation parallel to the Playstation 5. All the X and S after those are tier differentiators.

They really need someone better naming their consoles.

[rsynnott]

Ugh, yeah, finally something with even worse version naming than the Apple Watch. (There's a thing called an Apple Watch Series 1. Confusingly, it's _not_ the first one; it is the cheaper cut-down version of the _second_ generation product; the first-gen product didn't have a version name at all).

[jerf]

I mean, I still don't see why the XBox 360 isn't the most powerful of the series.

I jest, but then, I also don't.

The WiiU attracted a lot of justified derision on its naming scheme, but I wonder if it also got a lot because it was still legible enough to be seen by people as mistake. Speaking for myself, even as a bit of a gamer (not a major one, but I'm in touch with the scene in general), the XBox line is just a cognitive blur to me. I couldn't even name them correctly any more. If they come out with an XBox XS I would literally need to read an article pointing out that it's a new release. The line is so illegible as naming schemes I can't even make fun of them properly.

[robotnikman]

Same here. It's like how the Wii-U was confusing to many people, who assumed it was just an accessory for the wii

[aleph_minus_one]

> It's like how the Wii-U was confusing to many people, who assumed it was just an accessory for the wii

Fun fact: when it came out, I originally thought that with "Xbox One" they meant the original Xbox (the one before the Xbox 360).

[skywhopper]

There’s zero logic to the naming scheme, so the only way to know it is to memorize it. I’m not sure it ever “makes sense”.