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How would you abbreviate the "Xbox Series X" name; XBSX, XBX or XSX
- Thread starter Fawz
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Something else differently, the fact that we need to discuss so much about it just prove that's a terrible naming for the product. Why can't it be as simple as PS5 ?
I'd so much want to be fly on the wall at Microsoft's marketing meetings that came up with this nomeclature.
I feel like XSX is the only reasonable answer. I think Microsoft is doing a lot of things right this go around but as usual I think they've really flopped with the name. The 360 is probably in my opinion the only name they've gone with that stuck the landing.
I would use SX and SS for the Series X and Series S respectively. No need for the Xbox part in my humble opinion.
And it always felt natural to me, to the point where it was the first thing I thought of after they revealed the Series X name. But after reading XSX on here so much, that abbreviation has kinda become second nature to me.
I mean, they didn't ever use "XO."
This whole naming strategy is built around getting the communicative name of both new machines to just be "Xbox," with a "Series" subtitle added only when clarification is needed. Microsoft was not happy that the communicative name of the Xbox 360 was just "the 360." That's something no brand wants.
XB4 (Xbox 4)
It's the only way I can keep track that this is a new console and not like a slim redesign of the current gen.
It's the only way I can keep track that this is a new console and not like a slim redesign of the current gen.
They're making a huge effort on naming their consoles in a more confusing way each gen and Xbox One X was already painful enough, so I won't bother with their "official" abbreviation and I'll call it either the SX or just "the xbox" myself.
I've never actually seen any of the named ones apart from XSX. Even SeX is more common than all the others you mentioned.When it comes to naming conventions and abreviating the Console names the Xbox One ended up going the route of XB1, though the XBone had some traction at first and there was possible alternatives such as Xone & Xbox1. In the end XB1 also worked out better long term by expanding well enough with the subsequent releases with Xbox One S being XB1S and Xbox One X being XB1X. And if you want to count it, amusingly enough the Xbox One S All-Digital ending up as the XB1SAD
But for the Xbox Series X I'm not sure which way it'll end up going and am curious about the popular opinion as I feel like it could go multiple ways since there's various valid arguments and from what I can tell MS hasn't taken a public stance. Priority could be put on fitting the 3 character baseline, accommodating potential subsequent releases or being more careful to not overlap with the Xbox One abbreviations (ie: XBX could be taken to mean the Xbox One X)
The Scarlett Consoles. The Xbox consoles. Next gen (or later, Current gen) xbox consoles. Xboxen.
Honestly, I can't think of many instances where you'll have trouble understanding what people are referring to in context.
