Holy shit! For real? Damnn.. Now next gen can't come soon enough.
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Xbox Series X announced (formerly Project Scarlett)
- Thread starter vestan
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It is, Spencer himself has it on its side at home.
I don't get the hate for this design. It's certainly better than the crap V spaceship the PS4 dev builds have going. I take simplicity over an outlandish and unique design, these things are supposed to blend in with your TV setup.
True. On the other hand, what about those (rumoured?) dev kits? That system looked decently smaller.
I'm a fan of the Series X design. It's going to require extremely good cooling to keep a console that size quiet, so I think this design facilitates that quite well.
Yeah, because I'm sure outside of this forum the Xbox will be more popular. /s
"Xbox" is the platform or the brand and the model name is "Series X."
Xbox as a 20 year old brand is already ubiquitous enough that it probably doesn't need to be a part of the official product name. Judging by their reveal trailer today (first row XBOX, second row Series X), I'd wager all of their ads will simply refer to this product as Series X.
Phonetically, Series X is much easier to pronounce than "Xbox One X" or even just "Xbox."
Visually, they will always have that white Xbox globe logo visible so there's no mistaking it's the latest Xbox console.
While the name may seem somewhat sterile, I think it's a smart strategy. I dig it.
As for text abbreviation in these boards, the name is short enough so I'd type Series X.
Edit: Ugh. I meant to post the above in the 'XSX, XbSX or XS' thread. Still relevant so I'll just leave it here.
Edit 2: to further add, I think Microsoft is taking the same approach as Tesla. Tesla is the brand/platform and product names are Model S, Model 3, and so on.
Xbox as a 20 year old brand is already ubiquitous enough that it probably doesn't need to be a part of the official product name. Judging by their reveal trailer today (first row XBOX, second row Series X), I'd wager all of their ads will simply refer to this product as Series X.
Phonetically, Series X is much easier to pronounce than "Xbox One X" or even just "Xbox."
Visually, they will always have that white Xbox globe logo visible so there's no mistaking it's the latest Xbox console.
While the name may seem somewhat sterile, I think it's a smart strategy. I dig it.
As for text abbreviation in these boards, the name is short enough so I'd type Series X.
Edit: Ugh. I meant to post the above in the 'XSX, XbSX or XS' thread. Still relevant so I'll just leave it here.
Edit 2: to further add, I think Microsoft is taking the same approach as Tesla. Tesla is the brand/platform and product names are Model S, Model 3, and so on.
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The first message you've read was a response (quoted in it) to someone who two weeks ago was arguing that in not any case consoles could equal the top Steam gear, then collectively drooled on me about "console players" supposedly ignorant of hardware. All that slobber just for fueling a proxy war where I was just saying that the VR market will be lifted with the PCVR by the PS5's performances.
So seeing him in this thread waddling about how this console would fit greatly his interior was a too good occasion to not respond. But I regret now, personal reckoning are always boring and confusing to read.
That's the first thing my dad thought about when I showed him the design lol!
I cant find it anywhere on its twitter.
Also you must not forget that dev kits at least from playstation never look like the end product, the ps4 looked like a big bulky dell device. No way they go with the Vshape design.
tbh i find the xbox S X a little outlandish tbf. I mean it basically looks like a big rectangular amazon speaker with the vents on the top (not bashing xbox fyi, it seriously kinda looks like it). Untill i get confirmation that its not blowing out hot air at the top im not pre ordering as of now.
Considering the top seems to be where the hot air is dissipated, you get free seat warming included!
really got people in here questioning why it was announced now and not later like it's a negative lol. Put some joy in ya life. I'm glad as hell we got a nice peek and more info, and hopefully Sony pulls a 2013, and gives us some more PS5 info 2 months from now. This is an exciting time for gamers.
Didn't the article confirm it's sucking in cool air? Similar to the MAC PRO cylinder device.
Yeah. But more conspicuously, the series title could hint at a more stretched out generation. That is, the high end models (X) and low end models (S, presumably) could very well get a lot of entries under the series _ brand.
But maybe that's the wrong way to look at it, and the series part just refers to the proliferation of mid-gen refreshes for each tier.
Reminds me of that Mac Pro everyone called a trash can. I dig the new style, prob just put it next to my tv instead of under it.
At first I was laughing at the design of the console but now I really fw it. I really like it. Its very calm. Its not doing too much, it isn't a beast like the Xbox one X and it looks like it can fit just about everywhere. I have recently got into verticality builds and this one really does it for me.
I love the PS4 designs but I'm kidding myself if I believe Sony will come out with a better design than this. Y'all are going to need more space for that one. Sony use to be the king of compact too but it's not happening for the PS5.
Microsoft takes this one easily.
I love the PS4 designs but I'm kidding myself if I believe Sony will come out with a better design than this. Y'all are going to need more space for that one. Sony use to be the king of compact too but it's not happening for the PS5.
Microsoft takes this one easily.
My opinion, too.
the iPhone demonstrated that people don't care about the models, as long as the brand is ingrained.
The Wii U problem was that people thought it was just the controller...
Why are people acting like this will lead to mass confusion, they can just take the other consoles off shelves
As i knew I would be, I am now sadder that I didn't wait a year to by my LG OLED, because goddamn it, the 2019 supports variable frame rate and the 2018 does not.
So what are the specs, stronger than the ones?
Any games announced with it, I fell asleep at 8pm
Any games announced with it, I fell asleep at 8pm
No body tell him all modern consoles are basically PCs. Shhhhhhhhhhh.
;)
It should have been at their own event. Not sharing time with other things. 5 mins for the reveal, really?
Lol, at least wait for the PS5 design to be revealed, sheesh.
12 TF is confirmed at least, probably the best we'll see until mid gen refreshes.
So what do ya'll think? How long will the S and X be kept around for? Phil after all did say Hellblade 2 and other games by their new studios were exclusively in development for Series X.
Who cares though? You'll get more information throughout the year leading up to launch..
No, most modern consoles don't fit in those spaces either, because of air flow issues.
Also, you don't jsut get to dismiss the horizontal placing because you think it looks worse.
So that's both of those sorted.
I think it's the name of the console but then down the line they might announce a series S like they did with Xbox One S which might be a stripped down version after a while.
I like how XBO controllers will still be usable with the XSX
Exactly. Some people are never pleased. IMO this is one less thing they have to worry about during their own inevitable Xbox Series X event -- which will be focused on games, games, games, price and release date.
I like these things to have hype. Should have held a Jan event at MS HQ.
But is that event coming now, or are they just going to wait to E3?
The name would have been ok if Xbox One X didn't exist. They backed themselves in to a corner.
I wish I could but I just can't trust Sony to make it minimal and it sucks because they use to be the king of this! 🤕 But I really like this design. It's simple and as minimal as minimal gets. A tower is so space saving that I really just don't see Sony having something similar. It's definitely going to be another flat horizontal design and thats what makes Microsoft win hands down imo for my needs.
