So my wife bought me Xbox One S instead of Series S :(
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Unless you follow gaming, I'm pretty sure it's easy to get confused by which console is which (or to even know that the One S is different from the Series S)
Speaking of confusion between the One and Series, is Call of Duty the only one to do the confusing box art thing, or are there other cross gen games like this?
Good lord. In the end the $69.99 price tag is really the best way to tell those SKUs apart.
The text at the top of the box should say "Xbox Series X|S", not just "Xbox".
But there was still stock... so all those people just decided to buy a One X on the day pre-orders started for the Series S/X?
Ok.
Two opposite answers! At this point I'm just resigned to the fact that the world may never know.
I don't actually blame the Xbox naming convention for this particular issue: If you replace every occurrence of Xbox One -> PS4 and Xbox Series -> PS5, it's still confusing as hell. The box color is certainly not helping matters.
EDIT: actually looking at it further, I still do sorta blame the naming convention. Why does the "series" version specify XSX but not mention XSS? It just gets worse the longer I look.
EDIT 2: oh right, Series S has no disc drive...
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Looking at cod there is actually a paid seperate upgrade.
But with most games it's free
Er well now I feel the need to clarify I was mocking the confusing branding, and not OP's wife.
Peeps can get out of here with that attitude.
Considering how many Xbox SKUs there've been, I think they'd be better off just calling the next one Xbox 7 and could get away with it. That's assuming that myth about them not wanting to be a number below Sony is true.
It's definitely a super confusing Christmas for those buying Xbox related gifts that don't know anything about gaming. I still stand by the Xbox naming convention being a total fucking nightmare for the console space.
Xbox Two S
Xbox Two X
Or alternatively
Xbox II S|X
Xbox [roman numeral] S|X
I thought about that too, but then we have Xbox One vs Playstation 4 as the naming convention last time.
The naming convention is pretty stupid that said, I think the reason they didn't go with a 1,2,3 number convention is because subconsciously people would think the play station equivalent was better because there's are always one model number higher technically, still think calling the last one the 720 and this one the 1480 would of been smarter, could even call the s version the 1000 to signify its weaker, either way series x and s after one s and x wasn't the move.
I got a Virtual Boy game for Christmas one year because the boxes looked like Gameboy boxes. I was excited because that meant that Santa must have got me a Virtual Boy too but alas.
Wha ... are you serious? There are Xbox Series X exclusive SKUs?
Holy shit I had no idea.
Unless you follow gaming, I'm pretty sure it's easy to get confused by which console is which (or to even know that the One S is different from the Series S)
Speaking of confusion between the One and Series, is Call of Duty the only one to do the confusing box art thing, or are there other cross gen games like this?
I still don't understand this.
What's the reason to get the more expensive version when you could just get the cheaper one that still works for your new console?
Does the more expensive version have enhancements not available to people who buy the cheaper one?
No, he just means that the S cannot play physical games, it has no disk drive
not mad you got banned even though its only for a few days.
Which is why they should've just called it the Xbox 5.
It's easy enough to stretch to get there tbh
this is an hilariously written story.
"what has happened"
"we both laughed"
really funny dude lol
writing it here is smart cover for the trial later.
"what has happened"
"we both laughed"
really funny dude lol
writing it here is smart cover for the trial later.
Your wife sounds like a nice person, at least you were able to laugh it off and not be all awkward about it lol
That said, the naming convention for the new Xbox is gonna cause some problems this Christmas. Not a ton, but I'm sure you're wife won't be the only person to think they just scored a new console for someone.
That said, the naming convention for the new Xbox is gonna cause some problems this Christmas. Not a ton, but I'm sure you're wife won't be the only person to think they just scored a new console for someone.
The title of this thread is long changed, but I have to wonder if the OP was perfectly clear letting his wife know which console he wanted? The initial thread title was not an example of clarity.
And we cannot kid ourselves, Microsoft is using the most ridiculous naming architecture possible. Of course there is going to be confusion.
And we cannot kid ourselves, Microsoft is using the most ridiculous naming architecture possible. Of course there is going to be confusion.
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I bet some bitter employee is going "I fucking told you all, and you didn't listen to me".
They never should have promoted the guy who came up with "Let's call the Xbox 2 the 'Xbox 360! And then we'll call the Xbox 3 the 'Xbox One'!"
In his defence, he wanted to call it 'Xbox, too" but it got lost in translation as soon as the idea went up a few levels.
I along with zedox was beating the Xbox 5 drum for years.
They had the perfect opportunity to have numbered parity with Sony and using the Xbox One X as the excuse for it
I still can't fathom how a mega company like MS could screw up the names of their consoles like that.
One
One S
One Series S
One Series X
I mean... Yeah
One
One S
One Series S
One Series X
I mean... Yeah
I never understood why people lose their shit about some model names.
Apple does something similar and no one bats an eye (I own an iPhone before someone even tries that)
X,XR,XS,XSM and people are fine.
One S, One X, Series S Series X and its suddenly too much to wrap your head around.
Apple does something similar and no one bats an eye (I own an iPhone before someone even tries that)
X,XR,XS,XSM and people are fine.
One S, One X, Series S Series X and its suddenly too much to wrap your head around.
You know, seeing it all listed like that is the first time I've actually made the connection that this new Xbox is technically called "the Series", just like the current/last gen one is the "the One" and the previous "the 360", and S and X are just variations. I knew the variation part, but the actual naming convention never made sense to me before seeing them vertically listed like that
And given that, going from 360 -> One -> Series is completely baffling. Yeah, Nintendo uses non-sequential names as well, with "Nintendo" being the equivalent of "Xbox", but the only time people were confused was with the Wii U. The rest are distinctly named based on some feature/function (ie. N64 being 64-bit, Gamecube being a cube, etc)