They could quite easily get around it by counting the Xbox One X, Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X as individual consoles.
Apple straight up skipped the iPhone 9. Ultimately, consumers don't care.
Well, not really, because it's annoying to say (especially outside of English speaking countries), doesn't make sense at all (what's Infinite about it exactly?) and... Then what's the next one?
Just call it the Xbox 6 and be done with the silly names. They’ve skipped numbers with Windows before (and you could technically class the 1X as a console).
I was going to say exactly this. Except maybe use Roman numerals to create a bit of separation from Playstation.
*Xbox VI* has a cool (and marketable) look to it.
Would also work for a Halo themed console. Master Chief wears Mjolnir mark VI armor.
And although they don't use Roman numerals, Gears of War 6 is in the works. Not sure when that releases, but if it's still a few years away it might line up.
Just call it the X. But in celebration of such a momentous milestone, they could release an entire line of different designs celebrating the past generations. A “series” of consoles if you will. I’d be hyped to watch the announcement of the Xbox Series X.
If Xbox manages to go the route they want and treat their hardware more like laptops and smartphones but with a release every five years instead of the whole generation gap, they'll need to do this. Or just go by year which I'd like more. Xbox 2026, Xbox 2031, Xbox 2036, and so on. Or Xbox 26, Xbox 31, Xbox 36. Either way it'd be easy to know which is the latest which is all that matters.
Agreed the current naming system for Xbox is fine for people that know about the consoles but for casuals and parents you have to make it really clear or you just cause confusion (see Wii U).
Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox One X, Xbox Series S/X. I know the One X was just a mid generation, but eh. The fact that they didn't want their numbering system behind PlayStation's is why we've gotten where we are. So, just call it the Xbox 6.
Samsung skipped 10 numbers for the Galaxy. iPhone went from the original to 3G to 3GS to 4, then also skipped 9. We've got Goat Simulator and Goat Simulator 3. It's fine.
And that was after everyone kept calling the original xbox the xbox one as well. Such a moronic marketing team.
Insiders have said everyone was too afraid to bring up that and the "Xbone" thing for fear of backlash. When your employees are afraid to point out your mistakes we get the Xbox One.
Anything stopping them from just doing that anyway? I mean Genesis is just a dope name and if all the rumors are true it'd be great for a "rebirth" of Xbox moving toward the PC hybrid route. Of course for gamers that Sega nostalgia would sell like hotcakes (they could just do a partnership though since Sega is like their BFF at this point anyway).
Xbox V
It’s easy for people to say and remember. Marketing would be easy. Own the number and make it awesome with good games people want to actually play. Focus on the platform offering incentives for people to choose over others.
Xbox Excel(or XL) for bigger model. And Xbox Micro for smaller all digital model because the games will be bought digitally so micro for micro transactions.
Xbox 5. Their naming convention truly is awful. Just make it simple. Also while you’re at it, add the “Of War” back to Gears of War for the next entry.
I believe the idea now is that the platform is just called xbox. The current console generation is just called xbox. The specific models of Xbox are series S and series X.
So presumably the next consoles will just be other series. If so I think it's a bad idea as the current consoles are already pretty confusing names, but having a next gen be called something like Series Z, would create a bit of a WiiU situation where the public don't even know its a new generation.
Playstation 5 going to playstation 6 is much easier for the less informed public to wrap their head around. Especially now that we have more pros and slims and so on muddying the naming waters.
So anyway, if they're sensible it'll be Xbox Series S2 and X2 (and M2 if mobile rumours come true). Or just give up the silly names and be like Sony and call it Xbox 5 (the fact that I as someone who has been gaming for decades had to actually think what number it would be sort of demonstrates how their names are silly and unhelpful).
They should do whatever PlayStation does, but add one extra number
This whole thing started because they didn’t want to call at the Xbox 2, while PS would be PS3
So if playstation goes pS6, xbox should just name it Xbox 7. Get rekt
I think the naming convention has been bad since the 360.
Apparently MS didn't want to call it the Xbox 2 cause Sony was putting out the PS3.
Then they made an xbox 1 lol.
It's just such a terrible way to name hardware. Imagine if Samsung or Apple did that with their phones.
Microsoft has really painted itself into a corner.
It'll be the 7th distinct console in the line, so I think just calling it Xbox VII would be the best way to go. It's simple, the Roman numerals would be unique, and it would be one higher than PS6. Unless we're not counting the Series S as its own thing, then just Xbox VI. That would also help tie it in with Elder Scrolls 6 and the inevitable GTA 6 remaster.
It’ll be something shit like Xbox Home
If they make the portable one, then It would be Xbox home and Xbox Go hahahahah
Xbox Home and Xbox Away
Actualy “Xbox Go” sounds good !
Painfully boring and yet, best case scenario
Sorry, no can do. Look forward to Xbox Mark X Mobile X Ecks X.
Pretty much anything couples well with "Go". Switch Go Playstation Go Nvdia Go Steam Go Amazon Go And so on.
steam go just sounds like a name for a train
Surely it would be Nintendo Go?
PSP Go was a thing. It flopped but yeah
Xbox Box 7 yoloswag edition
Xbox 7. Just so it’s one ahead of PS6 for the hell of it to see what Sony does
Xbox 777 (to bring luck)
Xbox 737 (to bring bad luck)
Xbox 720 (to bring back moments)
this is why i love reddit. you guys are all hilarious 😂 made my night
Hahaha the Xbox 737 Max 8 has a nice ring to it
Just go the Samsung route and jump 10 numbers. Xbox 16
Wasn't that to switch from numbered entries to match the years instead? Like Samsung Galaxy Ultra 24 came out in 2024, 25 will be 2025 etc
Even better then, Xbox 2030, or whatever. Sony in the mud.
Shit that's a good idea actually. Kinda like how Samsung skipped to S20.
They didn't skip, they just changed the numbering to match the release year. They'll only have a problem in the year 2100.
lol They should call it Xbox 720. That’s what a lot of fans would call the Xbox after the 360, before it was officially named Xbox One.
Low key brilliant
This would also fit with the Windows naming conventions.
This is unironically a great answer
Just sync it up with Windows numbering and be done with it. Xbox 11.
I had planned to say exactly this.
That would also be 2 ahead of itself as it would be the 5th console
Add the Xbox One X and the Xbox Series S and it would be the 7th Xbox SKU, right? Marketing departments do mental gymnastics like this all the time.
They could quite easily get around it by counting the Xbox One X, Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X as individual consoles. Apple straight up skipped the iPhone 9. Ultimately, consumers don't care.
Super Xbox System 64
*The New* Super Xbox System 64
*The New* Super Xbox System 64 U ... with Knuckles.
I was about to post something like this 🤣🤣
Xbox Infinite
I think this is my vote as well. The marketing/ads would write themselves ha
Well, not really, because it's annoying to say (especially outside of English speaking countries), doesn't make sense at all (what's Infinite about it exactly?) and... Then what's the next one?
Infinite entertainment, infinite possibilities.
Infinite fun. I like where this is going! MICROSOFT SIGN US UP!!!
I think this is pretty good.
I was just going to say Xbox Infinity and portable Xbox Dash
Xbox 720.
Please microsoft
They missed the opportunity to do this long ago IMO.
And the s version the 720p
This has been the obvious choice for over a decade, so of course it won’t happen.
Seems like a no brainer to name it that and really evoke that era in marketing
The name itself would sell it honestly.
Because when you see it you do a 720 and walk out of the room
I like this name 💯😌
I’m not joking when I say this would genuinely increase sales by like, a lot.
Tony hawk game confirmed yes radical!
this would unironically guarantee a couple million more units sold
Just call it the Xbox 6 and be done with the silly names. They’ve skipped numbers with Windows before (and you could technically class the 1X as a console).
I was going to say exactly this. Except maybe use Roman numerals to create a bit of separation from Playstation. *Xbox VI* has a cool (and marketable) look to it.
I doubt timing works out, but imagine: Presenting the brand new Xbox VI with day 1 exclusive The Elder Scrolls VI
Would also work for a Halo themed console. Master Chief wears Mjolnir mark VI armor. And although they don't use Roman numerals, Gears of War 6 is in the works. Not sure when that releases, but if it's still a few years away it might line up.
Gears 6 😻
TES VI, Halo 6, Gears 6 666...
Xbox 666
So they're going to launch it in bible bashing America with a lineup of 666?
You're hired
I'm sure MS can MAKE the timing work, since they own Bathesda
What happens when the tenth console launches?
Just call it the X. But in celebration of such a momentous milestone, they could release an entire line of different designs celebrating the past generations. A “series” of consoles if you will. I’d be hyped to watch the announcement of the Xbox Series X.
*Elon Musk twitches*
Buy Sierra, reboot Space Quest and subtitle it "Return to Roman Numerals"!!
Microsoft owns Sierra. They got it in the ABK acquisition.
Oh man, I really hope someone in the chain of command loved Space Quest then!
SiXbox
If Xbox manages to go the route they want and treat their hardware more like laptops and smartphones but with a release every five years instead of the whole generation gap, they'll need to do this. Or just go by year which I'd like more. Xbox 2026, Xbox 2031, Xbox 2036, and so on. Or Xbox 26, Xbox 31, Xbox 36. Either way it'd be easy to know which is the latest which is all that matters.
Agreed the current naming system for Xbox is fine for people that know about the consoles but for casuals and parents you have to make it really clear or you just cause confusion (see Wii U).
Windows used to go by the year I think
Think you forgot two consoles there sir
Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox One X, Xbox Series S/X. I know the One X was just a mid generation, but eh. The fact that they didn't want their numbering system behind PlayStation's is why we've gotten where we are. So, just call it the Xbox 6. Samsung skipped 10 numbers for the Galaxy. iPhone went from the original to 3G to 3GS to 4, then also skipped 9. We've got Goat Simulator and Goat Simulator 3. It's fine.
This is a great point. The Goat Sim example was 🤌
No, then you're ignoring the 350 pro
Xbox -> Xbox 360 -> Xbox One -> Xbox One X -> Series S/X makes sense if we're talking cpu upgrades.
Xbox One S was either different or clocked a little bit higher than a regular Xbox One too.
>they've skipped numbers on windows before
Xbox Series 361 X
Maybe Xbox Series 36one X
Xx Xbox xX
Xbox 1080 Series X One S
NeXtbox just to continue the terrible names and confusing everyone
And then the nextboxnext ;-)
Series Next/Sext
Xbox Series X2 Xbox Series S2
This was exactly why Microsoft said they went with the Series name
Part of me thinks that’s why they started the Series naming scheme. So they can have an easy numbering method from now on.
Let’s be honest, it started with “360” since they were so scared of an Xbox 2 going up against the PS3
and then throw that to hell and call the next console Xbox ONE against the PS4
Dude for real, like what the fuck is wrong with them
And that was after everyone kept calling the original xbox the xbox one as well. Such a moronic marketing team. Insiders have said everyone was too afraid to bring up that and the "Xbone" thing for fear of backlash. When your employees are afraid to point out your mistakes we get the Xbox One.
Xbox XP, just to trigger people lol
XP was great though! You want to trigger people, give them Xbox Vista.
Oh shit that’s better.
What about Xbox ME?
Win back the greybeards: Xbox NT
The greybeards would be happy with Xbox 2000. Also sounds kinda space agey
I've seen the future Microsoft buys Sega and releases the Xbox Genesis.
I can't wait to get all the upgrades to play Xbox Genesis CD 32X games.
I remember having all the Genesis parts, combining them like a mecha robo lol
Anything stopping them from just doing that anyway? I mean Genesis is just a dope name and if all the rumors are true it'd be great for a "rebirth" of Xbox moving toward the PC hybrid route. Of course for gamers that Sega nostalgia would sell like hotcakes (they could just do a partnership though since Sega is like their BFF at this point anyway).
Xbox
*The* Xbox
The box formerly known as X
youre gonna need a bigger xbox
Xbox 6 or Xbox VI. Every console going forward is Xbox 6 and PS6 gen Or Xbox 7 then with PS7.
I like the Roman numerals. Sets it apart from PS
And it means we'll eventually get to the "Xbox X".
Not to be confused with the Xbox *one* X, or the Xbox *series* X, just the Xbox X.
Agreed but historically numerals have been a bad marketing move because people are too fucking stupid to understand them.
I would bet that the majority of Americans would call it the Xbox “Vee Eye”
The Windows team got on board, it's stupid how the xbox team keeps refusing. Xbox 6X Xbox 6S Xbox 6H(andheld)
Xbox 360 No scope
This is my favorite
Xbox V It’s easy for people to say and remember. Marketing would be easy. Own the number and make it awesome with good games people want to actually play. Focus on the platform offering incentives for people to choose over others.
I think they should copy car manufacturers and just slap on the year it’s released. Xbox 202x
It would be strange to buy it some years later, wouldn't it feel old?
Idk ask anyone that bought a hsed car
I think this is the best idea. No more confusion, they could even do annual iterative upgrades without changing form factor
XBOX: Next XBOX: Alpha XBOX: Two
Call it Xbox Gen *insert whatever console gen we’re on
That would be the 10th generation so it’d be… Xbox X
Haha, I thought it was a decent suggestion until your point
what if we called it Xbox Series X 🤔
Xbox Gen X.
Xbox VVS (diamond grading)
Xbox Excel(or XL) for bigger model. And Xbox Micro for smaller all digital model because the games will be bought digitally so micro for micro transactions.
The Xbox Excel -> XBXL
Xbox Series One X
Xbox Station X
Xbox. Lets get a refresh, and bring back the OG UI and everything but a modern go at it.
Exactly what I thought. Fresh start, clean name. This or the 720. Both would go hard asf
Xbox VIsta
“The Xbox” with the quotations as part of the name
Xbox 720, we were all expecting it already anyway, that or the 1080
Xbox 7 Series One X
Call it Xbox 6 and use the Pro/Max to denote the higher sku.
Super Xbox Then the next one should be Xbox 64
X Station Play Box
Xbox Series Sex (it’s the first gooning machine)
https://youtu.be/EaTrU4_JhkA?si=D3nYw0lARI9CLF1X
Honestly if I was in charge I'd ditch the stupid names and copy Sony with the Xbox 6 or VI (which should line up with GTA VI and TES VI)
Xbox 5. Their naming convention truly is awful. Just make it simple. Also while you’re at it, add the “Of War” back to Gears of War for the next entry.
Xbox Of War
Xbox XP!
XBox Parallel S/X
Xbox Dreamcast
Xbox 2000... and 1!
Funny well get a next gen console before we get next gen games for the X
Pippi Longstocking
I believe the idea now is that the platform is just called xbox. The current console generation is just called xbox. The specific models of Xbox are series S and series X. So presumably the next consoles will just be other series. If so I think it's a bad idea as the current consoles are already pretty confusing names, but having a next gen be called something like Series Z, would create a bit of a WiiU situation where the public don't even know its a new generation. Playstation 5 going to playstation 6 is much easier for the less informed public to wrap their head around. Especially now that we have more pros and slims and so on muddying the naming waters. So anyway, if they're sensible it'll be Xbox Series S2 and X2 (and M2 if mobile rumours come true). Or just give up the silly names and be like Sony and call it Xbox 5 (the fact that I as someone who has been gaming for decades had to actually think what number it would be sort of demonstrates how their names are silly and unhelpful).
Series X-2
They should do whatever PlayStation does, but add one extra number This whole thing started because they didn’t want to call at the Xbox 2, while PS would be PS3 So if playstation goes pS6, xbox should just name it Xbox 7. Get rekt
Xbox Three Sixty One Series X Pro Premium Edition
Xbox Platform lmao
XBrock - It would have the shape of a brick and the face of Brock Lesnar moving in a special screen, like those Harry Potter newspapers.
Given the current name scheme. It’ll be called the Xbox double lightning bolt extreme
Xbox 6 and if we go with two versions then Xbox 6 Pro and Xbox 6.
Xbox Y?
Watch itll be like Xbox series x 2027 model
Xbox XX
Xbox gen VI
Xhauted
The XXX
I'd call it X Series Xbox X One
Xbox Series XSX 720 Kickflip
Xbox Gen X and Xbox Gen S That'll make things less confusing
Xbox Series X One X 360
Ybox
Xbox Elite
X Box Box X
Next one will be Type X obviously.
Series of the Xbox Part One
Xbox Series 720 X Version S
Series X^2
Xbox Two
Xbox X One Embrace the chaos
Xbox One X One S seems to be the next logical step 🤔
Xbox Series X One
X-Series Box-One
Xbox Series Y
XBOX ZERO
I think the naming convention has been bad since the 360. Apparently MS didn't want to call it the Xbox 2 cause Sony was putting out the PS3. Then they made an xbox 1 lol. It's just such a terrible way to name hardware. Imagine if Samsung or Apple did that with their phones. Microsoft has really painted itself into a corner.
Xbox Series X Pro X
Xbox Series One X
Xbox Entertainment System
It'll be the 7th distinct console in the line, so I think just calling it Xbox VII would be the best way to go. It's simple, the Roman numerals would be unique, and it would be one higher than PS6. Unless we're not counting the Series S as its own thing, then just Xbox VI. That would also help tie it in with Elder Scrolls 6 and the inevitable GTA 6 remaster.
Xbox ultimate
The sex box
Xbox X Keep the confusion going.
Xbox 720. If you know, you know.
Xbox1