Xbox Series X

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[HanSolo]

Who the f*** is in charge of naming products at Microsoft?

 

[No Fun Shogun]

The streak of dumb console names continues.

 

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[tacogeoff]

Hmmm.plays some nice cut scenes. Interesting elongated cube shape.

 

[Oogie Boogie]

Xbox Rectangle

 

[Beau Knows]

I'm assuming you can rotate that thing, otherwise I imagine some people will have a hard time finding a spot for that in their TV cabinets.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Definitely gives me vibes of the Mac trash can.

I'm assuming you can rotate that thing, otherwise I imagine some people will have a hard time finding a spot for that in their TV cabinets.

That's how I feel about it.

 

[S E P H]

Xbox Scarlett was such a better name.

Cool reveal trailer though.

 

[GlassesJacketShirt]

XSeX

Hellblade 2 is a good one to reveal at least.

 

[aleshemsky83]

I think the name is fine considering they boxed themselves in by abandoning the number system, what are you going to call it, the Xbox One Two?

 

[Seedtype]

Ah yes, the Xbox Sex.

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

They confirmed you can rotate it.

 

[chicagoskycam]

Looks like a mini fridge lol



I feel like they are going backwards with design. I guess all that power won’t fit in the current design or close to it? I’m confused a bit

 

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[aleshemsky83]

The design is not super unusual, the 2013 mac pro did it, was designed to reduce noise, it unforunately had serious overheating problems, still looks fine to me personally.

 

[Knave]

It looks huge. I understand you can rotate it but I am looking at my Xbox One X and I'm looking at my 360 and my original... they all look smaller. Maybe it's an issue of perception. It's boxier so on its side it's taller but shallower. I don't know.

Whatever I'll still be picking it up.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

So exactly what's been said for the last several months.

 

[Jussi]

It looks huge. I understand you can rotate it but I am looking at my Xbox One X and I'm looking at my 360 and my original... they all look smaller. Maybe it's an issue of perception. It's boxier so on its side it's taller but shallower. I don't know.

Whatever I'll still be picking it up.

It looks like the width of a controller and the height of a 1,5 litre plastic soda bottle. That'll be easy to carry in a tube bag. I prefer this over the X1X, not easy to fit in a smaller backpack.

 

[Jussi]

Ah yes, the Xbox Sex.

This.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

I know people are saying that should probably be able to sit sideways, but considering what the cooling looks like, it looks like it may cause thermal issues laying on its side. The PS4/One has the air and cooling blowing out the back of the console, so it allows you to have it vertical and horizontal without issues. However, this has it right at the top, so heat flow may not be managed as well. But that's just me in terms of looking at it.

 

[Beau Knows]

So I guess outside of VR we aren't going to see any innovation in controllers anymore? To be fair I don't know what could be done at this point, but I was hoping they'd have something new up their sleeves.

 

[GreytWun]

So I guess outside of VR we aren't going to see any innovation in controllers anymore? To be fair I don't know what could be done at this point, but I was hoping they'd have something new up their sleeves.

Naw leave the controllers alone. If they switched to anything like the design of the PlayStation controllers I wouldn’t buy one.

The design of the console is different, I like it. Looks like a mini subwoofer that I can place beside my tv stand.

 

[Beau Knows]

Naw leave the controllers alone. If they switched to anything like the design of the PlayStation controllers I wouldn’t buy one.

I'm not talking about swapping the location of the d-pad and analog stick or something like that lol. Those two controllers are basically the same other than some ergonomic differences.

And that's my point. It's kind of disappointing that the way we play games has hardly changed at all in the last couple decades. Maybe the current control layout can't be beat, in which case new consoles are just not that exciting since all that really changes is improved graphics. I have to give Nintendo credit for trying new control methods and even console form factors out over the years, even if the results are often mixed. Microsoft and Sony have made half-hearted attempts at different control methods with things like Kinnect and the EyeToy.

 

[chicagoskycam]

It's in my entertainment centre anyways so I don't care about the design as much but I can see it looking awful out in the open.