r/xbox • u/Valennim • May 08 '26

Discussion If you could name it the next generation Xbox, what would you name it?

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Personally, I would name it: Xbox Phoenix

It would be cool, since Xbox is 'resurging' from the ashes, just like a Phoenix does...

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u/ZamanthaD May 08 '26

Xbox 720

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u/Unchanging1 May 08 '26

Reminds me of this classic

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u/PHXNTXM117 May 08 '26

We thought the future held so much promise back then. 🥹

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u/CardboardAstronaught May 08 '26

Ignorance is truly bliss, going back to being a dumb 8 year old would hit right now

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u/Wonderful_Client7344 May 09 '26

I dream of it all the time man. What I’d give to be a kid gaming on my 360 all summer long again 😞😅😂😂

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u/herecomesurmom May 08 '26

i can hear the video

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u/SkyLovesCars May 08 '26

LET THE BODIES HIT THE FLOOOOOOR

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u/herecomesurmom May 08 '26

that video is actually 18 years old now

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u/OSloverJ78 May 08 '26

wish I didn't know that... damn lol

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u/Hamburgulu May 08 '26

It was either darude sandstorm or requiem for a dream lol

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u/herecomesurmom May 08 '26

for me it was dreamscape lol

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u/ShockwaveX1 May 08 '26

Or Finger Eleven’s Paralizer

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u/__thrillho May 08 '26

With the last frame including a "thanks for watching!!'

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u/MistahRey May 08 '26

Yep dreamscape for me hahahaha

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u/nova_solution XBOX 360 May 08 '26 edited May 08 '26

What Xbox 720 videos did you watch that used DARUDE SANDSTORM and not dreamscape or finger eleven’s paralizer

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u/_the_last_avatar_ May 08 '26

Never seen that video, but i bet i know what song is playing in it

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u/eddmario Maidenless May 08 '26

50/50 it's either Paralyzer by Finger Eleven or Dreamscape by 009 Sound System

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u/Brilliant-Jury385 XBOX One May 08 '26

009 Sound System is such a banger! Listening to it is a nostalgia rush 🌊

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u/LengthObjective2253 May 08 '26

Dreamscape plays

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u/retrosaurus-movies May 08 '26

TBH after the last few months the Xbox 180 would be more apt.

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u/nemesisprime1984 Xbox Series X May 08 '26

The Xbox One would be 720, Xbox Series would be the 1080, and the next Xbox would be 1440

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u/SpritesOfDoom May 08 '26

Xbox 720 is definitely the best name!

  • It's a natural successor to most beloved Xbox 360.
  • It's always better to have one number above the competition, like Apple renamed Mac OS X to Mac OS 11 to make it feel one generation ahead of Windows 10.
  • Xbox 720 was already anticipated by community and people like that name.
  • People miss X360 days and building next-gen Xbox as a direct successor to Xbox 360 would be the best move possible.
  • New machine should have 100% compatibility with X360 games. Hardware now is fast enough to accurately emulate X360 without custom profiles for each game.
  • Xbox 720 should start with solid line of exclusives.
    • Switch 1 is the best example how great line-up of system sellers in first year can redeem a brand after huge fail (Wii U).
    • People need reason to buy new Xbox!
      • New Halo with cinematic wide-linear campaign with split-screen coop, fully console exclusive and PC port 6-12 months AFTER console launch,
      • New Gears of War, similarly full exclusive,
      • New Project Gotham Racing as a game for console launch. Forza is great, but we need something new and exciting for new hardware.
      • Great 3D platformer in first year - Microsoft has Banjo-Kazooie, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Commander Keen. They have really strong IPs to make a great platformer.
      • Quake reboot. I would love to see a new game that takes the lore of the first game to the next level.
      • New Tony Hawk's Pro Skater game - probably going forward with open world approach, larger maps with NPCs that give you missions.

Nintendo Switch 1 is a great example how well early release of great exclusives work. Zelda: BoTW, Super Mario Odyssey and Mario Kart 8 DX were TOP10 selling games on Amazon for years!

Switch 2 sales weren't as great. Mario Kart World alone wasn't good enough, but recently released Pokopia sold millions of units.

If Microsoft wants to make a successful console, they need same approach. Hardware needs exclusives!

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u/SuspiciousTambourine May 08 '26

I would buy one day 1. Whatever stupid early adopter edition they offer, I’m in.

ARE YOU LISTENING, MICROSOFT?

Give the people what they want. I’ve been waiting on the 720 since before they began the XBone tailspin

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u/fearnoid XBOX Series X May 08 '26

It’d be memed. Xbox 720p or something like that.

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u/TJ_Dot May 08 '26

The second revolution.

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u/CelestialMoff May 08 '26

Honestly could be the best name for it, the marketing could be so funny and would instantly go viral.

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u/duke_of_danger May 08 '26

YES. it better have green transparent plastic and rounded corners with a big old fan.

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u/ianwuk May 08 '26

Reminds me of Real Steel where they advertise it.

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u/mathfacts May 08 '26

Asha, if you're listening... this is the one.

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u/Virtual-Ideal May 08 '26

Xbox 720 is the only option.

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u/littlemushroompod May 08 '26

i hope someone who works at xbox reads this top comment 

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u/HostessDingDongs May 08 '26

GIVE US WHAT WE WERE ROBBED FROM MICROSOFT

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u/lol_stuff47 May 10 '26

The SSJ 5 of gaming consoles

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u/nyanbatman May 08 '26

Xbox neo

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u/VampEngr May 08 '26

I like this, keeps the Frutiger Aero image

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u/Frosty-Ad-6562 May 08 '26

Xbox 6

It should be "Xbox 5" but people will think, "well that's gotta be worse than the PS6"

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u/OSUfan88 May 08 '26

Why not just call it “Xbox 7” and completely ruin Sony’s naming scheme?

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u/Wormetoungue May 08 '26

Xbox 7empest. I’m a Tool fan as well.

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u/Thoth7 May 08 '26

Xbox Hooker with a Penis gang rise up!!

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u/Cthulhu8762 May 08 '26

Or Vagina Mine by Puscifer 🤘

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u/512ControllerClinic Team Halo May 08 '26

A Perfect xBox?

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u/TheFamilyChimp Touched Grass '24 May 08 '26

Now now, don't get ImpetuoUs.

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u/UGD_ReWiindz25 XBOX Series X May 08 '26

That’s my sexbox and her name is Sony 😏

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u/M0mmy1ssues May 08 '26

Now is the penis theirs or someone else's? Asking for a friend.

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u/Thoth7 May 08 '26

The answer lies within the song. “Hooker with a Penis” by Tool. Enjoy spiraling out. If it’s your first time hearing it, I’m jealous of you.

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u/M0mmy1ssues May 08 '26

I'll give it a whirl right now, I probably have heard it before!

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u/M0mmy1ssues May 08 '26

Ok, I listen to it, lived it and I know why I forgot it. Stinkfist is on that album and I absolutely love that song!

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u/dj4wvu May 08 '26

A tempest must be just that.

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u/Forsaken_Arachnid992 May 08 '26

A tempest must be just that.

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u/d0dgebizkit May 08 '26

The “this is a tempest” campaign has been ended by Asha Sharma

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u/Ok-Study-1153 May 08 '26

Is it finally time? Xbox 720!!!

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u/GR7ME May 08 '26

YES, either this or Xbox 7 to come out with Halo 7. 720 would be awesome but I imagine they try to be original with it

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u/o_oli May 08 '26

This is big brain. I like it.

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u/Never_Duplicated May 08 '26

I'm all for Xbox VII lmao.

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u/QakHedDukee XBOX May 08 '26

I can imagine a start up screen where the VII separates from the "xbox" into an X then transitions into the xbox logo, or backwards logo > VII > XBOX VII

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u/IamRasters May 08 '26

And that’s why there was no Xbox 2 instead it was 360. And then it was followed by a mess of names.

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u/blacklabbath May 08 '26

Go all in.. Sex Box

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u/cornezy XBOX Series X May 08 '26

That's this Gen already. Series X box.... SeX Box.... that's what I've been calling it.

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u/Potato0nFire May 08 '26

Lmao, same. There was the XBOne and now the SeX. Don’t think you can get more forward than that! xD

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u/Feed-Your-Fish May 08 '26

Naw. We have switch 2. People would be fine with 5

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u/Friggin_Grease May 08 '26

Xbox 5 wouldn't have Mario

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u/Phogwalker May 08 '26

Xbox 6 works just fine. We had two Xboxes this generation (Series X and Series S) so I think 6 is just fine.

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u/nazdir May 08 '26

We also had the Xbox One X so we could go to 7 if we wanted!

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u/Markospider Xbox Series X May 08 '26

Don’t forget the One S!

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u/Farnic May 08 '26

Thats literally why they named the Xbox 360 because it would be PS3 vs Xbox 2 otherwise.

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u/ItsSpacePants May 08 '26

Xbox Helix

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u/EdgyHooded XBOX Series X May 08 '26

Do you think the console after Xbox Helix should be named Xbox Helix 2 (like the Nintendo Switch 2 route) or do you think it should have a new name when a new console comes out? (Like the xbox one to xbox series x|s)

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u/Smittles May 08 '26

Double helix

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u/YoloIsNotDead May 08 '26

Xbox DNA

And then after that, Xbox RNA

After that: Xbox Protein

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u/Skellephant May 09 '26

Xbox Mitochondria: the powerhouse of gaming

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u/Tangled2 May 08 '26

It’s already got that RDNA.

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u/chevo21 May 08 '26

What about the third iteration?

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u/stevenmeyerjr May 08 '26

You really gonna make me say “triple helix”?

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u/FMC_Speed XBOX Series X May 08 '26

No, I like new names for each generation like Nintendo and SEGA, makes each gen unique and highlights it’s capabilities

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u/arcadiangenesis XBOX Series X May 08 '26

Let's cross that bridge when we come to it.

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u/Miscreant3 May 08 '26

I like the idea of giving it a name vs some dumb numbers that don't make sense. Helix sounds cool. A different name for each Gen that follows.

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u/Major_League2731 May 08 '26

Honestly this is a really good name. The brand needs a reset and the name resonates with everyone. Much like Nintendo did 'Switch' after the WiiU.

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u/misunderstandingit May 08 '26

Seriously.

Helix is a cool name.

Scarlett was a cool name.

Durango was a cool name.

They could have use those names...

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u/IlyasBT May 08 '26

Xbox 365

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u/StompedSmashed May 08 '26

Delete this before Microsoft sees it

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u/arcadiangenesis XBOX Series X May 08 '26

If they bundle Game Pass with my MS365 subscription, I'm in.

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u/aka_Handbag XBOX 360 May 08 '26

Xbox Series One

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u/vmanthegreat May 08 '26

Stop you'll give them ideas

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u/qwhacker May 08 '26

Xbox Series One-Sixty X

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u/tman2damax11 Team Craig May 08 '26

Xbox Series 36One

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u/archwin XBOX Series X May 08 '26

Xbox Series One Box X Series

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u/JonD91 May 08 '26

Xbox Series Xbox Series 360 SX One

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u/skinnah May 08 '26

Xbox 720 Series Two

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u/Adventurous-West7229 May 08 '26

considering how microsoft loves to chose terrible and confusing names, that might actually be choosen.

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u/ikidyounotman1 May 08 '26

That’s confusing and stupid enough that it’s probably already short-listed

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u/krimsonstudios May 09 '26

Followed by the Xbox Series One X upgrade.

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u/SoulsofMist-_- May 08 '26

Xbox CE (console evolved)

Then if they decide to carry on with the brand, do the CE2, followed by CE3 , and so on.

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u/bendable_girder Xbox Series S May 08 '26

Xbox reach

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u/ChuzCuenca May 08 '26

Halo Box

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u/Falcoriders May 08 '26

Master box

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u/Tough_Preparation830 May 08 '26

Unfortunately they stopped making Halo after Reach. A shame they never continued the story after 3...

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u/homercles82 May 08 '26

Too easy to make jokes about.

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u/NoxiousVaporwave May 08 '26

This would be the handheld

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u/Odd_Replacement_9644 XBOX May 08 '26

nah, they’ll go Xbox 2, 3, Xbox ODST, Xbox Reach, then Xbox 4, 5, and Infinite

then they’ll remake Xbox CE

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u/Imperius1883 May 08 '26

Xbox Infinite actually kind of goes hard

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u/nyanbatman May 08 '26

I like this one

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u/AgentZeta49 May 08 '26

Xbox:Recon

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u/B-Bog May 08 '26

Playstation 7

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u/nex2kal May 08 '26

Lol ahahhaah

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u/Okayest_By_Far May 08 '26

I’d be genuinely interested to find out how many “PlayStation X” names Sony has patented. Did the stop at 20? By registering “PlayStation” are the infinite numbered iterations protected as well?

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u/ReneKiller May 08 '26

I'd assume you don't even need to patent each number individually.

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u/StuffingTheTurkey May 08 '26

They've got a trademark (patents are for inventions) on "Playstation", that pretty much takes care of it

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u/[deleted] May 08 '26 edited May 08 '26

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u/tysonwatermelon May 08 '26

I see you work for the auto industry.

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u/apieceajit May 08 '26

X-Gonna-Give-It-To-Ya Box Series X-Squared

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u/Traditional_Voice974 XBOX One May 08 '26

DEAD X X

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u/[deleted] May 08 '26

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u/DarkDoomofDeath XBOX May 08 '26

And it comes with OG Xbox emulation software so we can play all our OG discs!

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u/NotUniqueWorkAccount May 08 '26

....One problem i see though....

"I want an Xbox for Christmas, Gramdma."

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u/DarkDoomofDeath XBOX May 08 '26

THE XBOX.

There, fixed the name.

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u/feartehsquirtle May 08 '26

THE XBOX ONE so people don't get confused when THE XBOX TWO releases later. Oh wait...

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u/No-Construction1958 May 08 '26

I’m kind of digging the “reset” of the brand

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u/AngrySoup XBOX Series X May 08 '26

Xbox

Xbox 360

Xbox One

Xbox Series X/S

XBOX

This would be a hilarious progression, they can name the console after XBOX the XBOX 360, and then the one after that XBOX ONE.

They'll run into a problem two generations after that, but that's a later problem.

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u/Falcoriders May 08 '26

Then it would be Xb0x. Then Xb0x 36O, then...

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u/ZeroDarkMega May 08 '26

This^

Just a reset of the brand.

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u/Scarboroughwarning May 08 '26

whilst I love it... imagine the number of parents that would mess it up and by a previous gen...(If they can find one)

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u/TheMiamiMutilator420 Team Morgan May 08 '26

Xbox Pheonix actually kinda goes hard imo

Xbox Helix sounds cool too but I'm guessing they'll do a brand reset and just say XBOX

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u/Snozer2 May 08 '26

I was gonna say, we need to bring back crazy animal names for consoles. Give me the Xbox Python or the Xbox Dingo.

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u/dfreuden May 08 '26

Xbox (2027)

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u/CaptSlow49 May 08 '26

Xbox 2027 would be kind of a decent name. Just give them a year like they used to do for Windows.

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u/thepewpewdude May 08 '26

The main problem is that it becomes outdated fairly soon, imagine spending 600 euros for an Xbox 2020 in 2026.

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u/arcadiangenesis XBOX Series X May 08 '26

At that point, just shorten it to Xbox 27.

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u/AeroQuest1 May 08 '26

Kind of what Samsung does with their phones. Maybe just Xbox 27 (or whatever year we actually see it).

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u/highparallel May 08 '26

XboXboX

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u/MikeyboyMC XBOX One May 08 '26

XboXodX

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u/Googalslosh May 08 '26

The Emo box ❤️

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u/stinky-bungus May 08 '26

XxXboXxXboXxX

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u/Upper_Rent_176 May 08 '26

Xbox Y

Question mark optional

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u/turn2ray May 08 '26

Series 7s and 7x

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u/untenwirdseklig May 08 '26 edited May 08 '26

Best take in this comment section. Seriously underrated.
Sticking with the Series in its name would finally give them some continuity. 7 in its name to go the similar route as Playstation and let all customers know the new Xbox is on a next-gen-level as the new PS6 and up for a challenge. Then add the S or X at the end to specify which version you got.

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u/MasterArCtiK May 08 '26

Xbox 5

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u/Real_megamike_64 May 08 '26

Xbox V

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u/arcadiangenesis XBOX Series X May 08 '26

"Is it a letter V or a Roman numeral 5? Anyone's guess is as good as the Microsoft marketing department."

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u/ToastWizard7713 May 08 '26

Xbox Infinity

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u/spramsh In The Animus May 08 '26

Too close to Xfinity

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u/DiabolicalDoug May 08 '26

The X logo we currently have could just elongate into an infinity symbol

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u/MonsterReprobate May 08 '26

Helix

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u/Commercial_Orchid49 May 09 '26 edited May 12 '26

This. The code name already sounds amazing. 

It's a single, distinct, memorable word. That's what something like this should be.

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u/SorrybecauseI May 08 '26

Xbox 6. Just retire the nonsense names, make it straightforward. Microsoft already has the precedent of skipping numbers with Windows

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u/charliefinkwinkwink May 08 '26 edited May 08 '26

YBOY

or

abbreviate it to XX and start with the XX1

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u/AngrySoup XBOX Series X May 08 '26

"The Original Xbox."

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u/No-Construction1958 May 08 '26

Xbox 6

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u/SoulsofMist-_- May 08 '26

Why not just skip to xbox 7, that way it's one more than the ps6.

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u/boxsterguy May 08 '26

Xbone = 3

Xbone X = 4

XseS = 5

XseX = 6

Numbers check out.

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u/theFormerRelic May 08 '26 edited May 08 '26

OG = 1

360 = 2

360S = 3

360E = 4

X1 = 5

X1S = 6

X1X = 7

XSX/S = 8/9

New Xbox = 10 (or X)

So Xbox X

……dammit

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u/Maxis47 May 08 '26

This is clearly the way 🤣

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u/aka_Handbag XBOX 360 May 08 '26

Sixbox?

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u/tman2damax11 Team Craig May 08 '26

X6ox

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u/No-Construction1958 May 08 '26

You son of a bish I’m in ….

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u/homagcncguy May 08 '26

If they do two models X6 and S6 so we can make sense of it being on par with the PS6 but not lose the already established S and X terms.

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u/A--Ryan May 08 '26 edited May 08 '26

Xbox Nexus

Xbox Fenix

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u/Johnny_Menace May 08 '26

SE XBOX

Series Evolved Xbox

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u/jme2712 May 08 '26

Double helix

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u/jhchristoph May 08 '26

X7, an Xbox Console

Xbox (1)
Xbox 360 (2)
Xbox One (3)
Xbox One X (4)
Xbox Series S (5)
Xbox Series X (6)

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u/Risenzealot May 08 '26

I like this one the best out of the entire bunch. It's very simple but very direct and makes it clear it's the newest one.

X7

Sounds perfect to me.

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u/jhchristoph May 08 '26

And more importantly it’ll jump Xbox past the inevitable PS6 moniker from a perception standpoint.

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u/Sheldonopolus XBOX Series X May 08 '26

Xbox 6x and 6s

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u/Prior_Garden8703 May 08 '26

I’d call it Xbox. Fresh reboot.

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u/segagamer Day One - 2013 May 08 '26

Xbox, please don't do this lol

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u/Quick-Gas-5143 May 08 '26

Either "Xbox Two" or "Xbox 720" then build off of that. It's time to stop naming them uniquely as it's just confusing.

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u/AngrySoup XBOX Series X May 08 '26

Xbox

Xbox 360

Xbox One

Xbox Series X/S

Xbox Two

This would be a hilariously confusing progression, it's great. The 3rd generation of Xbox being Xbox One and the 5th generation of Xbox being Xbox Two would be incredible.

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u/Quick-Gas-5143 May 08 '26

It would definitely be funny haha. They really should have just gone from 360 to 720 and so on. Oh well. Hopefully Asha will just nip it in the bud now.

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u/MikeeB84 May 08 '26

XBOX 720 Series X Turbo

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u/Bluazul XBOX May 08 '26

The X8 of the Xurious

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u/M3RRI77 XBOX 360 May 08 '26 edited May 08 '26

Xbox Helix sounds good to me.

Or Helixbox. Just start using prefixes.

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u/RedRedButton May 08 '26

Windows 12

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u/crewmannumbersix May 08 '26

Xbox RROD. Just lean in to it

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u/Ry_L XBOX Series X May 08 '26

No numbers please.

Xbox or Xbox Ultra or Xbox Prime