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Microsoft is baffling bad at naming things. I sometimes think that they’re playing a game to see just how badly they can name their products before they start t
by rewgs 4y ago
Microsoft is baffling bad at naming things. I sometimes think that they’re playing a game to see just how badly they can name their products before they start to lose money.
- PaulHoule 4y agoYou’ve got to be quite the gamer to understand the hierarchy of XBOX consoles.
- tomrod 4y agoThere have been like 3 throughout history, right? We are to the Xbox 36One?
- PaulHoule 4y agoBase, 360, One, and Series One!
- eclipxe 4y agoAnd Series X
- eclipxe 4y agoAnd Xbox One S
- pca184 4y agoAnd the Xbox Series S!
- eyelidlessness 4y agoHuge if true
- LocalH 4y agostill waiting on the Xbox SX and then the enhanced Xbox SEX
- dragonwriter 4y agoBase, 360 (360 S, 360 E), One (One S, One X), Series (Series S and Series X)
- rewgs 4y agoCalling it the "S Series" or "X Series" would make sense, but "Series" as the base name of the product line is just...I mean, what were they thinking? It makes absolutely zero sense. Meanwhile Sony's over here with PS1, PS2, PS3, PS4, PS5, and all the sub-versions make perfect sense (base, slim, pro, etc).
- ChuckNorris89 4y ago>You’ve got to be quite the gamer to understand the hierarchy of XBOX consoles. I have the feeling Microsoft intentionally sought to create this confusion so they can move the old stock as well. Example: Young Billy wants an Xbox for Christmas so clueless parents/grandparents go to Walmart and purchase something made by Microsoft with Xbox written on the box, preferably on sale and at a cheaper price.
- ironick09 4y agoThere is a reason why it is named what it is: The Windows Subsystem for Android now runs Android 13 in beta https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34060390 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34060390
- jonhohle 4y agoI think the problem is that the name could be interpreted as a subsystem that runs on Android to provide a Windows API or services. I had that issue with WSL; it sounds like it could be the name of an official WINE-like product from Microsoft. “For” is often used to specify the target.
- pitterpatter 4y agoEdge is probably the one that annoyed me the most