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I just had to look up the difference between the series X and S. It wasn't obvious to me. It's not even obvious which is the more powerful model, there's no men

I just had to look up the difference between the series X and S. It wasn't obvious to me. It's not even obvious which is the more powerful model, there's no mention anywhere of what X and S stand for. Is 'S' Small or Super? And I guess the 'X' is for eXperience. Compare that to PlayStation 4/PlayStation 4 Pro/PlayStation 5 (and yeah, I'm not going to argue that 'pro' isn't a stupid designation for a slightly-more-powerful-than-before console), but it's at least obvious where they sit in the lineup.

mavhc 3y ago
You didn't play your professional games on your PlayStation Pro? Office Simulator 2017, Mortgage Agreement 8, Car Repayments Xtreme?
ffgjgf1 3y ago
X > S Seems pretty intuitive..
- niij 3y ago
  So, this¹ is what I should buy? 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_One#Xbox_One_X https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_One#Xbox_One_X
  - ffgjgf1 3y ago
    You could. Or you could buy the Series X. It should be pretty obvious that Series > One > 360. I think it’s absolutely baffling that somebody might find such a perfectly logical and reasonable naming system confusing.
    - 2muchcoffeeman 3y ago
      I agree that x > s. But why does Series > One?
    - vxNsr 3y ago
      Are you pulling his leg calling this intuative and obvious? What is obvious about series being better than 360? why would someone think that if they were just presented with those names and nothing else? Why would someone think x is better than s without doing any research?
      - sunnybeetroot 3y ago
        Yes the user is being sarcastic.
        vxNsr 3y ago
        Yea, I couldn’t tell. It felt like it, but the way he kept responding implied that maybe he really did think it was simple for some reason I wasn’t getting.
- WillPostForFood 3y ago
  Xbox Series S > Xbox One X
theropost 3y ago
And not to be confused with the previous generation Xbox One X.
ramses0 3y ago
AFAIK it’s X, S, Series X, Series S. AFAIK, S is “no physical media” AFAIK, “series” means “fancy” I’ve only ever purchased XBox consoles and currently rock an XBox One. Lemme fix your marketing, XBox: call the “no drive” ones “cloud” or “online” or “vapor” or whatever. Call your next one 9006 so it is simultaneously “over 9000”, and puts you back in the semver race with PlayStation. /s
dfc 3y ago
I do not believe that you tried to figure out which was more powerful and it was not immediately obvious. MS even made a page comparing them and highlights the differences: one can do 12 teraflops the other 4. One does 4k the other only 1440p. https://www.xbox.com/en-US/consoles/compare https://www.xbox.com/en-US/consoles/compare Yes the names are not as easy to compare as PS5 vs PS4, but upon cursory investigation it's blatantly obvious that the X is more powerful than the S.
- littlestymaar 3y ago
  > upon cursory investigation it's blatantly obvious that the X is more powerful than the S. The part I emphasize is exactly the argument of the person you're responding.
- Dah00n 3y ago
  >MS even made a page comparing them You wouldn't google Playstation 4 and 5 to find out which is which. I have no idea why Microsoft would do this. Try sending your mother out to buy one. Would she know which one to buy and understand the difference?
- rcme 3y ago
  The person you’re responding to’s point is that you know that a PS5 is better than a PS4 without cursory investigation because you know 5 > 4. When you’re dealing with mass market consumers, there are many that won’t perform cursory investigations of products. Busy parents, technologically illiterate grand parents, kids with limited internet access, etc.
  - dfc 3y ago
    The commenter said they didn't know the difference based on the name AND once they did: "it's not even obvious which is the more powerful model, there's no mention anywhere of what X and S stand for."
    - rcme 3y ago
      I believe the point they were trying to make is that the naming is confusing for consumers. Even if you’re aware of the difference, the naming is still confusing. If someone with knowledge of the product can’t figure out the naming, then how can anyone else?
lodovic 3y ago
But people purchasing an xbox will see the price difference between the models and immediately understand what they should buy.

mavhc 3y ago

You didn't play your professional games on your PlayStation Pro? Office Simulator 2017, Mortgage Agreement 8, Car Repayments Xtreme?

ffgjgf1 3y ago

X > S Seems pretty intuitive..

niij 3y ago
So, this¹ is what I should buy? 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_One#Xbox_One_X https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_One#Xbox_One_X
- ffgjgf1 3y ago
  You could. Or you could buy the Series X. It should be pretty obvious that Series > One > 360. I think it’s absolutely baffling that somebody might find such a perfectly logical and reasonable naming system confusing.
  - 2muchcoffeeman 3y ago
    I agree that x > s. But why does Series > One?
  - vxNsr 3y ago
    Are you pulling his leg calling this intuative and obvious? What is obvious about series being better than 360? why would someone think that if they were just presented with those names and nothing else? Why would someone think x is better than s without doing any research?
    - sunnybeetroot 3y ago
      Yes the user is being sarcastic.
      - vxNsr 3y ago
        Yea, I couldn’t tell. It felt like it, but the way he kept responding implied that maybe he really did think it was simple for some reason I wasn’t getting.
WillPostForFood 3y ago
Xbox Series S > Xbox One X

theropost 3y ago

And not to be confused with the previous generation Xbox One X.

ramses0 3y ago

AFAIK it’s X, S, Series X, Series S. AFAIK, S is “no physical media” AFAIK, “series” means “fancy” I’ve only ever purchased XBox consoles and currently rock an XBox One. Lemme fix your marketing, XBox: call the “no drive” ones “cloud” or “online” or “vapor” or whatever. Call your next one 9006 so it is simultaneously “over 9000”, and puts you back in the semver race with PlayStation. /s

dfc 3y ago

I do not believe that you tried to figure out which was more powerful and it was not immediately obvious. MS even made a page comparing them and highlights the differences: one can do 12 teraflops the other 4. One does 4k the other only 1440p. https://www.xbox.com/en-US/consoles/compare https://www.xbox.com/en-US/consoles/compare Yes the names are not as easy to compare as PS5 vs PS4, but upon cursory investigation it's blatantly obvious that the X is more powerful than the S.

littlestymaar 3y ago
> upon cursory investigation it's blatantly obvious that the X is more powerful than the S. The part I emphasize is exactly the argument of the person you're responding.
Dah00n 3y ago
>MS even made a page comparing them You wouldn't google Playstation 4 and 5 to find out which is which. I have no idea why Microsoft would do this. Try sending your mother out to buy one. Would she know which one to buy and understand the difference?
rcme 3y ago
The person you’re responding to’s point is that you know that a PS5 is better than a PS4 without cursory investigation because you know 5 > 4. When you’re dealing with mass market consumers, there are many that won’t perform cursory investigations of products. Busy parents, technologically illiterate grand parents, kids with limited internet access, etc.
- dfc 3y ago
  The commenter said they didn't know the difference based on the name AND once they did: "it's not even obvious which is the more powerful model, there's no mention anywhere of what X and S stand for."
  - rcme 3y ago
    I believe the point they were trying to make is that the naming is confusing for consumers. Even if you’re aware of the difference, the naming is still confusing. If someone with knowledge of the product can’t figure out the naming, then how can anyone else?

lodovic 3y ago

But people purchasing an xbox will see the price difference between the models and immediately understand what they should buy.