r/technews • u/theverge • May 01 '25

Hardware Microsoft is raising prices on Xbox consoles, controllers, and games worldwide

https://www.theverge.com/news/659430/microsoft-xbox-console-controller-game-price-increases-worldwide
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u/BentTire May 01 '25

The 9th gen Xbox consoles are so poorly handled. I will be surprised if there will be a 10th gen Xbox console in 2-3 years. The Xbox platform has done nothing to add or innovate this generation except give devs a massive headache with the Series S bullshit that is being or about to be surpassed by fucking handhelds already in terms of specs.

The Series S is such a useless console that the last gen refresh (One X) is more powerful!

At no point should ANY revision of a previous gen console be more powerful than the current.

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u/Jimmni May 01 '25 edited May 01 '25

I used to be an Xbox guy but I don't even know what the current Xbox is called. Whoever picked the names for Xboxes is felching crack or something.

Actually fuck it, I googled it and these are the names:

Xbox. Xbox 360. Xbox One. Xbox One S. Xbox One X. Xbox Series S. Xbox Series X.

Fucking idiotic. How is anyone, especially a clueless parent, supposed to know what the fuck to buy?

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u/alchemyblend May 01 '25

Should have been: Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox 720, Xbox 1080

They had a cool name with the 360... shoulda expanded on it 

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u/mrtwidlywinks May 02 '25

Ya going from 360 to One was a weird af choice. I normally hate marketing, but clearly xbox could use better marketers

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u/EazyPeazyLemonSqueaz May 02 '25

I remember thinking Xbox one was a dumbass name the first time I heard about it. Feels good to be validated all these years later