The next Xbox has a name and a new design: Behold, 2020’s Xbox Series X

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The next Xbox has a name and a new design: Behold, 2020’s Xbox Series X

Revealed at The Game Awards alongside new game series, slightly new controller.

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The next Xbox console, slated to launch in holiday 2020, finally has a name: Xbox Series X. The system that was formerly dubbed Project Scarlett also has a bold, vertical design and a slightly modified controller, as seen in the above gallery.

 

Xbox chief Phil Spencer took the stage at Thursday night's The Game Awards to reveal the new monolith-shaped console, which Gamespot reports is roughly as wide as an Xbox One controller and roughly three times as tall. Its appearance came at the end of a trailer full of apparent Xbox Series X "real-time" rendering, which included Halo's Master Chief, a red sports car (potentially from the Xbox-exclusive racing series Forza), and a soccer match.

 

Important details were confirmed by a few angles of the new Xbox console: an apparent disc drive; a vent-covered top with either painted or backlit green coloring; and a slightly modified update to the Xbox One gamepad. This new controller looks largely like the current generation's default controller, but it has a new circle base to its d-pad and a new button in the controller's middle that resembles an "upload" icon from Windows. Spencer has confirmed that this will function as a "share" button (much like a similar button on PlayStation 4's DualShock 4) and that the new Series X controller will be compatible with existing Xbox One systems, not just the new Xbox Series X.

 

In a press release issued shortly after the Game Awards reveal, Microsoft confirmed good news for anybody with tightly organized shelves near their gaming TV of choice: the Xbox Series X "supports both vertical and horizontal orientation."

 

Spencer spoke at The Game Awards to offer a few sales pitches about the console, and he told players to expect to be "instantly absorbed in your games," presumably hinting to the console's reliance on SSD architecture for faster game loads. He emphasized three bullet points: "performance, speed, and compatibility." And he announced that "our 15 Xbox game studios" are all working on games for the new console before revealing the first game built with Xbox Series X in mind: Hellblade II: Senua's Saga, made by Ninja Theory (a studio Microsoft formally acquired in 2018).

 

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Source: The next Xbox has a name and a new design: Behold, 2020’s Xbox Series X (Ars Technica)  

 

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[orbystorm]

Wow that did look good on my 27 inch Asus  4k monitor...not bragging btw.

[Matrix]

Turns out, Microsoft's next-gen console will just be called 'Xbox'

Series X is a model name

 

Highly anticipated: Microsoft's next Xbox console will actually be called... just Xbox. The unveiling at the Game Awards was intended to be more of a rebranding, rather than a next-gen name. Microsoft also confirmed that this is intended to simplify future console lines under the Xbox brand.

 

Microsoft's long rumored successor to the Xbox One, codenamed Project Scarlett, was finally given a name at this year's Game Awards. The Xbox Series X, as it was revealed, sports a very different look for Microsoft's traditional console -- something akin to a mini PC tower, and we suspect that's deliberate.

 

Even more curious was the name, as "Xbox Series X" doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, nor is it consistent with the past lineage of Xbox consoles' purpose-driven names. The Xbox 360 was named such because of the entertainment versatility it was designed to offer compared to the original Xbox. The Xbox One, for its part, was envisioned as an all-in-one media solution.

 

However, the Xbox Series X designation doesn't immediately convey any purpose -- other than to perpetuate the pretense that gamers must love the letter X.

 

However, speaking with Business Insider, Microsoft clarified the naming convention and explained that it's simpler than made out to be. "The name we're carrying forward to the next generation is simply Xbox," a Microsoft representative explained to Business Insider. "And at The Game Awards you saw that name come to life through the Xbox Series X."

 

Microsoft also confirmed that this will allow for additional versions and descriptors under the Xbox brand. "Similar to what fans have seen with previous generations, the name 'Xbox Series X' allows room for additional consoles in the future," a Microsoft representative told Business Insider. This also gives traction to the reports of a less powerful Project Lockhart console, which could come in the form of Xbox Series S.

 

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