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Yep. I've been an Xbox player since 2002. Huge Halo fan. Thousands of hours on 3 different generations of Xbox. I still have my Halo 3 special edition helmet. I keep up with gaming news and listen to multiple gaming podcasts every week.

But even I can't reliably name the last two generations of Xbox without a pause. I always have to stop for a second and think it thru because the naming scheme is so abysmal.

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It gets worse. Did you see this ad?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYBSNQLsBKk

Looking at the market, I think we can all agree where Microsoft is heading:

The XBOX COPILOT, the new handheld PC powered by AI!

XboX ActiveX XP CoPilot 360-365.NET 2025 Pro Azure Edition

Not to be confused with Entra (formerly Azure AD) Edition

But that's my lived experience. I play Xbox games with friends who are playing on an Xbox console, but I'm playing on my Windows-based Legion Go or my Windows PC on a desk at home or even cloud rendered through a web browser on a Linux box.

Xbox isn't just a single physical hardware device. Its a platform for playing games.

I do agree though, the naming patterns for their consoles has been absolutely atrocious. I consider myself somewhat of a gamer but if you just gave me the list of consoles there's absolutely a non-zero chance I'd fail at picking the rankings of performance and age.

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