Upon looking back to The Game Awards 2019 more than a year ago, Project Scarlet finally was put to rest with Microsoft unveiling the Xbox Series X. Though enamoring the industry with excitement for the next-generation console, many also fell disgruntled by the choice for the name. And despite that, Microsoft did clarify on behalf of the then-approaching console.
In a separate interview following the reveal, a Microsoft representative elaborated that the choice of the titling is a rebirth of the brand moving forward. “The name we’re carrying forward to the next generation is simply Xbox,” the spokesperson issued in the statement. However, another The Game Awards memory is her to counter the Xbox Series X.
In an interview with IGN, Hazelight founder Josef Fares finds the name for the console to be simply annoying and outrageous. Fares, of course, is not afraid to share his opinion which you can read below:
That’s a f**king confusing name. What the f**k’s going on with Microsoft? They’re losing it, man. What the f**k is going on? Like Series S, X, Mex, Next. I mean, who knows this? Come on. Madness. Call it the Microsoft Box and that’s it. I don’t know. It’s a total f**king mess. Trust me, even them, they’re confused in their offices. What is this X, S… I don’t know, what the f**k.
When discussing the two competing console lines during the development of It Takes Two, Fares begins to share the late emergence for the new console generation. As a result, he is aware the team at Hazelight undershot the game’s release on last-generation hardware with the new machines out in a few months. “I don’t really care about consoles. I care about games. Of course I wish we could have looked more into the new consoles [for It Takes Two].
“I’m just happy they are more powerful, because it takes a lot of time when a console is not really powerful enough, but what I like about the new generation is that they are powerful, that we can focus on them. But to be honest with you, they came in so late in our production – of course it’s going to look better on PS5 and Xbox Series X, but we didn’t really have the time to adjust them and make the PS5 version special, or the Xbox blah blah… Whatever they call the Xbox Series.”
In regards to Hazelight’s It Takes Two, the game is preparing for its release a few short months. Upon making an appearance at this past The Game Awards, the game is launching in late March for current and last-generation systems. You can read the full report by heading here.
Do you agree with Fares comment on the Xbox Series X name?
Source: IGN
