Talking Point: What Should Microsoft Call The '2027' Xbox Console & Handheld?

It's been a crazy week of rumours and speculation about not only the third-party 2025 Xbox handheld, but also the next Xbox console and first-party handheld that are apparently arriving in 2027 - if the timeline doesn't shift again.

The 2025 Xbox handheld will probably have a name that resembles something along the lines of an ASUS ROG Ally — we're not expecting too much of a deviation for a third-party system — but Microsoft has a tricky task on its hands for naming both the new Xbox console and the 2027 handheld... especially if they both launch at the same time.

This is just my opinion here, but I don't think they've named a console very well since the Xbox 360! The Xbox One made sense on paper but perhaps just got tainted by all the mess that happened back at launch, while the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S felt too confusing after having the Xbox One S and the Xbox One X just a few years prior.

Whatever happens with the new console (or consoles), I'm just desperate to see Microsoft ditch the whole "X" and "S" thing for the next generation. If this is to be a more Windows-like system as speculated, it makes sense to differentiate in a big way by going with something totally unfamiliar - I don't care what it is, just make it stand out!

Ben, our staff writer here at Pure Xbox, said to me recently that he'd call the console "Xbox Home" and the handheld "Xbox Portable", which seems to make sense to me! it might be a bit on the nose, but it would (hopefully) get rid of any confusion about which system to buy compared to the likes of the One S, One X, Series S and Series X.

Anyway, nothing's official yet and most of what we're talking about here is just based on reports and speculation, so who knows what the future holds? It's fun to talk about though - we're really keen to hear what you think the next Xbox console and the 2027 Xbox handheld (and the 2025 handheld if you wish) should be called when they arrive.

Go on then, what are your name choices for these Xbox devices? Tell us in the comments below.