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Xbox creates XP division to push franchises into film, TV, and merchandiseCommenters mock Xbox's choice of the name 'XP'
5 Oct 8 8:16 AM · 5d ago · 12 articles · 7 posts · 5 comments · 5 sources · development 5 of 5
A gaming-focused Mastodon account joked about Microsoft reusing the 'XP' name, a nod to Windows XP, calling out what it called the company's repeated poor naming choices.
“Microsoft have announced XP, but not XP you're thinking of... no it's not Windows XP. Their terrible naming of things continues.”
gamingonlinux@mastodon.socialKayleen Walters President of Xbox's new XP division
Asha Sharma Xbox CEOMatthew Ball Xbox chief strategy officerMaria Angelidou-Smith Incoming Mojang/Minecraft CEO
The whole story articlespostscomments the bright band is this development · numbered dots are the others · click one to jump
Reported in the same hours no headline names this development itself — these 8 claims were published in its stretch
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first by Gizmodo, 5d ago · also Deadline, CNET
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first by The Hollywood Reporter, 5d ago · also WSJ
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- Microsoft Forms New Xbox Unit Focused on Film, TV in Turnaround Effort WSJ US Business · 5d ago
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first by The Wrap, 5d ago · also Quartz
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- Xbox is launching a film, TV, and experiences division called XP Quartz · 5d ago
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first by AV Club, 5d ago
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first by Polygon, 5d ago
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first by Game Developer, 5d ago
What people said 6 voices · verbatim
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Microsoft have announced XP, but not XP you're thinking of... no it's not Windows XP. Their terrible naming of things continues. https:// news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/10/08 /introducing-xp/
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After what happened with id Software, I don’t trust this sentiment much anymore… DOOM: The Dark Ages was an incredibly well-received game, had 3 million total players in the first week ( more than Eternal), and even won a Game Award for Innovation in Accessibility. The only downside was that it launched on GamePass, which definitely cut the sales…
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In my comment I criticis Xbox as well. I do love Xbox (the brand), but the company can very well make mistakes or poor decisions. My goal with the comment was simply to explain what the purpose and intent of these things are, as everyone likes to immediately get nonsensical about stuff and act like the sky is falling. Truth is we wont know if…
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Aaah I see, that makes sense. I wish people would stop spending on garbage so they didn't have a profit vector to keep scale garbage.
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Now I'm curious what a Chief Product Officer even does at Reddit. what Product does Reddit even have, that isn't user generated?
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No joke, I did love it. Well the playing part, not so much the 20 minute story videos part.
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