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Ugly Xbox Series X Box Art Becomes An Embarrassing New Meme

Last Updated September 23, 2020 2:04 PM
Jasmine Henry
Last Updated September 23, 2020 2:04 PM
  • DIRT 5’s Xbox Series X box art is revealed before being mocked online.
  • Fans are posting memes about the size of the Xbox logos on the front of the box.
  • There are also concerns that the Xbox Series X box art will be confusing for fans who don’t know much about Xbox’s next-gen console plans.

The Xbox Series X box art has become the newest gaming meme. The console’s box art was mocked by gamers today on Twitter after Codemasters revealed the design of the DIRT 5 box.

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  Popular Twitter user Nibellion said that the Xbox Series X Optimized badge ‘has to go’. Source: Twitter 

A car and its livery are the main focus of the DIRT 5 box art design but nearly a third of the design is taken up with logos. The optimized for Series X logo, which shows that DIRT 5 supports 4K, a higher frame rate, and Xbox Series X Smart Delivery, looks giant on the box. Information about these features can also be seen in the top right.

Fans Mock Xbox Series X Box Art

In comparison, the box art for the PS5 version of DIRT 5 looks much cleaner. It features the same ESRB Rating Pending logo but has no information about the game’s next-gen optimization. The box art for PS5 exclusive Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales also looks simpler.

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  Fans made memes of the Xbox Series X box art. Source: Twitter 

DIRT 5 isn’t the worst case of the cluttered box art.

The Series X box art for Watch Dogs Legion features a third logo, with information about the awards that the game earned at E3 2019. The Russian version has a fourth, saying that the game can be played completely in Russian. The argument from some gamers is that this information could all be put on the back of the box.

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  The Russian version of the Watch Dogs Legion box art features more logos. Source: Twitter 

It didn’t take long for fans to create memes of the bad box art. Several made edits that made the Series X Optimized logo the entire box art. One fan edited the Far Cry 6 box art to add information about other Series X features, like the console’s 12 teraflops, in giant lettering.

The Xbox Series X Box Art Could Confuse Gamers

The look of the box art may highlight a big problem for the Xbox team. The decision to put Xbox One and Xbox Series X on the box art could well confuse gamers who don’t know much about them.

Xbox Series X box art tweet 

Some gamers think that this information could go on the back of the box. Source: Twitter 

Far Cry 6 box art joke tweet
  One fan made a new version of the Far Cry 6 box art with more words on it. Source: Twitter 

For gamers who have followed all of the Xbox next-gen news, they’ll know that the two consoles are on the box because of the Xbox team’s support of cross-generation support. Gamers who haven’t followed these announcements may not understand that the Series X is part of a new console generation. The Xbox One’s mid-gen refresh was called the Xbox One X, just one word off from the Xbox Series X, which doesn’t help.

The Xbox Series X and PS5 teams have had issued with messaging. The issues have typically been that fans haven’t been given enough information, making the box art a strange case of being given more details than fans have asked for.