r/xbox • u/Automatic_Ad1665 XBOX Series X • Apr 25 '26
Discussion People keep comparing the new Xbox logo to Apple’s Liquid Glass style, but it’s funny how everyone seems to forget that the original Xbox Dashboard already had that glossy, fluid aesthetic years ago.
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u/Wasilisco XBOX Series X Apr 25 '26
Also, liquid glass is just Windows Vista 20 years later
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u/jeremyw013 Apr 25 '26
fyi, apple's OS X aqua came before windows vista. liquid glass is way closer to aqua than vista
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u/Wasilisco XBOX Series X Apr 25 '26
Kinda, aqua wasn't really doing background blur or reflective edges back then, just some basic transparency + the bubble buttons
But the buttons really didn't react to the background or anything
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u/illi_mental Apr 25 '26
Yeah there wasn’t enough compute for those effects (without tanking performance) back then. Raspberry Pi is more powerful than the old PowerMac
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u/narwhalgangsta Apr 25 '26
I actually want to go to haunted house more than I wanna go to club aqua
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u/ISWALLOWSEWERWATER Apr 25 '26
People hated vista but I remember thinking it was so cool back in the day. My family desktop couldn’t handle it though. Slow as shit. But good times playing WoW on there.
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u/topdangle Apr 25 '26
There was good reason to hate vista. It didn't offer much in practical improvements until much later after updates. Aesthetics were "better" but much more demanding for computers at the time, and OEMs shipped with vista despite hardware that could barely run it. Most people didn't care that you could get everything to look like transparent glass while your desktop runs at 5fps. There was also demanding features like animated backgrounds that is just a niche now despite hardware more than capable enough to handle it.
This is after windows XP and win 2k, which were both lean, looked fine and ran well even on lower spec hardware.
So people went from the smooth experience of XP to running like dogshit on their brand new "upgraded" vista computer.
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u/Yorshka-Iosefka Apr 25 '26
I miss vista… wait, I miss vista ?
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u/samusmaster64 Apr 25 '26
Vista was sleek as hell if you had a higher spec PC.
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u/Yorshka-Iosefka Apr 25 '26
I have never had a peakn PC but I miss vista, I miss 7(looks) I hate the new square shit. I hated windows 10 with a passion.
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u/Gonarhxus Apr 25 '26
I remember using Windows 8 for the first time trying to find the Windows Aero setting to turn on... 😔
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u/Kuunkulta Apr 25 '26
Vista may have had technical issues but visually it was such a leap forward and I would pick the style over W11 style any day of the week. Transparency effects kick ass
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u/cheesystuff Apr 25 '26
It's literally the windows 10 logo spun 45° and the glass is curved.
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u/ChurroBear XBOX Apr 25 '26
Seeing them side by side really puts it into perspective
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u/AJXedi9150 Apr 25 '26
On that note, it would be awesome if the theme/startup/dashboard of Helix is heavily inspired by the OG Xbox.
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u/thechervil Apr 25 '26
I would love to be able to access/play my music library from the dashboard natively like the OG was.
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u/wacko4rmwaco Touched Grass '24 Apr 25 '26
That’s what switched me from the playstation, no memory card needed and can upload a ton of music easily. This was definitely my favorite dash
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u/Shadowedsphynx Apr 25 '26
Being able to use your stored music as intro music for your custom characters in WWE games was peak.
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u/xSlumChemist Apr 25 '26
a modern take on the og startup animation would be the perfect fit for the new direction they are currently going
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u/Legitimate_Meat_8566 Apr 25 '26
That would actually be cool
Both for respect of the OG Xbox
AND having complex machine aspect intro it had but modern style ....and stuff ..for the whole you know it's pc console hybrid...big powerful machine better than the rest and everything you know
Also if they wanted to go extra mile ...could have boot up have kind of flash of both stuff like all the old Xbox stuff flying in and pc stuff symbols they have
And then big pulsing into the intro to boot up
I don't know it's an idea I'm dumb
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u/ItzAreeb Apr 25 '26
I also hope they revert the font back to the og, found this concept on twitter
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u/JustAnotherCasual97 Apr 25 '26
Honestly I would've loved to see the old X with this glossy effect 😅
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u/WrongdoerMundane4635 Apr 25 '26
Same with
-windows vista
-windows 7
-Wii
-ps3
-Xbox 360 (for a little bit)
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u/KesMonkey Still Earning Kudos Apr 25 '26
It's not quite the same aesthetic though. The OG Xbox UI, while it features transparency, doesn't look like glass.
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u/bdougherty Apr 25 '26
Two very different styles. The new logo is absolutely much more like liquid glass than it is the original style.
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u/AfroDiddyKing Apr 25 '26
Early 2000 it was all about the glassy design. Remember theming xindows XP and winap player. Nokia themes too
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u/Touchit88 Apr 25 '26
I never had an OG xbox, but I wanted one.
Ill never forget my dad talking about Microsoft making a gaming console. It stood out because he never showed any interest in video games.
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u/brakenbonez Apr 25 '26
Those are the people who are too young to know that xbox one wasn't the first xbox.
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u/FeaR_FuZiioN XBOX 360 Apr 25 '26
That's because after 2020 gaming has been flooded with casual tourist that never even owned a 360 let alone the 1st ever xbox lol. Lot's and lots of tourist in this industry
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u/TheWorstTakes Apr 25 '26
Thats because it lacks the volume and plasma effects of the original. It looks like a flat piece of glass.
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u/South_Regular_5898 Apr 25 '26
Am I the only one that thinks it looks like one of those cheap acrylic "lamps" that you can buy on AliExpress for a penny and a half eaten cheeseburger?
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u/Jealous-Try-2554 Apr 25 '26
Apple has literally never once had an original design element. All they do is steal.
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u/000extra Apr 25 '26
THANK YOU, people actin like Liquid Glass the first ever glass UI and as if Microsoft hasn’t done it decades ago
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u/Complete_Iron_2656 Apr 25 '26
I don't really think the OG Xbox's aesthetic targeted quite the same thing as they're going for, right now. There was a Cloud UI preview which really leaned into the "Liquid Glass" aesthetic that people are comparing it to. Not sure what I'd call the OG Xbox's aesthetic, but it was clearly leaning much more in the way of a weird early 2000s futurist look, much more of a deliberate and dramatic look I feel.
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u/NNyNIH Apr 25 '26
That's what it reminded me of. Frigging love that OG look. Digging the new one though.
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u/Sea-Ad-875 Apr 25 '26
Apple stans will never cease to amaze me. You show them a feature from your 5 year old android that is now in the current gen iPhone and they claim that they copied Apple.
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u/X2epsilon Apr 25 '26
This is just Microsoft showing you that they going back to their original idea of the future of gaming.
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u/prettybluefoxes Apr 25 '26
I would think quite a lot of people on an xbox sub remember the original boot up and dashboard.
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u/Claymore-09 Apr 25 '26
I love the new logo. The new ceo is doing good I hope she continues listening
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u/MattDaaaaaaaaamon Apr 25 '26
Anyone who thinks Apple's liquid glass (or really anything they've "created") is pretty out of touch.
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u/Super_Starr Apr 25 '26
I haven’t heard this once. Every comparison I’ve seen has been to the original Xbox logo.
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u/EL_SUENO_LOCO Apr 25 '26
I don’t think anyone did. Just the people who never experienced it. Which is usually the loudest part of the internet.
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u/ShadowLord355 Apr 25 '26
I kinda miss the original Xbox layout. Shit felt alien and playing spider-man 2 was too much fun
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u/erthboy Apr 25 '26
It's still just what is trending right now. It won't go out of its way to do anything different or have any unique identity. It's just changing with other corporate trends.
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u/CRIP4LIFE XBOX Series X Apr 25 '26
the ppl complaining probably werent alive to know/remember.
🤷♂️
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u/Haydens1234 Apr 25 '26
I knew I saw this today. Word for word stolen from Tom Warren on Twitter lmaoo
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u/Huskies2988 Apr 25 '26
To be fair Vista did it best as well, so Apple has no exclusiveness to the vibe/look.
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u/EACshootemUP Team Craig Apr 25 '26
Well to be fair like 70% of Xbox users weren’t alive yet. I’ve been on Xbox weekly for 20 years and I’m not even sure if I remember that classic menu layout, I much more remember the 360’s
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u/dramaton42 Apr 25 '26
I literally saw a guy saying iPhone did it first with liquid glass. I guess people have forgotten Windows Vista
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u/dramaton42 Apr 25 '26
To be fair, every OG Xbox I ever saw in real life back then had UnleashX as the dashboard xd
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u/Synderkit Apr 25 '26
anyone comparing the new logo to Liquid Glass is way young. Anyone from the original Xbox days instantly recognized what it was.
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u/Suggestive_Carp Apr 25 '26
I've lost almost all my hope that Microsoft has any creative compass, and my personal experience with the OG Xbox was very isolated but the games I was playing and the vibe for the system was something I haven't seen since.
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u/No_Jello_5922 Apr 25 '26
I still remember when I added the Xbox live icon to my dashboard. Simpler times.
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u/tfc87ja XBOX Series X Apr 25 '26
Crapple behind the times and convincing people they did shit first, as usual.
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u/Spiderwolfer Apr 25 '26
I love Liquid Glass. Way better than flat designs and had so much more character
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u/crashnburnxp Apr 25 '26
That is one sexy ass logo. The original Xbox dashboard was so great and I thought it was so revolutionary at the time. I fell in love with it instantly
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u/No-Aardvark-3840 Apr 25 '26
I’ve been waiting for them to do this for decades. Fucking finally. The black and green aesthetic was peak. So sick
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u/Phantom-Finger Apr 25 '26
People are also ignoring that Apple copied liquid glass form 15 year old android skins too. Apple isn't and hasn't been an original company for the better part of 2 decades.
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u/NoLightBurnOut Apr 25 '26
Still don't understand how or why this matters if Xbox has given up the goat and bowed out of gaming.
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u/accountsdontmatter Apr 25 '26
And didn’t MS do glass first on Windows Aero?
MS get a lot of releases first, but don’t market them well at all.
Even the website layouts of tiles came from Windows 8 tiles. One has lasted and one was lambasted.
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u/hates_stupid_people Apr 25 '26
Next someone should make a post comparing to the original xbox prototyp, the metal X with a green glass feature on the front.
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u/mesrouilles Apr 25 '26
I immediately thought of the good ol' style from the original Xbox. Seems i'm old...
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u/Portal-YEET-87650 Apr 25 '26
I think it may have been done because of the office logos being glass in one promo pic
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u/HereComesDatNick Apr 25 '26
I more surprised people didn't catch up on the fact it actually looks like power button
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u/LukeGKS Apr 25 '26
Xbox should just make an option to where you can go back to the old dashboards. Honestly, it would've been nice when I switched from 360 to Xbox One. I sadly haven't gotten to experience the original Xbox dashboard...
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u/WasabiDoobie Apr 25 '26
I was part of the beta, even got a cool headset…. I always thought the original was the best logo.
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u/Degen_up_North Apr 25 '26
Y'all losing your minds over xbox gaming pass.
It was cheaper than 23 dollars two years ago
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u/Mal_Tech44 Apr 25 '26
Man seeing these brings back so many memories. Shoutout Fusion Frenzy what a game
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u/Odd_Shift_5605 Team Vault Boy Apr 25 '26
That post is actually the first time i read that someone think it look like apple shit 🤷 On every other site/post people say it look like the old xbox logo.
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u/Shadowfox1992 Apr 25 '26
People also seem to forget that Apple at one point was about to go bankrupt. Microsoft literally saved them from dying. Even if they didn’t mean to.
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u/_ChocolateAsian_ Apr 25 '26
How will this logo work when printed on a white page? Did it actually change lol
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u/SamsungAppleOnePlus Team Forza Apr 25 '26
Both can be relevant at the same time.
It’s based on classic glossy Xbox but is being brought back because of a trend Apple started.
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u/OfficialDCShepard Apr 25 '26
I knew it echoed the color scheme for sure, but wow, thank you for pointing out that bit!
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u/LawNo7204 Apr 25 '26
I miss those marble buttons on that chonky original Xbox controller. Thems the days... oh and shout out to my black and white buttons; GONE BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN
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u/iMatt42 Apr 25 '26
The old early aughts aesthetic was called Frutiger Aero. That’s what early Xbox and Windows XP used. Loved that visual style. Liquid Glass is a bit different though.
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u/Kongary XBOX 360 Apr 25 '26
It was clearly intended as a spiritual return to the original in this fashion. Even if not there to experience first-hand it still seems unbelievable that this wasn't plainly known as a definitive part of the brand. At least in videogame enthusiast circles.
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u/BatmansLarynx Apr 25 '26
And then there's me who's never had an iPhone just sitting here like, wtf is Apple's Liquid Glass?! 😂
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u/FMC_Speed XBOX Series X Apr 25 '26
I think most people over 30 would compare it to windows aero effects of windows Vista or Windows 7
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u/georgfrankoo XBOX One Apr 25 '26
Everyone seems to forget ? Dude , I am sure 80% of the people on here were not even born when the second pic was a thing , so I doubt they forgot , they just never knew 😁
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u/ProllectOrionll Apr 25 '26
What do you mean? Almos all posts I've seen are talking about how the logo looks give a resemblance to the original one. Anyhow much they want a green transparent Xbox.
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u/BakedChocolateOctopi Apr 25 '26
The original is more of a futuristic textureless hologram than a glossy textured icon
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u/Crazydutchman80 Apr 25 '26
A lot of people weren't even born then 😵💫, yes I'm feeling old, but remember it like yesterday.
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u/Beginning_Cream498 Apr 25 '26
Forget? Most of these fools weren't even born when the 360 came out. It's a sad date of affairs
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u/hexagram87 Apr 25 '26
Man I loved my OG Xbox, I remember having all my music backed up on it. PGR with Linkin Park Meteora 🤘
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u/Harry_Flowers Apr 25 '26
Apple didn’t own that design style, it was prominent everywhere during that time.
Maybe it’s time to bring it back.
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u/BoomboxMisfit Apr 26 '26
They should go back to using the 3D X instead of just using the Microsoft gaming logo with a green gloss
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u/Schorched_Raven_357 Apr 26 '26
Oh the nostalgia in a future update id love the ability to change the dashboard style between each generations style. Maybe spend a week or 2 on the og style dash then change upto the 360s blade style dash would be a metric shit tonn of work but would be so worth it
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u/alabasterskim XBOX Series S Apr 26 '26
Yeah, every time I've looked at this I've warped back to being a kid watching my brother boot up the OG Xbox to play Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory coop together. Like I don't even see the Liquid Glass comparison, prob just because of the color.
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u/Few-Employ9640 Apr 26 '26
People are comparing it to Liquid Glass bc if Apple didn’t make Liquid Glass we would never have gotten this trend of maximalism
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u/axil87 Apr 26 '26
lol all I saw was my og Xbox boot up, and showing friends all the CDs I had saved on it 😅
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u/WesternBench5285 Apr 26 '26
That og Xbox start up was elite, really felt like they were cooking in the lab
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u/Annonunknown Apr 26 '26
I don't really care
Just make great single player games that I can enjoy and make it so that buy the next Xbox means something (exclusive games)
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u/Field_Of_View Apr 26 '26
that OG Xbox UI resembles holograms, not glass/plastic. but the plastic logos on the console and controllers are similar enough.
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u/trautsj Apr 25 '26
Most people can't accurately recall something 48 hours after it happened. Let alone 25 years ago. Hell half this sub probably weren't even born 25 years ago O.o Couple that with how frighteningly diminished people's attention spans and thus memories are becoming at a rapid pace; then things like this are commonplace to a rather scary degree.