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Sony naming: Playstation, PS 2, PS 3, PS 4, PS 4 Pro, PS 5 Microsoft naming: Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox One S, Xbox One X, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S It
by justinsaccount 2y ago
Sony naming: Playstation, PS 2, PS 3, PS 4, PS 4 Pro, PS 5
Microsoft naming: Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox One S, Xbox One X, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S
It makes no sense. The second one was "360" and not the third one as you might expect, because the third one is "one".
- aleph_minus_one 2y ago> The second one was "360" and not the third one as you might expect This name actually somewhat (still) did make sense to me since the Xbox 360 was the competitor to the PS3. The naming did give a hint for that.
- Narishma 2y agoWhy not just call it Xbox 3 then.
- shrimp_emoji 2y agoBecause rationality is dead, and marketing was its murderer.
- aleph_minus_one 2y agoBecause there exists no Xbox 2, so marketing had to get more creative.
- Narishma 2y agoThat would hardly have been the first time they skipped numbers.