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Wasn't expecting it to actually be called "Switch 2", but I'm glad they stuck to a name that makes sense.
by werdnapk 2y ago
Wasn't expecting it to actually be called "Switch 2", but I'm glad they stuck to a name that makes sense.
- kwanbix 2y agoAgree. PlayStation 1...5 has worked well for Sony. XBOX is a mess (I am an XBOX guy myself).
- VyseofArcadia 2y agoThe problem with Xbox naming is that names are both inconsistent and too similar to each other. Aside from the Wii/Wii U debacle, Nintendo console names haven't been consistent, but they have been distinct. It's easy to remember that the GameCube and the Wii aren't the same thing. Xbox, though, it's just the word Xbox followed by arbitrary numbers, maybe with the letter S or X thrown in for fun. I have no idea why they thought Xbox Series X wouldn't confuse people right after the Xbox One X.
- azalemeth 2y ago(I am still trying to work out if the 360 was named after the 360º ring of red on the power light that it so often would produce...)
- foodevl 2y agoThey were screwed from the start... The Xbox came out when the PS2 did. When it came time for the next generation, Sony went with the obvious PS3. Microsoft of course couldn't compete with an "Xbox 2" vs a "PS3", and they couldn't skip right to "Xbox 3", so they called it the "Xbox 360", which was frankly genius because it had the 3 there anyway and put it on the same level in consumers' eyes. But after that it all fell apart -- they had no good options. They still couldn't jump to "Xbox 4". Maybe "720" would have worked. Someone decided to have a clean break and restart at "One" but of course that fell apart immediately at "Two". So another clean break to "Series..". And by that point it's so screwy they've lost any chance of fixing it...
- TMWNN 2y ago>Microsoft of course couldn't compete with an "Xbox 2" vs a "PS3", and they couldn't skip right to "Xbox 3" Nope, it all goes back to Microsoft not naming the 360 "Xbox 3" with some lame excuse for why it did so. Yes, everyone would have laughed, but no one would remember or care today that the "Xbox 5" isn't actually the fifth Xbox. An alternative that Microsoft missed, from Reddit: >They could have named the Xbox Series X the Xbox 5 and said it was because they counted the One X as the 4th gen Xbox.
- bombcar 2y agoExactly - or they could have released a rare, ignored souped up Xbox as the "Xbox 2" and done the "Xbox 3". The 360 was a good "fix" for the problem but not going to something like Xbox13 or Xbox2013 (though year based names were on the out by then) - anything other than "Xbox One" (Xbone would have been better). I still don't know how the various versions work and apply to the Series SeX.
- kwanbix 2y agoMicrosoft should have gone for XBOX 3. To give the idea that it was on the same technology level than the PS3. We all remember dBase II. ;)
- VyseofArcadia 2y ago> Microsoft of course couldn't compete with an "Xbox 2" vs a "PS3" Part of me wants to think that consumers can't possibly that uninformed, but I know in my heart I am wrong. They should have done what Nintendo (usually) does and left the numbers out of it. Call the next iteration of the Xbox the <something else>box.
- drcongo 2y agoThis is from the people who brought you "Microsoft Windows 10 Home Single Language 32-bit" though.
- antifa 2y agoThey could have gone by release year (Xbox 01, Xbox 05, Xbox 10, etc.)
- kwanbix 2y agoNot bad yes, better xbox 2021, xbox 2025, etc?
- pcchristie 2y agoI actually thought that would be cool for Switch 2 - call it the Switch 25. They could release the Switch 30 in 5 years and so on without too much confusion, assuming compatibility all the way through (by 2035 we'll probably all be on thin clients anyway).
- Jach 2y agoIt's possibly the most normal successor name they've ever chosen. I like it. I'm picturing someone suggesting "Switch U" and getting thrown out the window like in that meme comic, even though he's often used as the voice of reason...
- xethos 2y agoI still like Famicom > Super Famicom as the best successor name, but having to go back that far to find some competition for naming probably says something.
- marpstar 2y ago"Super Switch" would've been pretty bad-ass.
- Dylan16807 2y agoWith the habit they've developed of releasing upgraded versions inside a generation, especially already having Switch OLED, I think Super Switch would be too ambiguous.
- Insanity 2y agoThey can go the DBZ route and continue of of there. “Super switch 3, 4”, “Legendary super switch” etc etc.
- tshaddox 2y agoOr "Switch Advance."
- boomboomsubban 2y agoI think the acronym made that a sketchy choice. Even if Nintendo never used the acronym, the gaming community seems to use them extensively.
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- ginko 2y agoThey could have at least gone with "Super Switch" or something like that.
- ErneX 2y agoI wanted Super Nintendo Switch :) but Switch 2 is fine.
- nzach 2y agoThey tried something similar with the New Nintendo 3DS but a lot of people got confused. Sure, "new" is probably one the worst words you could use. But I don't think "super" would be better. And even if they did use "super" how do you name the next console ?
- yajjackson 2y ago"Switcheroo"
- nzach 2y agoI was also expecting they would fumble marketing again and call the new console something like 'Switch U', but it seems they really learned their lesson there.
- ziml77 2y agoI'm glad they finally learned to use sensible names. I guess it took the failure of the Wii U for them to realize they should just keep it simple if they want to be sure it's easy for consumers to understand what the product is.
- 0-bad-sectors 2y agoI think this is because it is kinda an iteration instead of a totally new wild gimmick.