NightmareFarm
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Well it's what worked for them so far as the most consistently dominant console brand of the past 25 years. Nintendo and Microsoft can take notes.
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Sony is kinda lazy when it comes to naming their consoles
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Oddvintagechap
Banned
PSP2 would have done better.
They're cursed if they stray from convention.
PlayStation Portable was their only majorly successful handheld.
Pocket Station, PSP, PSPGo, PSVita
Then look at their controllers
Dual Shock, Dual Shock 2, Sixaxis (failure), Dual Shock 3, Dual Shock 4, DualSense
Now with VR they're also going the obvious route, this will truly test the trend.
You forgot about no name controller & Dual Analog
BbMajor7th
Member
I'd argue that strong succinct branding has been at the heart of Sony's success in the game sphere. Even PlayStation VR is simple and straight forward, rather than Metaquest or Oculus Rift.
Apple does the same: Apple TV, Apple Music, etc.
Apple does the same: Apple TV, Apple Music, etc.
YeulEmeralda
Linux User
Nah you don't change a strong brand name like that. Might as well get coca cola or mc donald's to change their name.
Astral Dog
Member
lazy or not, it works
AeonGaidenRaiden
Member
And it works going forward because they have the number advantage, which is why Xbox named xbox360 because it would sound inferior to PS3 if they named it XBox 2.
Not at all....in fact there naming is genius.
Every generation of 3D graphics is named after there system. Where in the 5th gen of 3d and what do ya know its the PS5 at the fore front.
Its so ingenius that Microsoft had to litteraly change there systsm name to try and match them during the 360/PS3 era. "We cant call it Xbox 2 when our competitor is named PS3 so we are going with Xbox 360."
If I where sony I wouldnt change it for the world. Now with PSVR you mght have a point. Omni sounded alot better.
Every generation of 3D graphics is named after there system. Where in the 5th gen of 3d and what do ya know its the PS5 at the fore front.
Its so ingenius that Microsoft had to litteraly change there systsm name to try and match them during the 360/PS3 era. "We cant call it Xbox 2 when our competitor is named PS3 so we are going with Xbox 360."
If I where sony I wouldnt change it for the world. Now with PSVR you mght have a point. Omni sounded alot better.
Tommi84
Member
And yet, this is exactly what happened with Microsoft consoles:
Xbox One X sales skyrocket as people buy the wrong console
To absolutely nobody's surprise, the Xbox Series X followed the same path as the PS5 and RTX 3080 yesterday as the rush to secure pre-orders caused sites...
www.techspot.com
And who should I blame? Consumer who may not be knowledgeable enough or Microsoft who decided on the name?
PeteBull
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OP when making this thread https://media.tenor.com/8td_D2F4sfQAAAAC/oh-fuck.gif
MaxwellParrish
Member
I think you are partially right, but in Sony and Ms case, Playstation and XBox are also brand that identify their videogame -product, while Nintendo is directly identified as a videogame brand. So you have, for example, Playstation merchandise or a Playstation mascotte, but you have Nintendo merchandise and Nintendo mascotte.
ArcaneNLSC
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CherryFalls
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Rudius
Member
Playstation X
March Climber
Member
There are two solutions for this:
1 - The reboot. Call the PlayStation 11 “The PlayStation” and begin anew. By the time the PS11 happens anyway people who will have fondly remembered PS1 will be elderly or dead.
2 - Change to year names, like phones iPads and laptops. It’s just as straightforward and no one ever questions why the iPad 2019 Edition is the iPad from 2019.
Spaceman292
Banned
They should have followed Microsoft's example and named the PS4 the PS1. Then the PS5 the PSS1S.
Rendered Tangent
Banned
Yes, I mean calling successive generations of hardware by a number is outrageous.
I think they should have called the original playstation the Box of Fantastical Dreams and then the PS2 something equally wonderful.
I think they should have called the original playstation the Box of Fantastical Dreams and then the PS2 something equally wonderful.
fermcr
Member
Actually no. Sony are the smartest of the bunch in naming consoles. PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 is simple, precise and right to the point. People won't confuse PlayStation 5 for a PlayStation 4. People know right away what is the most recent Playstation console. Always try to use the KISS principle (Keep it simple, stupid!).
For example, the naming Xbox One X and Xbox Series S/X confused the hell of consumers. The naming Sega Master System, Sega Genesis, Sega Saturn are absurd.
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Sony made it right. It is plain simple to know which one is the newest console. It only gets a problem when there are to many numbers behind the brand. But as new consoles are only coming out every 7 to 8 years this problem is only theoretical.
Microsoft did it really wrong. The x360 was ok from the naming but a potential successor would always have it's problems with this name. Xbox one only made this naming scheme worse.
Now they have series x/s. Yes it sounds simple if it would be the only Xbox that ever existed. For me this is quite simple to distinguish between the consoles but for people who don't really use those consoles that much it is really a naming nightmare.
Same or even worse for Nintendo consoles.
NES to super NES, ok everyone understands that, but everything after that was going to get it hard on the name. They haven't even a base console name (like Xbox for the Ms console). Than the N64, GameCube....
How should the customer ever know which is the newest system. Than came the Wii an instead of making the Wii II or Wii 2 they made a Wii U and potential customers didn't understand that this was the newest console from Nintendo.
Maybe Nintendo learned we might see when the switch 2 arrives (or whatever it is called maybe "Switch U"
).
Microsoft did it really wrong. The x360 was ok from the naming but a potential successor would always have it's problems with this name. Xbox one only made this naming scheme worse.
Now they have series x/s. Yes it sounds simple if it would be the only Xbox that ever existed. For me this is quite simple to distinguish between the consoles but for people who don't really use those consoles that much it is really a naming nightmare.
Same or even worse for Nintendo consoles.
NES to super NES, ok everyone understands that, but everything after that was going to get it hard on the name. They haven't even a base console name (like Xbox for the Ms console). Than the N64, GameCube....
How should the customer ever know which is the newest system. Than came the Wii an instead of making the Wii II or Wii 2 they made a Wii U and potential customers didn't understand that this was the newest console from Nintendo.
Maybe Nintendo learned we might see when the switch 2 arrives (or whatever it is called maybe "Switch U"
).
V1LÆM
Gold Member
They seem to be doing fine 
Honestly, Microsoft and Nintendo should do the same. Xbox naming scheme is a mess and Nintendo don't need to come up with a new console name.
Next gen should be Playstation 6, Xbox 5, and Switch 2. Microsoft won't want to put out an Xbox 5 when there is the Playstation 6 because people are idiots and would be confused by it. They could maybe get away with calling it Xbox V or just even skip to 6. They skipped Windows 9 so why not jump to Xbox 6/VI? And Nintendo need to calm the fuck down and put out a simple Switch 2 but no doubt we'll get The New Super Switch U 64 or something completely different.
I'd like to see: Playstation 6, Xbox VI (6), and Switch To (2). That way it makes more sense and still makes the names look a bit cooler.
Honestly, Microsoft and Nintendo should do the same. Xbox naming scheme is a mess and Nintendo don't need to come up with a new console name.
Next gen should be Playstation 6, Xbox 5, and Switch 2. Microsoft won't want to put out an Xbox 5 when there is the Playstation 6 because people are idiots and would be confused by it. They could maybe get away with calling it Xbox V or just even skip to 6. They skipped Windows 9 so why not jump to Xbox 6/VI? And Nintendo need to calm the fuck down and put out a simple Switch 2 but no doubt we'll get The New Super Switch U 64 or something completely different.
I'd like to see: Playstation 6, Xbox VI (6), and Switch To (2). That way it makes more sense and still makes the names look a bit cooler.
Long Far Gone
Member
It's better this way. Nintendo and Xbox names are confusing and overwrought. While Playstation has been going longer than smartphones, I think Sony got lucky mobile phone conventions match theirs, with consistent numbering. If you're a shop floor assistant, it's easier to explain that a PS4 Pro is different to a PS4, and that a PS5 is better than a PS4: don't underestimate the comfort a non-expert customer can feel when naming conventions are simple to understand.
E-Cat
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Teleport yours today.many more to come
E-Cat
Member
Like, I legit don’t know what Xbox’s latest generation is called. First they rebooted back to gen 1, then Series something, and there’s also a gimped version? Fuck that
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MarkMe2525
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Hmmm a fluke sales trend, that lasted a day, on the release of a new console where 1000's of bots were deployed to try to grab as much inventory of Series X inventory as possible. I am absolutely sure that there were a few people that ordered the wrong console as people are fallible, but if the naming convention was truly that bewildering, this trend would have continued.And yet, this is exactly what happened with Microsoft consoles:
Xbox One X sales skyrocket as people buy the wrong console
To absolutely nobody's surprise, the Xbox Series X followed the same path as the PS5 and RTX 3080 yesterday as the rush to secure pre-orders caused sites...
And who should I blame? Consumer who may not be knowledgeable enough or Microsoft who decided on the name?
It did not, which points to the strong possibility that a bunch of scummy scalpers had their bots tuned incorrectly.
Edit: Your article even talks about my point, but that's not as sexy of a headline.
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mansoor1980
Member
playstation the 6th
kvltus lvlzvs
Member
Maybe they will name the next one the ps7
Ev1L AuRoN
Member
I think they are the only ones that name their consoles in a tasteful manner.
Microsoft naming scheme is awful: Xbox / Xbox 360 / Xbox One / Xbox Series wtf?
Nintendo and Sega have cool names(mostly) but they don't communicate clearly the generation, we know because we are gamers, for a lot of the young casual crowd, they need to google to know the generations...
Microsoft naming scheme is awful: Xbox / Xbox 360 / Xbox One / Xbox Series wtf?
Nintendo and Sega have cool names(mostly) but they don't communicate clearly the generation, we know because we are gamers, for a lot of the young casual crowd, they need to google to know the generations...
AtomicStarving
Member
Playstation today is most like a culture. Why change that? makes zero sense.
