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Marketing Trends *sOT* (Gaming)

by stabbim @, Des Moines, IA, USA, Monday, June 12, 2017, 19:10 (2519 days ago) @ ManKitten

I think you're right though, about the xbox...it's confusing. (starting with the naming of the original One)

I'd argue that the problem started with the 360. Not because "360" itself was confusing - it wasn't, at least when it and the plain "XBox" were the only ones in existence. No, 360 wasn't confusing by itself, but it created a problem, which was... where to go? What do you call the next one after "360" that can create any obvious link/lineage? I mean, you can joke about calling it XBox 720, but that's not REALLY going to be the name. So you end up having to call it something completely unrelated, leaving you with 3 consoles whose names aren't clearly related. Someone not already familiar with the subject probably wouldn't be able to tell which order those 3 came in.

They should have just called it "XBox 2."


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