• TheIllustrativeMan@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    IIRC Microsoft purposely didn’t do the numeric scheme because they would lave always been 1 behind Sony, and people are dumb.

    Xbox 2 vs PS3 - > Xbox 4 vs PS5

    People would have just assumed the Playstation was better based on name alone. Honestly they were probably right. They have to live with that decision though.

    I have no idea what’s going on with Nintendo. They have some absolute banger names but generally don’t cash in with a follow up.

      • entropicshart@sh.itjust.works
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        9 months ago

        Windows 9 and iPhone 9 are out there in the void.

        Microsoft would’ve been better off just biting the bullet and skipping a number and release an Xbox with the same number as PlayStation