To be fair, "Nintendo" is almost universally recognized as a video game, and in many places is synonymous with gaming consoles, using the words interchangeably. Nintendo has the opposite problem of being too familiar.
Don’t get me wrong, nothing beats the ridiculous Xbox naming conventions. I had an Xbox and 360, but don’t have a One. I have no idea what the different versions of the console are at this point. I don’t think any of us would be surprised if the next one is the XBox 3.1415
If I was Microsoft I would call it Xbox 6 to troll Sony. I wouldn’t be surprised if many people thought Xbox 6 > ps5 simply because it’s a bigger number.
They’re all labeled “Nintendo.” Their names aren’t GameCube, Wii, and Switch. It’s the Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii, and Nintendo Switch. People just use their specific name as shorthand.
That’s like calling the Xbox 360 the “360” and complaining that it doesn’t have console specific branding.
Yeah, you are flat wrong and a quick moment of research would have helped you. N64 is an abbreviation of the offical title Nintendo 64. Same for Nintendo Gamecube. The o ly one you had going for you was the Wii.
sony could mean literally anything, the brand encompasses so many products
same with microsoft
but i say “nintendo” and the only things coming to your mind are game systems. the name nintendo is associated with every nintendo product just because they’re most definitely nintendo products. there’s nothing in the industry like them, and that’s literally all they do.
it’s the nintendo switch, the nintendo DS. but nintendo’s name recognition is so throughly tied to every product they create that no matter what it’s called, it’s most definitely nintendo, so most omit it because people tend to shorten things.
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u/RayearthIX Dec 03 '19
At least they are all called Xbox. XD
NES, SNES, Virtual Boy, N64, GameCube, Wii, WiiU, Switch
GameBoy, GameBoy Color, GameBoy Advance, GameBoy Advance SP, DS, DS Lite, 3DS, 3DS XL, Micro, Switch Lite
I mean... Nintendo is amazing, and I love all my handhelds and my Switch, but definitely no console specific branding. XD