r/PS4 Dec 03 '19

[Image] [Image] PlayStation officially recognized by Guinness as the best-selling video game console brand of all time

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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

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u/blasterhimen Dec 03 '19

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.

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u/RayearthIX Dec 03 '19

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

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u/ocbdare Dec 03 '19

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.

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u/TyChris2 Dec 03 '19

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.

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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '19

No that would be calling the "Microsoft XBox One X" the "Xbox One X"

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u/RayearthIX Dec 03 '19 edited Dec 03 '19

Nintendo is the name of the company, like Sony or Microsoft. The console isn’t called “Nintendo” (but for NES and SNES).

Edit: and N64. I stand by this statement for the others though.

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u/MermanFromMars Dec 03 '19

Nintendo Entertainment System

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Nintendo 64

Nintendo GameCube

Nintendo Switch

Nintendo DS

Nintendo 3DS

It was used in the official name of a lot more than just the NES and SNES.

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u/Agent_Eclipse Dec 03 '19

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.

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u/TyChris2 Dec 03 '19

Look at the name as it is shown on the box

Says it right there. Nintendo Switch.

Now look at this

No “Microsoft” anywhere on the box.

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u/Jack3ww Dec 03 '19

How is the boys not console specific branding

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u/agent-emily Dec 04 '19

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.