Comment by xxs

3 months ago

but it has 'steam' in the name. So the target is the steam audience already.

>Microsoft could've done it, but they chose to make a console.

Missed the one, they did try with the rebranding of 'xbox'

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ljm  3 months ago

That rebranding and Microsoft's abjectly terrible product naming convention essentially killed the Xbox. What the absolute fuck were they smoking when they went from Xbox, to Xbox 360, to Xbox One, to Xbox One X, to Xbox Series S and X? Like anybody wants an enterprise gaming console.

Absolutely bonkers considering how strong they came in with the first Xbox, Halo, and Xbox Live.

And the rationale that they couldn't go from Xbox to Xbox 3 because of the PS3 is abject bullshit. They skipped Windows 9, after all.

  • ZaoLahma  3 months ago

    Nintendo almost managed to do the same to their own gaming machines with the absolutely insanely inadequate Nintendo Wii / Wii U decision making.

    As an engineer and a consumer / customer, I simply cannot understand why there's a need to complicate things.

    You have a Thing, right? It sells, right? You develop the next Thing? Great! Call it Thing 2. Instant success.

    • MrGilbert  3 months ago

      I wonder why car manufacturers don't operate like that. They might add a number to the model (e.g. "Golf IV"), but it will always be advertised as "The new VW Golf".

      What would've happened if Nintendo simply would've advertised "The new Nintendo Switch"?

      Never thought about that, but now it's an interesting thought experiment.

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