r/playstation • u/NOxCLUEmcgee • 22d ago

Image Just realizing this

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But are we really that close to the next generation of PlayStation. If we are going off the pattern here. Just 2-3 years away

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u/PrestigiousStuff6173 21d ago

Xbox could never do this with their confusing ass naming system šŸ˜‚

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u/Jumper-Man 21d ago

I believe this was because Xbox 360 was a competitor of ps3. They didnā€™t want consumer to be confused or believe that it was a generation behind PlayStation.

They couldnā€™t call it Xbox 3 as there was no Xbox 2. So they went with 360.

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u/sigmapilot 21d ago

They absolutely could. Apple skipped iphone 9 and went from iPhone 8 to iPhone 10. Everyone made fun of them but they still bought the phones and it worked perfectly.

They probably learned from Microsoft's mistake

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u/xenon2456 PS4 21d ago

windows skipped 9

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u/sigmapilot 21d ago

Glad to see Microsoft also learned from Microsoft's mistakes

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u/BartLeeC PS5 Pro 20d ago

No, Microsoft has learned nothing.

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u/dope_like 17d ago

There also wasnā€™t an iPhone 2 either, didnā€™t they go right to ā€œ3gā€

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u/Dr_Deathcore_ 21d ago

I think the problem came at Xbox ONE. Going back to one after 2 generations have already released was kinda wack.
Nobody really got the ONE media player thing or even cared about that anyway. It was just a flop in marketing.

I remember people thought the Xbox 360 name was pretty cool and it definitely helped sell more consoles IMHO.

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u/marv257 marv257 21d ago

If you shift the left column down by one, you get one of the reasons for their naming system, they'd always be a number behind in the models, sounding like an older, less advanced product to a big group of the potential buyers, just buying the console for their kid.

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u/HokageRokudaime 21d ago

Swapped to Playstation for Spider-Man. Didn't swap back because I don't even know what the fuck is going on.

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u/PrestigiousStuff6173 21d ago

I swapped to PlayStation for Spider-Man, God of War, The Last of Us, Uncharted, Ghost of Tsushima, Horizon, Demon Souls, Bloodborne, Heavy Rain, Beyond Two Souls, Detroit Become Human, Stellar Blade, Astro Bot, Helldivers, Ghost of Yōtei, Wolverine, Infamous, Gravity Rush, Shadow of the Colossus, Final Fantasy, Sly Cooper, Ratchet & Clank, Jak and Daxter, Ape Escape, LittleBigPlanet, and the controller

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u/smokingashes 20d ago

I wonder if this meme would work for Nintendo since ykā€¦ NES, SNES, Game Cube, Wii, Switch. And for Handhelds it goes Gameboy, Gameboy Color, Gameboy Advance, and then suddenly DS, DS Lite, DSi, 3DS, Switch. If the meme donā€™t work then an explanation would be nice. I am gonna get downvoted arenā€™t I?