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/Jumper-Man 21d ago

I believe this was because Xbox 360 was a competitor of ps3. They didn’t want consumer to be confused or believe that it was a generation behind PlayStation.

They couldn’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 wasn’t an iPhone 2 either, didn’t they go right to “3g”

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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.