nintendo_fanboy said:
Pristine20 said:
misterd said:
You think Nintendo based a worldwide brand name based on what a few American immigrant can or can't say?
Wii worked because the name implies togetherness (and urine), and because the two "i"'s look like abstract representations of people. The name simply summarized their philosophy for the console.
Now, I'll admit PlayStation is a very early 90s name, and XBox very late 90s attempt to sound cool. Both could probably use a new name, but they've simply sunk too much into the branding. They can't just drop their old names the way Nintendo can. Nintendo is "brand", so they can change the console names all they want. Sony and Microsoft's names are too tied up in other properties to be used for console branding. That is, when asked "did you get the new Nintendo?" everyone knows what it means. But asking"did you get the new Sony?" it could mean a tv, receiver, computer, console, etc. |
This guy hit the nail on the head
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Sure? so what has Nintendo done with the brand Gameboy? I'd say that this brand was way more popular and common than Xbox, but Nintendo let it die anyway and had success with that strategy. The question is, do you want to keep following the same strategy or do you want to change? if you want to change, you better change the name to, even if there's a strong brand behind it.
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There is a big difference between Sony, MS and Nintendo. Nintendo only makes video games so their name represents videogames (names like Gameboy and DS are not important). For MS and Sony over 90% of their business comes elsewhere so their name doesn't represent anything. "Did you get new Nintendo" means "did you get new Nintendo video game console" while "Did you get new Sony (or Microsoft)" could mean anything (ok, most would think MS as Windows and Sony as TV. Nobody as video game console).
