Why is it that Wii U's name failed it but Xbox One's didn't?

[UltimateUnknown]

Ka-pi96 said:

Hiku said:

JRPGfan said:

Same with NX..... just call the damn system Wii Next  :p  or  Wii 2/3 whatever.

If nintendo is trying to build a brand name, like playstation with Wii, the consol should have a modifer next to it, that differeniates it from the previous in the series.  Numbers are really good at this, and make it apparent which is the old model and which is the newer.

Well the problem with numerically naming the consoles is that it'll sound inferior to a console with a higher number.
Not to you and me, but to an average casual consumer out to buy a new console, if they look at the shelf and see Xbox 2 and PlayStation 3, they're more likely to chose PS3. That's why Microsoft named their next console 360, and now have to keep coming up with new names each time.
So if Nintendo and Microsoft had gone that rout, we'd be seeing Wii 2, Xbox 3 and PlayStation 4 next to each other on the shelf.

Obviously Microsoft weren't thinking about that though since they now have Xbox 1 vs PS4. If the opposition being 1 number higher was so bad why did they think it was fine for them to be 3 higher?

Maybe this is foreshadowing something.

4-1=3

Three times less sales for Xb1 compared to PS4 LT confirmed.