They could  have called it the " Ultra Fist of Fury" and it would have made as much sense as the " Mega Duck"!

Oh no, don't get me wrong, I know that all consoles get insulting names, but part of the effectiveness of a pun is how much of the original material you can keep; the closer the pun is to reality, the funnier, or more insulting depending on your perspective, it can be. A lot of Playstation's 'trash-talk names' are a bit on the weak sauce side, like Poorstation, Pauperstation, etc, etc; they involve taking a big chunk of the first word and changing it completely, so there is little similarity to the original. Ironically, the closest pun WOULD be 'Gaystation,' but obviously that name's stupid for the reasons that folks who use the word 'gay' as a negative descriptive without a hint of irony are jackasses and should be fired into the sun. xP

But in the case of many of the examples I cited above, you don't have to change MUCH to get the nickname. In several, the Xbox One or Xbox 720 name is completely intact, with little bits added at the end to achieve the desired effect. Or compacting the two words into one, like the Xboned. In others, it sounds very similar out loud, such as Xbox Done.

Let me put it this way; an example of a BAD Xbox One pun would be 'Lawl, the Crapbox One.' That nickname is weeeak sauce, because I'm basically taking away the X and tossing in a random insulting word. That's not a pun, that's just lazy writing.

Right now, the best (and currently only) really GOOD Playstation 4 nickname I can think of is the Delaystation 4, in the wake of Driveclub and co. getting pushed so far back in terms of release date. That one's pretty funny. x3

Well I believe the best is the Vectrex!

Whoo!  High five, brother!  Did you see my post or do you actually know the older systems?

The Saturn got its name because Sega had a number of projects in the works in the mid-90s that were code-named after the planets.

Sega Mercury - the Game Gear

Sega Venus - the Nomad

Sega Mars - the 32X

Sega Jupiter - Basically a Saturn that used cartridges, a la the N64, instead of CD-ROMS. It would have had the same dual SH-2 chipset as the Saturn. Never released.

Sega Saturn - self explanatory. Unlike the above systems, Sega didn't change its name from the codename.

Sega Neptune - MegaDrive/32X in one system

Sega Pluto - Saturn prototype with a NetLink built in

Source: Sega Retro

Weirdest console name: the FM Towns Marty.

Xbox has nothing to do with being extreme. Its short for DirectX Box

I know of some, I can't keep track of everything. Vectrex is one that is always on mind... sorta like Bob Ross

*stares blankly*

Yep, we're done here.  Somebody award this man the prize.  I believe he has actually found the weirdest name.  Seriously, I've never even heard of that!

*searches*

Hmm...  A console exclusive to Japan.  I guess that's why I never heard of it.  Still, there has to be a story behind that name.

Something I came across while reading made me laugh.  I think a sales-related site should appreciate this one.

Perhaps something was lost in translation but is that not a textbook example of stating the bloody obvious?

While clicking around, I also came across another console I'd never heard of, and while I don't think it beats the "Marty" in terms of "weirdness", I think it may be in the running for the worst sounding name.  This time it's a console exclusive to Taiwan, called the "Super A'Can".  And it was manufactured by a company called Funtech.  I shit you not.

So, that's the Funtech Super A'Can.  Step aside, Mega Duck!  I think we have a new loser... er, winner.

Oh, I thought you must have seen me mention it before.  No problem.

My friend has a huge collection of consoles and games, and I'm sure I saw a Vectrex at his house once.  But yeah, I've always loved the name.  Vectrex!  It sounds like... I don't know... something out of Tron?  Hmm... not exactly.  Meh, I don't know what it sounds like; I just know it sounds cool.  Though, I admit it may just be my 80s inner-child speaking.