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Which console has the better name?

Wii U 110 27.09%
 
Xbox One 109 26.85%
 
Yo Mama 187 46.06%
 
Total:406
Davman on 03 May 2015

The only major reason Wii U fails is the games.

I own Wii U but that's because i intend to buy a playstation 4 later and also have a gaming pc.

Most people buy only one console.



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Dr.Vita on 03 May 2015

The name of Wii U is not the main raison why it failed...




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justiceiro on 03 May 2015

Another reason: nintendo spend 3 dimmes in marketing and call it a day, as where microsoft....



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gigantor21 on 03 May 2015

It wasn't just the name, but the combination of the name AND how they put so much emphasis on the Gamepad like it was a separate device. They could've gotten around one or the other separately, but not both at once.



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JazzB1987 on 03 May 2015

Because there is

Wii
Wii Fit
Wii Fit Plus
Wii Fit Balance Board
Wii Party
Wii Zapper
Wii Music
Wii Play
Wii Wheel
"Wii-mote"
Wii U
etc.

How can someone that does not really care about gaming  not be confused by this? There is no indication whatsoever that WiiU is something SEPERATE that is not just an addon or accessoire for Wii.

On xbox there is
- Xbox 360
- Xbox live (which is NOTHING you see at retail and if you see the months they are just a piece of paper and clearly tell you what it is and that they are for use with XBOX 360 and now XBOX one)
-Xbox One (8 years between 1 product being called XBOX 360 and the next one being called XBOX ONE)





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JRPGfan on 03 May 2015
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.

^ that would have been a accurate representation of the consols performance in order lol.



WolfpackN64 on 03 May 2015

Wii U was a better name, but the Xbox One had better marketing.



JRPGfan on 03 May 2015
JazzB1987 said:

Because there is

Wii
Wii Fit
Wii Fit Plus
Wii Fit Balance Board
Wii Party
Wii Zapper
Wii Music
Wii Play
Wii Wheel
"Wii-mote"
Wii U
etc.

How can someone that does not really care about gaming  not be confused by this?

On xbox there is
- Xbox 360
- Xbox live (which is NOTHING you see at retail and if you see the months they clearly tell you what it is and that they are for use with XBOX 360 and now XBOX one)
-Xbox One (8 years between 1 product being called XBOX 360 and the next one being called XBOX ONE)


Also consider that Nintendo uses like nothing at all on marketing so how is the avg consumer supposed to be aware of it?

Seriously if nintendo right from the start had marketed the consol better, things probably wouldnt be as grim as they are now.



vivster on 03 May 2015

At every reveal ever on the internet everyone will call the thing that was announced bad. What matters is what actually sticks and how the mainstream consumer reacts.



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UltimateUnknown on 03 May 2015
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

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