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Yeah, boy did Revolution scream videogames or what?Originally Posted by Dave Long
Eh, not really. Vagina would have been a better name.
No way. Half their potential market would already have one!
I think the name is silly. Having half a page of text explaining the name and what it means shows that the name is a poor choice. Then interchanging it with the word "we" just expands on that.
Should that have any bearing on the quality of the games? Nope.
For the people saying they should've stuck with Revolution: it may not have been possible for them to use it as the product name, due to already existing products.
Xbox 360 is a pretty poor name. Most people have shortened it to just "360" and that is far more acceptable. Just like "Playstation 2" is generally called PS2 (even in speech).
I'm going to laugh my ass off if this thing ships with only one controller.
Wi?
(damn you vbulletin)
Yes but the ones they have probably aren't Nintendo branded. Unless of course they are super hardcore female geeks with Tattoos. Please god let me never meet one of those.
Because We is plural.
I dunno. The interactive 3d controls might be kind of fun.
People keep saying this. Who cares? It doesn't have to mean anything other than "the new Nintendo console with the remote control thing". There may have been 20 pages explaining what iPod means or why the Xbox skipped 358 generations but I can't remember them, couldn't tell you what either one "means" and I still own both and use them all the time. iPod means that music thing and Xbox 360 means the thing I play Oblivion on.
"It sounds like pee", OK, fine. "I don't like the marketing speak", though? Who ever likes the marketing speak? Didn't Microsoft have a bunch of similar bullshit about how the 360 was about community and bringing people together and on and on?
I hope Sony explains to us what PS3 means. "The Sony Playstation 3. It's like...you know, 3 of 'em...ah fuck it you're all gonna buy it anyway."
Oh man, Nintentoos. Coming Winter 07 for the Wii.
Yes, but no one will even know how to pronounce it, let alone be able to dissect its meaning (see my earlier rant in this thread). Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe people love impenetrable names like V//V.
As for iPod and Xbox 360, the consumer was at least anchored by a previous entry in the same or similar line to give some sort of context to the product names.
While gamers are calling it "Nintendo Wii," remember that CNN anchors will most likely be calling it "Nintendo's Wii," or "Nintendo's new Wii."
Last edited by tromik; 04-28-2006 at 11:22 AM.
I would have called it the Nintendo Shizz. But that's just me.......
Strange, as I know how to pronounce and know what it means (as far as it means anything at all.) I must have magical powers, huzzah!
When will you clowns stop explaining that because you get it, it must not be that bad? Just because you can figure out it, doesn't mean it's not still harder to figure out than about a million other names they could've picked, and therefore a pretty bad choice.
But it uh... plays games still right? I mean, does Nintendo make urine fetish DVDs now? I'm a little unsure why you would need to distance yourself from games when you are a game company. If you want an "interesting" name, which I won't disagree with is a decent idea, maybe you should bother to check your target markets to see if they will just start spontaneously sniggering at it before you launch it. They mention "viiv" as an inspiration, but maybe intel bothered to check to see if in Europe and Asia it didn't accidentally translate into a colloquial juvenile term for "the act of urinating."
Maybe you'd like to fly on Jack Air? The slogan is "Need a vacation? Just Jack it!" I mean, it works for Nike and Craig's List... right??
Houston, Wii have a problem.
Yeah, you're right, that's a big problem. People will hear "Hey that Wii thing is pretty cool" so they'll go to the store and look at it and the guy will be all "You wanna buy that?" and they'll say "I'm not really sure what the name means, so no. I'd rather have an Xbox 360 because I am anchored by a previous entry in the same or similar line. Also, piss. LOL!"
On your first glance, without reading Nintendo's Mission Statement? Jolly good, Holmes!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it was called the Nintendo Famicom (Family Computer) in Japan, while the phrase Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) was only for the European and US markets. From what I understand the whole reason why they named it the Famicom was because the rival game playing systems were sometimes also computers (the MSX comes to mind, but I think it may post-date the Famicom, I'm sure someone else can come up with a better example that predates it). Which is silly because the Famicom literally can't do anything but play games-- you can't word process on it, or anything else for that matter.
Call me crazy but the PlayStation has been the #1 selling game system because it is easily identifiable as its function. The iPod however, when it first launched nobody knew what the fuck it did unless you were a hardcore techie. There is no mysterious benefit to having an inpenetrable name. Viiv will die a silent and swift death, because frankly nobody gives a shit about the technology. Its "interesting" name means nothing at all, and in fact probably detracts from it. Last I checked the most important thing about a product is about what it does for you better than what is out there, and you can probably market the Nintendo Wii based solely on that in *SPITE* of its ludicrous name. It just won't *HELP* their sales any, potential buyers who are concerned with being "cool" (as some casual gameplayers are wont to do) probably won't be too keen on it since even something juvenile can tarnish their hipster-alpha pack status.
Dear Everyone in this Thread Who Has Made this Counterpoint:
The argument that the name is retarded and the argument that the retarded name will significantly impact sales are two different things. Some might be arguing both; as for me, I don't think the Wii is now doomed to failure. Despite the name being a stumbling block, if the hardware and software pan out, consumers will be forgiving.
None of which changes the fact that the Wii has the weakest name and one of the worst marketing lines in gaming history.
Best regards,
Justin
Last edited by Justin Fletcher; 04-28-2006 at 12:09 PM.
Slow down there Cheetah.
Are you saying it's worse than:
Microsoft Bob
The Moolatte
Nooger Black Icecream (http://www.slate.com/id/2117270/)
Or these
http://www.jdbshow.com/bad_product_names.html
I hope someone makes The Varghina Incident II for the Wii.
I stand corrected. My post is too.
Who cares what they call the machine as long as the games are good.
Its not an AMiGA after all.
VI II 4 Wii FTW!!!
You know I thought that a while back, but then they had to go and pick some name that makes it sound like a CD rack at Ikea.
It's
Just
Fucking
Stupid.
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