[ Friday, April 28, 2006 ]

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Comment by  Richard, at April 29, 2006 9:26 pm  :

Before the Xbox came out I got a call from a market research guy asking about names for Microsoft?s new console. I wish I could remember what some of the others that were proposed were but I can definitely remember saying that Xbox was about the most uninspired name I could think of.

Nintendo was definitely generating some excitement over its new console after deciding not to compete with Microsoft and Sony on power and instead trying to compete with gameplay, but calling its console ?wee? sounds a lot like commercial suicide to me.

Comment by  Starbuck, at April 30, 2006 4:58 pm  :

The thing with Microsoft is that they've handled the Xbox very well indeed (passing discretely over the situation in Japan). Suprisingly well. Shame about the shite name.

But then, shite names tend to eventually stick. Let's face it, Gameboy or Walkman are both a bit rubbish when you think about it, but they soon enter the vernacular.

As for "wee", however...

Comment by  Anonymous, at May 01, 2006 4:13 pm  :

I had a Dragon 32 once. Had to buy Sprite Magic to have lowercase letters. Always worried when I'd reach my 6 millionth key stroke.

Comment by  Starbuck, at May 01, 2006 8:09 pm  :

Ah yes, the Dragon 32. Twelve better than the Vic 20!

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