Agreed. Xbox One was also a terribly crap name, especially when IT'S YOUR *THIRD* CONSOLE!
To this day, I still can help but laugh at Microsoft's ludicrous naming conventions:
-X Box (OK, we see you like "X"'s. So edgy.)
-X Box 360 (Alright, so we did a full rotation. A little convoluted, but makes sense. Again, nice and edgy with an almost X-games (heh) kind of reference)
-X Box One (....and you lost me. The third iteration is called "One". Oh, BuT iT's BeCaUsE iT's EvErYtHiNg iN oNe! Yeah, no, it's just stupid and confusing to little Timmy's mom who can't figure out why her son is buying a prequel to his current console.)
-X Box Series X (Ooohh, MORE X's?! That's, like, 6 TIMES the edge-factor! But why "Series X"? Weren't ALL of Microsoft's consoles part of the X series? This name doesn't even have a number designation to distinguish it from the others. It doesn't even have "Pro" or "Ultra" or "Plus Ultra" to indicate whether it's better than the previous gen. IDK, the name just feels really stupid and derivative.)
Unfortunately, Nintendo isn't much better:
-Nintendo Wii (Ummm, what? Like, as in "Weeeee", this is fun? Or more like Wii Wii in my pants? Yeah, at least Gamecube was self explanatory.)
-Nintendo Wii U (Yeah, that's right. Not Wii
2. Wii
U. So is it a new console or an add on? Unfortunately, little Timmy's mom couldn't figure that out either so, unsurprisingly, marketing took a hit on this one.)
-Nintendo Switch (Ok, this one I gotta say is one of the better names out there because at least it's self-explanatory. It Switches™ between a handheld and TV console. Nuff said.)
-New
NEW Nintendo 3DS (This was the crown jewel of idiotic names. Couldn't say 3DS Ultra, or 3DS Supreme or 3DS Digi-evolution or anything to indicate that it was a better version of the original 3DS. They simply called it the "New 3DS". Seriously? Are you
TRYING to confuse Timmy's stupid mom??!! Just imagine that conversation: "Hey, Mom, can I get the New 3DS for my birthday?" "Oh, but honey, didn't you get a new 3DS for Christmas two years ago?" "Yeah, but this is the NEW 3DS!" "Why does it have to be new? Doesn't yours work perfectly fine still?" "No, it's the New NEW 3DS, Mom! It can play games the old one can't! And the 3D is so good that it will let me see into the Matrix!" "Yeah, shut up, Timmy. I'm not buying you another 3DS.")
Meanwhile, at Sony......
-Playstation
-Playstation 2
-Playstation 3
-Playstation 4
-Playstation 5
And for some strange reason, they're absolutely dominating the console market. Their marketing team must be a bunch of PhD's. lol