That didn't stop Apple from naming the newest iPhone the "iPhone 5", despite being the sixth.
Or HTC from naming their newest flagship phone the "HTC One".
3 wrongs don't make a right?
Or Sony calling PSOne a modified/updated version of the first Playstation.
That actually was the same thing as a PS1 and they stuck to that convention. The PS2 slim's official name is the PSTwo.
Actually, no, they abandoned that convention. The PS2 slim's official name is the PS2. It just has a different part number.
That's because the numbering only gets bumped for sufficiently "major" upgrades, typically marked by a redesign. There was the original iPhone, then there was the 3G (which introduced 3G and a new design) and its minor upgrade the 3Gs, then the 4 (which introduced the retina display and a new design) and its upgrade the 4S, then the 5 (which introduced the new aspect ratio).
Or nintendo using Wii U for the Wii successor
Yeah, man. Why did this stupid developer call her newest release "Program 2"?! It’s her third release, after all, she already released Program 1.0 and Program 1.1.
To want to call the iPhone 5 iPhone 6 is so insane, I cannot fathom how anyone could come up with this crazy idea.
It would be more like calling it Program 1 after releasing Program and Program Upgrade.
Agreed, particularly because people often refer to the first Xbox as "Xbox 1" to differentiate from "Xbox 360".
Could have been worse. It could have been Windows Xbox 8.
I think the thought around One is that it is unifying a bunch of devices: DVD, Internet streaming device, games into one platform. I like it, its better than 720 or 1080 or Windows XBox or XBox 360 Premium or something so bad I can't even imagine it.
Xbox 3, 4, 8, Infinity. Nope...they had to choose "One". Dumb, dumb, dumb.
They should have called it Xbox Zero.
My thoughts as well. It means they'll have to rethink their naming schema yet again when they come out with the next console, because Xbox Two as the fourth Xbox just wouldn't fly.
If their strategy is to unify the game console + internet streaming box + media player in one unit, this sounds like a perfectly sane marketing plan.