Crossposted from https://lemmy.world/post/49129778
this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2026
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It was just a moronic perception that in the choice between Xbox2 and PS3, buyers would pick the bigger number.
But then they shot themselves in the foot because where do you go from 360?
720 of course
But 360 is 720 is 0
It's a transformation in 3D space along the z axis
And the easy answer is to release a peripheral that upgrades the original a bit, call it the Xbox 2, then release the 3 alongside the ps3
Yeah or if their research really showed that 3>2 was going to be decisive to their bottom line, just fucking skip two places ahead and call it the Xbox4. Who's going to stop you?