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Nintendo announces the Switch 2 [video]

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781 points HelloUsername | 4 comments | 16 Jan 25 13:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.002s | source
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werdnapk ◴[16 Jan 25 13:35 UTC] No.42724886[source]▶
Wasn't expecting it to actually be called "Switch 2", but I'm glad they stuck to a name that makes sense.
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kwanbix ◴[16 Jan 25 13:39 UTC] No.42724936[source]▶
Agree. PlayStation 1...5 has worked well for Sony. XBOX is a mess (I am an XBOX guy myself).
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VyseofArcadia ◴[16 Jan 25 13:49 UTC] No.42725065[source]▶
The problem with Xbox naming is that names are both inconsistent and too similar to each other. Aside from the Wii/Wii U debacle, Nintendo console names haven't been consistent, but they have been distinct. It's easy to remember that the GameCube and the Wii aren't the same thing.

Xbox, though, it's just the word Xbox followed by arbitrary numbers, maybe with the letter S or X thrown in for fun. I have no idea why they thought Xbox Series X wouldn't confuse people right after the Xbox One X.

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1. azalemeth ◴[16 Jan 25 13:51 UTC] No.42725087[source]▶
(I am still trying to work out if the 360 was named after the 360º ring of red on the power light that it so often would produce...)
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2. vel0city ◴[16 Jan 25 14:05 UTC] No.42725234[source]▶
RRoD only had 3 of the 4 quadrants lit so that'd be the Xbox 270.
3. jowday ◴[16 Jan 25 14:06 UTC] No.42725254[source]▶
As someone that experienced it several times, the red ring of death was a 270 degree circular segment - a full red ring indicates cable failure.
4. ◴[16 Jan 25 14:40 UTC] No.42725778[source]▶