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[Magnus]

Vita is hardly an outlandish name compared to "Wii" back in 2005/2006. Does no one remember the insane backlash over that preposterous name? It's easily become a household word since.

 

[onken]

Sounds lame enough to be true.

This'll be fun to say in Japanese.

VWEETA

There's no "wee" sound in Japanese. That's why Wii sounds like oo-ee

 

[Gravijah]

Vita is hardly an outlandish name compared to "Wii" back in 2005/2006. Does no one remember the insane backlash over that preposterous name? It's easily become a household word since.

I don't really think Vita is outlandish, I think it just sucks compared to the superior NGP. Plus it reminds me of smartphone branding.

 

[FunkyPajamas]

Please don't be true.

I'm with the poster that wants the badass names of the 80's to come back.

Hell, even "X-box" sounds badass compared to the names we're getting now.

It should be called "Playstation Portable EyeMelter" or something.

I don't really think Vita is outlandish, I think it just sucks compared to the superior NGP. Plus it reminds me of smartphone branding.

NGP is as generic as MAG and PSP. I mean, the name works and all, but ffs come up with a cool name.

 

[Chuck]

What an awful, awful name.

 

[Spiegel]

I'd be willing to say Novarama is behind Reality Fighters for the NGP. That "K.O" font is identical to the font they used in their PSP augmented reality games (Invizimals, and Invizimals: Shadow Zone).

You are correct. They are working on the game

 

[Tobor]

Vita is hardly an outlandish name compared to "Wii" back in 2005/2006. Does no one remember the insane backlash over that preposterous name? It's easily become a household word since.

1. Nintendo was going after a casual audience, and a name like Wii made sense considering the target market. The NGP is a hardcore gamers machine, top to bottom, it makes no sense to use a casual sounding brand. They're marketing against the grain.

2. The success of the Wii doesn't make this an automatic home run. Nonsense words are not a guarantee of success(lol, Zune).

3. Wii is a better name than Vita, straight up.

 

[the_prime_mover]

So - PSV for short and it happens to be the fifth Playstation system . . . PSP and PSV sound a little to close though to not cause some confusion in casual spoken conversation.

 

[Y2Kev]

1. Nintendo was going after a casual audience, and a name like Wii made sense considering the target market. The NGP is a hardcore gamers machine, top to bottom, it makes no sense to use a casual sounding brand. They're marketing against the grain.

2. The success of the Wii doesn't make this an automatic home run. Nonsense words are not a guarantee of success(lol, Zune).

3. Wii is a better name than Vita, straight up.

You don't think it makes sense to call a hardcore games device "LIFE"? It seems perfect to me. It's your LIFE if you love games. PlayStation Life sounds worse, and it's half taken already. But Vita is kind of exotic.

 

[MickeyKnox]

"People don't want cars named after hungry old Greek broads! They want names like 'Mustang' and 'Cheetah'—vicious animal names,"

 

[Gravijah]

NGP is as generic as MAG and PSP. I mean, the name works and all, but ffs come up with a cool name.

Cool names are dead.

So - PSV for short and it happens to be the fifth Playstation system . . . PSP and PSV sound a little to close though to not cause some confusion in casual spoken conversation.

There's zero reason you would call it the PSV instead of Vita.

 

[scoobs]

The name makes sense to me, plus PSV sounds good. I could care less about thr name of the device... I just want it!

 

[Massa]

1. Nintendo was going after a casual audience, and a name like Wii made sense considering the target market. The NGP is a hardcore gamers machine, top to bottom, it makes no sense to use a casual sounding brand. They're marketing against the grain.

I really doubt Sony wants just a hardcore gamers machine, that would be changing gears from their past 4 consoles.

For those gamers they'll sell with the Playstation name alone, anyway.

 

[Tobor]

You don't think it makes sense to call a hardcore games device "LIFE"? It seems perfect to me. It's your LIFE if you love games. PlayStation Life sounds worse, and it's half taken already. But Vita is kind of exotic.

Maybe in Latin America. In North America, not so much. "Playstation Go" would have worked, but they wasted that one already.

 

[Y2Kev]

Well they could call it the PSP Vidal Sassoon

 

[Die Squirrel Die]

I wonder if this is just to disassociate it from the PSP, or whether Sony are thinking more broadly that Playstation (Portable) *number* is starting to have diminishing returns? Will we get a Playstation 4 or a Playstation *something*.

 

[No_Style]

PS Vita isn't too bad of a name. I can live with it.

 

[AniHawk]

i wonder what the name would be if they got square to come up with it.

 

[FunkyPajamas]

Maybe in Latin America. In North America, not so much. "Playstation Go" would have worked, but they wasted that one already.

PlayStation Gear.

GEAR UP!

Gears of War Triology not included.

 

[CadetMahoney]

Playstation (Portable) *number* is starting to have diminishing returns?

yes, pretty much.

 

[Blast Processing]

i wonder what the name would be if they got square to come up with it.

Pereniumus Decimicus Adeptus Astartes: PSV Quotient Diurnal Apoptosis

 

[Infinite Justice]

Pereniumus Decimicus Adeptus Astartes: PSV Quotient Diurnal Apoptosis

lol

 

[Tobor]

i wonder what the name would be if they got square to come up with it.

Playstation P/2 Portable Chronicles: The Game Bearer

 

[Die Squirrel Die]

Pereniumus Decimicus Adeptus Astartes: PSV-2 Quotient Diurnal Apoptosis Final/2 Nights Mix

Only released in Japan.

 

[Gravijah]

last playstation

 

[richman555]

PS Vita would lead you to believe it is something totally new and different... but it sure does look like a PSP.

 

[Hazelhurst]

PlayStation Gear.

GEAR UP!

Gears of War Triology not included.

That name worked out great for Sega.

 

[Truth101]

I wonder if we will ever get a Playstation commercial that is this great again.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

last playstation

Care to explain your idiocy?

Vita is off but eh, if the games are there I don't care.

 

[Infinite Justice]

Care to explain your idiocy?

I think he's refering to the Square Enix joke Anihawk was pushing.

 

[Songbird]

last playstation

"The Playstation Portable"

 

[Graphics Horse]

Infinite Unplayability:
Die Zweite Ortsveränderliche

 

[Bad_Boy]

everyone is a comedian today

 

[Tellaerin]

3. Wii is a better name than Vita, straight up.

Sorry to break this to you, bro, but they're both awful names. The only reason 'Wii' seems marginally better at this point is because familiarity has robbed it of some of its lameness. I'm sure Vita will sound less awful after we've heard it a billion times, too.

Doesn't mean that either name sucks any less, though.

That name worked out great for Sega.

Though its sales success as a non-Nintendo handheld has been surpassed by the PlayStation Portable (PSP), the Game Gear still stands as the longest supported handheld console not made by Nintendo. Furthermore, it was also the most successful competitor to the Game Boy, selling 11 million units.

Yeah, that sounds like a Hindenburg-level disaster right there.

 

[Tobor]

everyone is a comedian today

We're applying for jobs in Sony's marketing department, apparently that's a prerequisite!

 

[FunkyPajamas]

They should call it the FunkyStation. I'd buy that.

 

[Takao]

Yeah, that sounds like a Hindenburg-level disaster right there.

Gamegear lasted seven years (how many of those years contained notable software? I don't know). The PSP will be in its year in November (2004-2011). It will most likely hit 8 or 9 before all support is gone.

 

[carlo6529]

ngp is just fine; vita is dumb. The thing doesn't create fucking life.

 

[GavinGT]

 

[sykoex]

ngp is just fine; vita is dumb. The thing doesn't create fucking life.

It brings new life to handheld gaming.

 

[Massa]

We're applying for jobs in Sony's marketing department, apparently that's a prerequisite!

They're working around the clock to read all applications. Thank you for your patience.

 

[Tellaerin]

Gamegear lasted seven years (how many of those years contained notable software? I don't know). The PSP will be in its year in November (2004-2011). It will most likely hit 8 or 9 before all support is gone.

My point was that Hazelhurst made it sound like the Game Gear bombed, when it actually did pretty damn well for the time when it was released. (Either that or my sarcasm detector's on the fritz again.)

ngp is just fine; vita is dumb. The thing doesn't create fucking life.

And the Saturn wasn't a planet, and the Dreamcast didn't cast dreams. Your point?

 

[C.Dark.DN]

ngp is just fine; vita is dumb. The thing doesn't create fucking life.

I remember tons of people bitching about the use of "next gen" when it was technically "current gen".

If it used the name NGP... the day it releases it'll be current gen. A trollish reminder of past arguments.

 

[GavinGT]

Man, "Dreamcast" was pretty much the best console name ever. "Genesis" was pretty good, too.

 

[linsivvi]

 

[Gravijah]

And the Saturn wasn't a planet, and the Dreamcast didn't cast dreams. Your point?

Says who?

 

[sykoex]

Man, "Dreamcast" was pretty much the best console name ever. "Genesis" was pretty good, too.

THE THING BROADCASTED FUCKING DREAMS! It doesn't GET any cooler than that.

 

[Dupy]

Not bad, it'll grow on me. But boy am I glad we'll finally get rid of NGP. Terrible codename, really glad Sony only used it as such.

 

[outunderthestars]

Seriously? A thousand plus posts about the name of the thing?

Who really cares what it is called?

Playstation and Wii could very well be the two dumbest names in product history but it didn't stop them from doing well.

 

[Vamphuntr]

Says who?

It crushed Peter Moore's dream. Should have been named the Dreamcrusher.