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inigyoutoday at 1:42 PM1 replyview on HN

Most of the time customers buy the thing with the shiniest marketing, and shininess of marketing depends upon features in relation to the competition.


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Schlagbohrertoday at 1:49 PM

The Xbox 360 was called that instead of the Xbox 2, because it was gonna sit on shelves next to the Playstation 3 and MSFT didn't want consumers to look at "2" next to "3".

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