The Worst & Best Game Console Names 

Microsoft has the worst naming convention out of all. Say what you will about Sony, but going 1-5 is simple stupid and it works, even if it's not creative.

Kinda find it weird that the Nintendo 64 got harped on for it being just a number but the Atari consoles didn't.

bro, how could you give the Playstation Portable a D when you completely failed to mention the super iconic nickname given by its initials, PSP? Like, nobody referred to it as the Playstation Portable. So how could you not take that into consideration?

Game & Watch goes hard tf It tells you what it is It rolls of the tongue nicely It sounds like "gay men watch" when the announcer in smash says it You just a hater smh >:(

This was not it Never cook again

I get that PlayStation 1 2 3 4 5. Isn’t unique. But it keeps things straight forward. I to this day can’t can’t keep Xbox’s or segas consoles straight

You GOTTA make a video on game console designs after this video.

You didn't mention a single bad thing about the Switch name and still gave it a B lol

Come on, Neo Geo is an awesome name

I think calling the next generation Nintendo system the "Super Switch" would be a bad ass move and a sweet call back to their past.

And even with this ranking scheme you can't deny that the simpler and more straight forward names actually help those consoles

As someone who works in the video game section of a department store, the Xbox Series X/ Series S thing is *even worse* than just being an awful name because the two letters used to differentiate the models sound really, really similar, so often times I or the customer has to specifically clarify or annunciate which model. Like, who thought this was a good idea?!

Ain’t no way that thumbnail’s real. Are Sony’s console names creative? No. But I’d much rather a dull name that actually provides useful information, than whatever the hell Microsoft does with theirs. It’s genuinely baffling how bad the Xbox names are.

"Series" is the worst name, ever. This is not hyperbole, it's lame, confusing and says nothing about the system. It managed to beat the WiiU at confusing customers and it made Playstation's choice to stick to its number seem good in hindsight. And they probably spent millions to come up with it

I don't think you are taking the context into account here. It makes sense for Nintendo to name their console "Nintendo 64" because back then how many bits a console used not only was important, but it could make or break a console from its release date, as such, many consoles had the bits-number in their name.

Nobody gonna talk about the gamecube getting a C even though it references the shape of the console, the menu designs, the logo with the letters G and C creating a cube, the startup, and the shape of absolutely every add-on?

PlayStation has to maintain the numbers, we were promised hallucinogenic brain spores for the PS9.

The N-Gage deserves an A because it's also a phone, so you use it to "engage" with people. Also, for Nintendo the Switch "switches" between handheld, docked AND tabletop. So when it only switches from handheld to tabletop, it's a Switch... Lite.

useless info here: S = yellow A = green B = light blue C = blue D = purple F = red

In Poland Dreamcast was named by people "makaron" (pasta in eng.) because of the swirl on top

Sorry Kiro but these are the worst takes known to man. 😭 I actually prefer the straightforwardness of sony's naming scheme.

Love your vids, but N64 logo and name are absolutely iconic along with the PS1

Nintendo wanted to call the family computer console famicom, but at the time, another company was using the name famicom

L ratings smh

The PlayStation naming scheme is simple and effective. Also, "PSP" is the official name alongside the longer "PlayStation Portable" name. It's literally on the box and device itself that you showed in your video twice (PSP Go has PSP on it, too). This is a terribly researched video.

The Xbox naming system either should've been Xbox Series number (the original is Xbox Series 1, the 360 is Xbox Series 2, etc), expanded on the 360 thing (XB1 is Xbox 720, XSX is Xbox 1080, so on and so forth), or at the very least call the Xbox One "Xbox All-in-One".

I thought the Nintendo 64 was a cool name.

Wow your opinions are bad

Worst takes ever 😭

Yeah I agree, this guy shouldn't cook again. Horrible.

Mega Drive... Saturn... Dreamcast... Sega really had the best, most creative names for their systems, didn't they?

This feels biased. I was excited to see this video until listening to his complaints.

My guy really gave 2600 a B and N64 a F but both are just numbers

I was worried about the DS, but then just ended up wheezing at "I'll give it a D, for DS". XD

Never let bro cook again

16:53 if it was the gamesphere from drake and josh i know you would have given it an A

Magmavox Odyssey Sounds So Fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

The Wii U was by far the biggest money-losing name by far. So unnecessarily confusing on top of being uncool. They would have sold millions of more units if they just called it the "Wii 2".

i respect your opinions but the video is a mess, you had nothing bad to say about the switch and gave it a B without explaining why you deducted it, so you just left the viewers wondering why which is i'm making the comment in the first place.

My dad used to call the Nintendo DS the Nintendo Dumb Shit That’s all I came here to say

no one finished watching the video yet not anymore

Long video! I can finally code without changing the video all the time!

Hey, you wanna come around to play the loopy?

Whenever I talk to my friend about the Switch I start singing like an idiot: “Switch dreams are made of this”, making a stupid pun. Last time, he had the wisdom to say: “Man... These guys don't know anything! They should call the Switch's successor 'Switch Dreams'. We should work on Nintendo's marketing.”

Nintendo 64 may not be the best name but it's abbreviation of N64 is a tier

Nes is Nintendo’s first true console they had to start somewhere

let me start talking about sega SG-1000 feels like you are doing a project for space Master system feels like you have mastered an ability by purchasing it Sega Mega Drive feels like you are driving at the speed of sound and also the name hints at sonic. Sega Saturn is about the Saturn duh. Dreamcast now dream dream dream nightmares away! go back away (sorry just was rhyming)

I'd also have put down "Sega Power Base" for the SMS, as Master System was an unofficial name on the console that just kind of stuck, it's real North American name is the Power Base, which is why the Genesis adapter is called the "Power Base Converter." Still, Power Base isn't very good either, but just saying :/

Great video, but your takes are awful lmao

Xbox 360 feels like it has more to do with the sphere/circle branding contrasting the “box of it all” of the first console, with the new logo, the name, and the rounded, smoothed out hardware all fulfilling that.

This video makes me so angry

Should have mentioned how Nintendo wanted to shorten Family Computer to Famicom. They couldn't when they initially released the system due to SHARP holding a trademark under a very similar name and even after that mess got solved, Nintendo would stick with the full Family Computer name. The name also has a lot more meaning to it as it contrasts with personal computers, which were usually used by a single person while a Family Computer is a computer for the whole family. The shortened Famicom name also has a really good ring to it and I'd argue it's a much better name than Nintendo Entertainment System or NES when the Famicom was redesigned for the western market (although I am biased). But without any of this context I get why people especially outside of Asia would be confused at the Family Computer name.

Microsoft when naming the Xboxes🤪 Sony when naming the PlayStations😎 Nintendo when naming their Consoles🧐

Quit giving Nintendo systems f rating ok.

this is the earliest ive been to a kiro video holyyyy

Hey at least Nintendo 64 is a unique name and it’s kind of quirky sounding

Nintendo was obsessed with the “new” branding for awhile. Im surprised they didn’t call the Wii U the New Wii. Also for the switch lite they didn’t have a choice but to call it switch something since it is still a switch that can play switch games so yeah it’s dumb that It doesn’t “switch”

What then hell are any of the XBOX subtitles supposed to mean? I only know the explanation for the One.

And after seeing the video I have to disagree with your opinion. The problem here is that you want the names to be creative but are forgetting that a console's name must also be intuitive and must be representative of what makes it unique, of what it can do. Nintendo DS works because nearly all games will use its two screens in one way or another, so it had to be represented. Wii works because it is a more casual-focussed console. Nintendo Entertainment System works because back then toy stores didn't want to sell video game consoles thanks to Atari's oopsie, as such Nintendo named theirs in such a way that it could be called a toy (that's also why ROB was created as well). And you also want console sequels to have names that are way different from their originals, but that would just cause mass confusion. If a console is supposed to be part of the same line another console is on, then they must share a "family" name.

That N64 take. Yikes. RIP your comment section lol

Is it just me or a *LOT* of these "quick rating" videos tend to have really odd standards, nitpick a lot or just demand everything to be creative and unique when a lot of the times simple is better? Like... I don't get what's so bad about each new PlayStation having a number, it's simple, to the point, it tells you exactly the generation it's from and it just rolls off the tongue better than if they started adding increasingly dumber names after "PlayStation," especially when abbreviated.

Microsoft has been going out of their way to make the names as confusing as possible. I bet their next system will be called the Xbox Controller.

I could be wrong but I’m pretty sure I heard that the Xbox 360 is called “360” because it revolves around the player, like it’s focus on your experience you are the center of your Xbox

Why would Sony suddenly have an urged to changed the name of PlayStation 5? What do you wanna call it to be creative? PlayStation Wakanda? Personally for me, Sony did the smartest thing and named their home consoles simple that even new consumers would be able to discern it.

I think switch is an s tier name, switching up how you play from tv to handheld, switching up technology with the fancy joy cons with lots of new little features, and it’s snappy and fun to say and super easy to talk about in casual conversations unlike Xbox Series X (Also the little sound that cane with the branding is too satisfying and iconic to ignore)

I agree with the Sega console names being all awesome, but no way Mega Drive is more cool than GENESIS imo

Nintendo console names are almost always silly until we become accustomed, yes we love 64 and the number has meaning behind it, but back then it really was a random number. The wii was such a stupid name yet it was on everyone's mouth. Same with the switch, i remember seeing the reveal trailer with some friends and we audibly laughed at the name, but now its like its so natural

For all the random picks I’m surprised you didn’t put the Sega Pico

Fifth guy to like your video second guy to comment

As someone whose first system was the NES in the late eighties & having followed video games fairly closely since the mid nineties, I was amazed at how many of these I had never heard of.

I don't mind the name of the Game Boy Color. It isn't supposed to be the next generation handheld. Just an upgraded version of the Game Boy that has color.

13:26 As mentioned in the Angry Video Game Nerd episode (alongside the voice clip when booting up the console) - the console is supposed to pronounced as "Game Com". Doesn't change too much, but felt like correcting that.

PS3 gets a D because you didn't use its true name, da PS TRIPLE!

chat is this is 100th video? woopie!!!

Nahh GameCube should have been triple S

Switch is a goated name

Wii would like to play

The GameCube at LEAST deserves a B.

U sound like u just woke up

19:31 because 360 is full 3D and also spheres are part of their iconography

Where are the Leapster and the V Smile? Here's a list of every variant of the Leapster in order (and the Explorer line just because they reused the "Leapster" name for 2 products) in case you ever see this and decide to rank them: - Leapster Multimedia Learning System (2003) (first ARCTangent A5 Leapster) - Leapster Learning Gaming System (2004) - Leapster L-Max (2004) - Leapster TV (2005) - Leapster Portable Technology Center (school-exclusive) (2007) (is identical to the LGS visually but they changed the text on the front) - Leapster 2 (2008) (final ARCTangent A5 Leapster) - Didj (2008) (hardware was reused for the Leapster Explorer) - Leapster Explorer (2010) (first ARM-based Linux Leapster) - LeapsterGS Explorer (2011) (final ARM-based Linux Leapster) - LeapPad Explorer (2012) - LeapPad 2 Explorer (2013) - LeapPad 3 (2014) - LeapPad Ultra (2014) - LeapPad Platinum (2015) - LeapTV (2015) (Has nothing to do with the Leapster TV, runs Linux) - LeapFrog Epic (not an Explorer, but people group this in with the LeapPads a lot) (2016) - LeapPad Ultimate (2018) - LeapPad Jr. (this was the final model of the Explorer line) (2018) - LeapFrog Epic Academy (2020) - Leapster Ultra (2024) (the first and currently only GeneralPlus Leapster)

27:07 I remember telling my mom about this console. And I tried telling her that the “New” was part of the name. She wasn’t buying the idea that it was called New Nintendo 3DS and just assumed the “New” referred to it being just new and would lose the “new” in like a few months or a year.

I disagree about the PlayStation names. Yeah it’s boring to only name them numbers but at least there is zero confusion about what the new console is. We don’t have a Wii U or Xbox one problem and we don’t have to worry about that ever as long as Sony keeps the basic numbering up.

Wii U We would like to play with You I think it’s got personality it’s quirky dumb or not personality should be a factor in your rankings

The best console name is the snes, because it stands for sniff not even sniffing

13:27 *Game com The Saturn that looks like a period is silent. I’d give it a C. I think its intended name sounds nice.

This video gets a D, needs actual researching.

Didn't Commodore sue Nintendo over the name "64"? It was during the time the Tron 2 movie came out. Commodore was trying to make a comeback at that time, and implied a connection with Tron. Nintendo and Commodore agreed that they will call them the N64 and C64, even when the context clearly excluded the other.

Bruh, Sony's naming idea is amazing. It's simple, clean, and tells everyone that it's the newest console and d is the successor to the previous one. It's the best method of console naming. Where as Nintendo and Xbox Studios keep making it weird and different.

Microsoft had perfect name for the Xbox one X and the series X, respectively Scorpio and Scarlett. Instead they went for their confusing and bland definitive name they bear today. How can a codename sounds better than the actual name.

What do you think of the Bally Astrocade, the Magnavox Odyssey 2, RCA Studio II, Emerson Arcadia 2001 and the Milton Bradley Micro vision?

29:34 Funny because when I hear "Xbox Series", I think of an accessories line of devices that Microsoft licensed for their systems or something akin to that. Years later and I still hate the name.

13:26 Actually, according to YT channel Rerez, it's actually pronounced "Game-com" (kind of like Famicom). Ironic(?).

29:06 I had the video at 2x speed, which made the “No Switch” name even funnier.

What was Microsoft thinking? I couldn't come up with worse names even if I tried 😂

Fun fact: the og name for the Nintendo wii was called "Nintendo Revolution" *Which is a much better cooler name*

pretty bad idea to rank console names based on how they sound rather than how theyre designed. Nintendo wasnt focusing on how the switch would sound good when you said it, they were focusing on what it represented.

Nintendo's console names are quirky, Sony's are logical but plain, Microsoft's are as confusing as humanly possible.

DS was it's internal name, but it was really popular and so Nintendo kept the name DS instead of making a new/different name…

Genuinely what else would you expect a gameboy with color to be called? The names don’t have to be quirky, that’s not what makes them good. I personally think that the name should tell you what the new feature of the console is. Like the color or the switch. They are excellent names!