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NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Lots of international manufacturers skip model numbers 4 and 9 because of Asian superstitions. Silly, yes, but they affect sales and even birth rates.

At least in Japanese, 4 sounds like “death” and 9 sounds like “suffering”.

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TheBlackLounge@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Also because many software did version checks by doing a substring search “Windows 9”.

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M0oP0o@mander.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Yes and I also lose some confidence when ever I see a series of things numbered in a rational way and then skips numbers. Asian or not I don’t want to support a company that can not count. And its not like it is super common, Sony is a Japanese company yet the Playstation 4 existed for example.

And its not just international things ether, I don’t like when buildings skip floors ether. Let me live on the 13th floor, it is a number between 12 and 14 and I have a better opinion of the builder that can count more then I would have issues with superstition.

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- Hule@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  If you think about it, the PS4 had titles like Killzone, Final Fantasy, Destiny, Diablo 3, Mortal Kombat, Assassin’s Creed, Battlefield 4…
  
  I mean, adding death to that doesn’t seem too risky.
  
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