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Google Play just sounds weird

In five years they'll change the name again and everyone will complain about the new name, and why it is worse than the old one.
 
I agree with most comments. "Play" sounds like something I'd expect on PSN or XBox Live. I don't play a utility or book, nor would I buy a book (or video) from Google. I go to that store for apps and nothing else. Prices are pretty much cheaper on Amazon for music, books, etc.

Companies are listening to marketing "professionals" and making moves which don't seem to work well with the public. Calling it "Play" makes it harder to discuss. Which makes more sense:

1) Just go over to Play and search on "Juice Defender".
2) Just go over to the Market and search on "Juice Defender".

For me, #2 makes more sense.

Apple calls their latest iPad, "the new iPad", which will only make sense for a short while. If you buy one today, how will you refer to it in 2 years? Users will call it the iPad 3 whether Apple likes it or not. I think Amazon did something like that with the Kindle 3 which is (I believe) officially the "Kindle Keyboard".

In effort to distinguish themselves companies are naming things in ways which make little sense for the common person.
 
Sorry to keep reincarnating this thread, but...

I think there’s something deeper in this name change, not just “Play” replacing “Market.” I think Google is trying to snuff the word “Android,” and replace it with “Google.” All this Android craze in the last two years has lent no credibility to Google, the company that’s behind it all.

So they want to reconfigure our perception. It’s like McDonald’s buying all their franchises over the years, so they’d have complete operational and perceptional control. In a year or two, the name “Android” will be a bit of nostalgia, as we complain about our new Googlephones.
 
I like Google far more than Apple. It offers an level play ground for all telcos and developers in an open environment.

Shengxin
 
Hello Friends !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How are you all. While I think that "Play" is a bit more confounding that "Market", it's pretty easy to see why Google wanted to drop the "Android".
 
It's a complete misnomer. "Play" suggests games and frivolity but there are plenty of serious and useful apps. "Market" suggests products to buy which could include games but doesn't exclude everything else, perhaps it doesn't suggest any sense that some will be free but it's more accurate and meaningful that "Play"

I'm also a little irritated that it doesn't carry the search details over from any other area of Google. I mean, if you search for something in the standard Web section and click "Images" it shows search results for images, if you click "Maps" it will give map results, but if you click "Play" it just takes you to the Play entry page with nothing in the search box. Maybe a minor point but it looks disjointed.
 
I'm onboard with this being a terrible marketing move. Google is pretty bad about recognizing and correcting/ending it's mistakes though. I think the behavior is actually worse as they grow larger, as they think that the consumer has no alternative, so they will use Play and like it!
 
Interesting enough, searching for 'Play' in Google brings up 'Google Play' as the second search result.
 
Outside of the Google/Android fanboy/girl bubble, how many real people do you think have given a second thought about it. It is a name, and no matter what you call it - it going to suck till you accept it and get use to it.
 
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