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Zac
ANN Executive Editor
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Anyone else think this totally sounds like a Resident Evil corporation? I mean, I expect that some time in the future they'll be developing biochemical products that secretly turn people in to zombies. Can't you just see it? "GENEON: Building Tomorrow Through Science."
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Cassandra
 Posts: 1356 Location: Birdsboro, PA |
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Well...ya know...there is a billion years there in the name. Maybe they just want to make sure that the same people will be working there forever.
(Don't be fooled by the stocks that I got. I'm still, I'm still Geneon the block!) |
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Ataru
 Posts: 2327 Location: Missouri (Strikeman) |
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Yeah, at first I thought it said Genom.
 Well, now I got to stop myself and change Pioneer to Geneon. Got to love that business world.
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The Ramblin' Wreck
 Posts: 924 Location: Teaching Robot Women How To Love |
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... so they go from Pioneer (the first, boldy going where no man has gone before) to Geneon(a billion years old, ie. a rock)
Gotta love those corporate focus grouups. |
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AnnaMayInsider
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it could have been something like elatio or sparkle.
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Delthayre
 Posts: 414 Location: One of the good United States |
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The sad thing is, somewhere, some witless bore in advertising thinks he's been very clever.
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LordByronius
ANN Columnist
 Posts: 861 Location: Philippe for America! He is five. |
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It's synergy-tastic!!!
Although for some reason I'm reminded of that Simpsons episode with the Mr. Sparkle advertisement. "Mr. Sparkle, a joint production of Matsumura Fishworks, and..." something else, I forget. "Join me or die! Can you do any less?" |
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GATSU
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Zac: I thought Pioneer was already run by zombies, considering how crappy their line-up is in general.
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Godaistudios
Posts: 2075 Location: Albuquerque, NM (the land of entrapment) |
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Given the name recognition, anybody else here think it was a bad idea to change the name from something well known to something else in general?
And yes, I agree that the new name is odd... |
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Nuriko-chan
 Posts: 192 Location: Konan |
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Geneon? Geez, that sounds like some kind of Pokemon... I liked them as Pioneer. I could actually recognize them, and I'll always remember them as Pioneer, since they put out two of my favorite series (Fushigi Yuugi and Tenchi Muyo) under that name...
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Kanna no Mai
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That name is really odd.
Geneon...what the heck does Geneon mean? |
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Ataru
Posts: 2327 Location: Missouri (Strikeman) |
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 Reading is fun.
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Shorty22
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Who's that Pokémon? ... It's Geneon, the newest Eevee evolution!
ANYway, I don't understand why they're even changing their name. Pioneer is well-known and established.
What does that have to do with anything?/What kind of reason is that? |
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ChichiriMuyo
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Yeah, killing your own name recognition is brilliant... Coming up with a name change that takes you from being seen as an innovator to being seen as old and unchanging is genius... Making a name that most people wont be able to pronounce for years to come is priceless...
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Tenchi
 Posts: 4541 Location: Ottawa... now I'm an ex-Anglo Montrealer. |
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I think it's simply that they can't continue using the name "Pioneer" if they're no longer affiliated with the electronics company, but... yeah, I don't care much for "Geneon", which scans to me as either "Gene On" or "Ge Neon", not "Gen Eon".
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