I don't know if this is on purpose, probably is, but more and more games are being released or announced that have attractive or easy acronyms for the title of the game.
Either the game comes out so the first letter of each word spell something or is phonetically easy to say.
Examples:
Call of Duty: COD (like the fish, maybe not on purpose back in 2003)
World of Warcraft: WoW (yeah...duh)
League of Legends: LoL(kinda obvious)
Knights of the Old Republic: KOTOR
Then there is the majority of "acronym names" that have easy to remember acronyms like:
Assassin's Creed _ : AC, AC2 (ACB maybe)
God of War _ / Gears of War _ :GoW, GoW2 (combined for same acronym)
Dragon Age _: DA:O, DA2 (DA:A maybe)
Mass Effect: ME, ME2
Metal Gear Solid _ :MGS, MGS2 etc
Diablo _ : D2, D3
That is all I want to put because there are a lot more and you probably get the idea.
I think this is planned for use by us, the internet gaming enthusiast for use on forums or reviews or anything really. Most gaming discussions take place on the internet and the makers of the game may think that it would be more friendly to discussion and "word of mouth" would spread through these channels if the name of the game could be shortened for convenience. When speaking to someone I almost never say the acronym (except WoW), so this is the only reason I can think of for these games to have purposely easy acronyms.
Thoughts? What do you guys think, am I crazy because I think it is a legit strategy for marketing?
Naming games based on potential Acronyms
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