Right now there's about 5 lines of Surface devices with each their very specific purpose and tradeoffs. I'd be shocked at someone buying one solely based on the how the name sounds or what they assume it means without looking at the actual product pages.
You're comparing model to generation, not sure what's that supposed to mean.
Yes, I will buy Peugeot 208 over 207 because it is obviously newer. And the point isn't that I'm buying solely because of a number, the point is that it is much more intuitive to have simple naming over "jerk my co, pilot, ai".
If you can accepts different schemes depending on the maker's intent, I really don't get why you're distressed by XBox naming different console lines with different monikers. I guess it all comes down to whether you like the name or not, and there was nothing to argue on from the very start.
> Yes, I will buy Peugeot 208 over 207 because it is obviously newer
That's a disturbing logic to me, but you do you.
And what if it's still sold but at a third of the price ? "it's newer" is the main decision factor when it's throwaway money. Otherwise you're thinking a bit longer about what to buy for 17k euros.