So site, in France, with mostly French traffic, advertised for a month on PlayStation fan sites, and that has only recently (2 days ago) seen traffic on major gaming sites, has a stronger showing for the PS4. Why should anyone be surprised by this?

I'm also guessing you can answer multiple times too.

You obviously didn't read my other message. It's a shame you've only played Gears and Halo, though. Halo is pretty boring.

That's because we're on the dark side... we're evil, very very evil.

I don't think Hardcore gamers are hugely in favor of either console.. at the moment.. both sides have games that make good arguments.. to buy their systems.. I really think as far as hardcore gamers go.. the numbers are a lot closer than those polls show.. I also believe that maybe those who would vote for Microsoft are probably sick of seeing the bad PR and all these polls.. and most likely don't even bother.. and I know at the end of the day.. how consumers vote with their wallets is a heck of a lot more important than how people vote on a online poll.. so really.. I would not jump to any conclusions.. or even haphazard a guess at this point.. it's still entirely to early to determine.. one way or the other..

The PS4 outsells the Xbone 5:3 atm IIRC, so it's not only on forums. Although you could argue that since most pre-orders are online and the internet is ruled by Sony fans...smh, I'm out.

Remember that the internet is full of bandwagon jumpers. Sony has the momentum right now but don't forget how it was when it cost $600 and had no games.

Anyway, the majority of the hardcore probably favor the Playstation brand. That's only a very tiny portion of the core demographic, though, which is likely to be much more split, with many of the "casual-core" who only play one or two big titles a year leaning toward the Microsoft side of things.

However, the Playstation brand is proven to still be stronger than the Xbox brand, so Microsoft will have to really win people over if they want to grow market-share in the coming generation and clearly they haven't gotten off to a good start in that regard.

It's important to target hardcore gamers, because no one else is going to go out and buy either console day 1 (possibly some wealthy parents will buy them for their kids). PS4 seems to have the edge with the hardcore, but we'll likely see a mammoth marketing campaign from Microsoft at the end of the year.

Ha!

Did my comment imply one or the other?  I just said "I'm also guessing you can answer multiple times too." 

Read in too much?

I put absolutely no weight behind any Internet poll, collection of views, likes, dislikes, etc.

If they meant anything whatsoever, Wii would have sold 15 units and Battlefield would have outsold MW3 or Black Ops 2 by a 10:1 ratio.