Recently I have stop being online friends with someone because they keep taking constant jabs at Sony. I know this sounds silly but let me explain why I can't take this person serious.

i had an xbox live friend for a very long time. He was always vocal about how much he hated Sony but a year ago it took a turn for the weird. He bought a PS3, abandoned his Xbox completely and started playing the hell outta his PS3. Whenever I questioned why he had not played Xbox in a while it was always "I've been working, I'm fixing to go back." And not only did that not make any sense, it never happened.

Then it got weirder, he bought a Vita and started playing a ton of games on that.

So as I talked to him about it he seemed very relaxed on his hatred of Sony. He would tell me which God of War games he loved, previous Gran Turismos he liked. Praised Resistance 2. He came across as very reasonable and I started to respect him for that. We probably sent 200 messages back and forth and he told me all the Playstation 1, 2, 3 and Vita games he really enjoyed.

the problem was that he started being completely two faced about it. He started going on True AChievements and just talking shit about Sony left and right. Sounding like he had been forced at gun point to play only Playstation.

"So glad I'm almost done playing my piece of shit PS3"

"Uncharted and God of War games are utter shit."

"NONE of Sony's exclusives are any good at all."

"can't wait to get back to my precious xbox."

So I tried to ignore these childish fanboy jabs but eventually it just got to me. It's like he can't help pissing all over Sony every chance he gets. Does no one else question the logic in buying and playing a console for nearly a year straight just to turn around and rag all over it? That would be like me saying "I hate Justin Beeber so just to verify that I went out and bought all his albums and listened to every song non stop for months, yep, I hate it."

I don't like someone telling me one thing and then saying the opposite around other people. This person always tells me how you can't take a certain website or a board post seriously because "this person is clearly biased so their opinion is irrelevant."  Then he shows a clear bias and expects me to take him serious? That's a joke.

So that is my question. Can you take someone's opinion on a console or game seriously when they preface their opinion with stubborn hate? Is it a valid opinion that something "sucks" if you had decided it would suck before you experienced it? Can someone be taken seriously when claiming to hate something they just spent a very long time doing on purpose for fun?

If he was a good friend then there is no reason not to talk to him and see what's wrong with him. If he was one of those "backup" friends then you are better of without him.

Once a fanboy, always a fanboy.

Still no reason to decide whether you are friends with someone or not. If he was a true friend, you would either put up with that, or be able to tell him that he talks a load of crap and still continue to be friends.

Well, I think that everyone has the right to voice an opinion but if my friends bought a console I m not a fond of, I try to respect their decision and be supportive cause we all have different tastes. With that begin said, I will never recommend that console and instead recommend the one I like but I will try not to get in an argument with my friend about it

Why have a friend who only seems to enjoy degrading what you enjoy? There's no point to it. I don't really understand the sentiment, when you absolutely have the option of surrounding yourself with more reasonable and pleasant people.

If you think he's taken a turn for the worse or to odd behavior you should address that with him. But if he was always kinda like this... well I probably wouldn't be there.

Let me see if I have things straight.

1. He preferred Xbox over PS, and was vocal about it.
2. A situation arose in which he found himself playing PS systems. He found himself having some fun.
3. As the novelty of the new (to him) systems wore off, he looked back and realised he had had more fun on the Xbox.
4. He reverted back to being vocal about preferring Xbox over PS.

And this has you so upset that you refuse to remain friends with this person. Let's be honest - which part of the situation upset you? The part where he changed his mind, or the part where he found himself preferring Xbox after having experienced PS?

I realize to stop being his friend was petty of me but he knows I hate when he makes blatant fanboy jabs and just keeps doing it. And my other friends think I'm just making it all up. "I've never heard him say anything positive about Sony."

It just burns me up. If you don't like something that is fine. Saying "I don't like Uncharted 2" is reasonable. Saying "Uncharted 2 is a complete pile of shit and only graphics whores would like it." Is just flame bait.

Saying " Every single one of Sony's exclusives is crap. They don't have ONE good game." Is ridiculous.

I was solely an Xbox player for 12 years but even I can admit they have some really good franchises. So I have to assume it comes down to me being open minded and him not. We have very similar tastes and like a lot of the same games so why would he just magically happen to hate everything Sony does?

The part where he continued to play Playstation while telling me he liked it and meanwhile telling his xbox friends how much he hated it. I thought e OP covered that. It wasn't him "preferring" anything, it was like he was forced at gun point to play and buy Playstation products for a year. To hear him describe it.

So you're saying that he went "with the crowd" when with his xbox friends, and that he rationalised his perspective after multiple changes of opinion. Nothing surprising so far from him. The part where you get so upset over it is the part I find curious. You were friends with this person prior to them playing any PS games... if that hasn't changed, then I honestly cannot see any reason for you to cut off the friendship.