LOL yeah. My reply was going to be this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skawrfm0AIM

Anyways, bad sports analogy is bad. For starters I am pretty sure a team will celebrate any win. The Jaguars celebrated when they got their first win. The Patriots celebrated when they squeaked by the winless Raiders. And those same Raiders, if they had the talent to ever win another game, would celebrate when it happened.

Secondly we aren't players playing on a team. People just want to see their investments work out well. Also, a lot of it is done just to stir the pot here. Last gen when the PS3 won a rare NPD, their fans were happy about it.

What a shitty outlook to have on life. Sounds like you had a hard ass for a coach. Sorry about that.

I see what you're saying. It's one thing to take what you've got and be happy with it, and to talk about it for the sake of discussion, but it's another to constantly pretend like you're winning or pretend like you're about to start winning without any real proof.

Sony fans are confident in the fact that they're currently winning, and Nintendo fans are rooting for their system and trying to stay positive with what they've got, but Microsoft fans are stuck right in the middle, and they're only happy when they're putting on a big show and acting like things are going to turn around any moment now. I don't think there's anything wrong with staying positive and discussing how things might change, but bragging about things like the Amazon Best Sellers list and how much stock is on store shelves and claiming they're proof of the changing tide is just sad.

(For the record, I do believe the fate of any of the three systems can turn around drastically, and that their places are not set in stone as people seem to think they are. But you can't deny the current state of things at least.)

Well what can Xbox fan do, they had done many things from defending their console, supporting the company, buying the games , and be positive with many negative comment.

For all I care Video games is not very competitive because it's not real life sport where you put your body and mental until you worn out, you just playing on sofa and eat Doritos. i guess that's not what i call competitive in the end gamers is gamers and fanboy is just a fanboy who care for their own justification with their own console.

so calling Xbox fan not competitive is funny because they just a normal gamer who coincidentally like sports games and competitive "games".

The more successful Xbox is, the more likely we are to see exciting new projects created for the system.

It doesnt matter if you are 1st place or 2nd place, what matters is the support your system receives. If the Xbox One can go toe-to-toe with the PS4 then developers/ publishers/ whoever will see it and will be easily persuaded to make games for the system.

I think more people are mad about Xbox One sales in late Oct and early November, than Xbox fans happy about it.

There have been hundreds of posts explaining why people are happy about the X1 sales. But like a bull, detractors only see red and disregard any logic/explanation in order to poop on the party.

It's not just on Amazon that Xbox 1 is selling well recently. Xbox One consoles dominates BestBuy bestselling list.

The top 15 on that list got 3 Xbox One skus over PS4 for about 3 weeks now. It used to be 4 with Sunset bundle.

This thread is the perfect exampe, why "sports player" should not talk about business competition. the're not compareable.

But if u really want to, this is the standing right now:
Sony is winning
MS is going for a draw
Nintendo is losing

I think Xbox winning a month or 2 is good for everyone.
For Xbox they can show their shareholders that they can be competitive and temporarily silence the shareholders that want to sell it.

For Sony it keeps them on their toes. Without the success of the 360 Sony wouldn't have made the ps4 40% more powerful and have a consumer 1st mentality.

Its a win win

It's more like they had some great players who set a couple records and made the all-star team, and their side won the all-star game, and the division championships.

That would better symbolize winning in the US but not globally, for a small portion of the year.

Fanboys, yes. There is a difference between a (or mostly a) Sony gamer and a Sony fanboy. You really cant make a comparison between corporations battling for your dollar and athletes battling for pride. There is a reason many(any?) people arent fanboys of clothing companies, tool manufacturers, chain resturants and so on. It is because it is stupid loser behavior. Most fanboys are losers no matter what their console alligiance is. Gamers should be gamers and should play on as many platforms as possible.

You say " Being happy as a loser makes you a loser." Doesnt that contradict what you were trying to say in your OP. XBots are happy cause they are winning(speculation atm) in (North American)sales this month. Their console is striving while they assume that the competitor/opponent is not making the same strides.

I guess the question would be if people who own an Xbox really care so much about winning a sales war or just being happy that the X1 is selling good.  In the long run, what exactly do a consumer win if the X1 is selling the most consoles.  Is it bragging rights where you can tell someone that a Corporation sold more of a product designed to take your money over another.  I really do not see the point where it really matter who is the leader in console sales compared to what each console provide for its userbase.

Also from your OP you are making assumptions that people who might enjoy that the X1 can take Nov and Dec which are huge months in sales for consoles believe that the PS4 will continue to enjoy a sales lead come January.  Nothing is set in stone and MS might continue with the 50 dollar difference if its successful.

On the last point, why would anyone from the US care if the X1 doesn't sell great in Japan.  Yes, the X1 probably will not win globally but then again that’s an issue for MS to solve.  Winning in the 2 biggest markets is probably something MS is striving for the most then concentrate on the other territories. 

As a X1 owner, I like it when MS is on the bottom fighting then when they are on the Top.  As a PS4 owner, I would prefer if Sony was fighting on the bottom instead of being on top but Sony has earned the right to be on top so I am comfortable with them there for now.  As a consumer I need MS to stay competitive and Sony not to get to far ahead because it benefits me the most because each will do what it takes to increase their install base and make their customers happy.  If MS falls behind to much they probably quite, if Sony gets to far ahead they go back to old Sony which is not something I want at all.