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Domicinator on 11 November 2008
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Garnett said:
Domicinator said:
I've said this a million times and I'll say it again. Sony and its fanboys are delusional. I have never seen anything like it in my life. Console wars are always going to happen, but this gen is absolutely ridiculous.

1. The PS3 has not even come close yet to 1st or 2nd place. It's barely made a dent in the gap between it and the 360 in 2008 (the alleged "year of the PS3"), and it will never catch the Wii.

2. System sales are not waning. The PS3 is once again being outsold week after week, and it's even been beaten by the 360 in Japan a few times over the last couple of months. The Wii is still not keeping up with demand, and the 360 has hit the sweet spot as far as price.

3. According to VGChartz. the PS3 is currently behind the 360 by 5.81 million units. That's a bigger gap than it was a month or two ago when it was a 5.5 million unit deficit. Basically, the ground they gained from MGS4 is gone. This very site predicted a similar pattern through the holiday season with the PS3 only very slightly outselling the 360 because of a sales boost in Japan.

Despite all of this, I read posts EVERY DAY about how the PS3 is gaining ground, is claiming 2008 as the year of the PS3, and will truly hit its stride in 2009. This is just delusional thinking and it really amazes me sometimes. I think the 360 will eventually lose to the PS3.............probably about when the next gen is about to hit. But that's where the second stage of the delusion kicks in. Do you guys honestly think that Sony is not going to have to release a new console within a year of when the other new systems release?

No matter how much you hate MS or the 360, no matter how much you want your console of choice to "win" this war, you should probably be aware that it's far too late for the other two consoles to die an early death. They have all established themselves as viable systems and will all post good numbers in the end. But it's fascinating that Sony is being so cocky when they are making the system with the weakest sales by a pretty big margin.

 

Basically Sony and other websites are Reassuring Sony fans that they bought the right console,Its them patting Sony fans on the back and say "its ok,Wait till they unlock the full power of the PS3" and to be honest real fans KNOW that,Me and CGI-Quality dont need to be comforted.

 

I'm sure you're right.  At some point, the PS3's full power will be used..........but how long are you going to be willing to wait?  There will be a PS4 before the "ten year life cycle" of the PS3 is up, and it will have to be more affordable for the consumer and more user friendly for the developer or it will suffer the same problems that the PS3 is suffering. Are you telling me that you're waiting until the next gen is in full force to be satisfied with your PS3 purchase?  That seems like kind of a waste compared to the other two consoles that are, for all intents and purposes, living up to their potential.

Sony has stockholders to please.  Plain and simple.  They're telling you this stuff because they want their shareholders to be happy, not because they're trying to reassure you and make you feel better.  They don't care if you're feeling all warm and fuzzy about your console.  Really, they don't.

The definition of insanity is repeating the same exact thing over and over and expecting different results.  Sony keeps talking about the ten year plan, the potential of the PS3, the year of the PS3, all the games it's going to have, blah blah blah.  It's been like that since the PS3 launched, and it never does anything to help their situation.  It's always, "Wait until _______ is released", or "wait until the year _____ and the PS3 will REALLY start to hit its stride."  I'm really surprised that people actually care when Sony says things like this anymore.  And I am just flabbergasted that he is implying that the other two consoles' sales are waning as his console is being outsold AND as we're going into what promises to be a high selling holiday season for all three machines.

All that being said, I'm in no way saying that the PS3 is a bad console.  I'm just saying that there's been a lot of over promising and under delivering, and I would be mad as hell if I were a PS3 owner.  How far are you going to let them string you along?