ZenfoldorVGI said:
If this was the year of the PS3...well I'd hate to be a Sony fan during a worse year than this one. On the other hand, the 360 has had quite a bit of good news at and since E3. I must say I'm very happy with my console, but many Sony fans around here seem very defensive and argumentative. We keep hearing how much they love their console, so much it seems as if they are trying to reassure themselves. This is a 360 success thread in the Microsoft forum. Why are you trying to rain on everyone's parade, if not for insecurity? |
I've said it before and I'll say it again: I have never seen a console war phenomenon quite like the PS3 Defense Force. They really like to polish the vase while the rest of the house is falling down all around them. Thinking Little Big Planet was going to be the killer app that would finally be the 360's demise was a prime example. All I ever hear about from Sony fans is how the PS3 is going to catch up when __________, and wait until ____________comes out. And if they really get desperate and backed into the corner, they pull out..........the ten year plan!!! Hell, somebody just today in another thread insinuated that once the PS3 has its price cut in March that it will instantly pass up the 360 and stay in second place for the rest of the generation. If that's not delusional thinking, than I don't know what is. I'm not even going to get into some of the ridiculous ways they try to spin sales figures and percentages to make it look like the PS3 is somehow pulling ahead of the pack. It's absolutely mind boggling to watch people come up with this stuff.
The harsh reality: You can talk about year over year, exclusive titles, attach rate, etc. all you want. You can try to spin the numbers however you want. You can make predictions for the year ______ all you want. No matter what kind of paint job you try to put on it, the PS3 has never been remotely close to pulling into second place and it's not that way now either. 2008 was NOT the year of the PS3. MGS4, Resistance 2, and LBP were NOT the saviors that everyone thought they might be. BluRay is NOT turning out to be something that the mass majority cares about (yet). $499 is generally NOT a good price point to still be at 2 years after your console has been released.
The funny thing is that I really, honestly, and truly do not care who wins the console war. Up until January 08 I had pretty much been an exclusive PC gamer ranging back to the last days of the SNES. I decided that the PC was actually starting to limit my options as far as what games I got to play, and decided to spend my money on a 360 instead of my yearly video card purchase. And why did I decide that? Because it looked like the most promising, most versatile, and most expansive machine on the market to me. If the next gen hits and I'm looking at buying a new console, if the PS4 looks more promising the the NextBox, I will buy the PS4. I don't care what the company is, I care about the games and the role that particular machine will play in my entertainment center. If I had a 360 and it was the third place console, I would most certainly not be sitting here posting about it's dominance in the console business when it hadn't even cracked 20 million yet.
