Squilliam said: Seperate the men from the sheep/boys. I see a lot of people acting like they "knew this situation would happen all along". But who here really had the foresight to predict the current situation and the balls to state it publicly? This isn't about me, its about the people who are going along with the crowd and just repeating the general mindset of the forums. Im not talking about predictions made in 2007 when Xbox 360 fever was still rife in the forum, try middle of 2008 when it was the same story every week. (PS3 > Xbox 360). So are the people really thinking for themselves when they post "knowingly" in the PS3 doomed threads? Its the same situation where people were calling the Xbox 360 doomed not too long ago. Heres the logic I think is being applied by 90% of the people on those PS3 doomed threads: Reach conclusion first, support with reasoning and justify with 'evidence'. The "conclusion" is of course the general consensus on the forum. Its pretty funny if I were to do a thread count, I would find a vast majority of Xbox 360 doomed threads just about the time when the "consensus" was that the PS3 would win, and soon. What happened to the PS3's strengths? Do they not exist anymore? Im still 50/50 as to whether the PS3 will outsell the Xbox 360 for Q3/Q4 next year. I find it hard to believe that anyone can come up with a conclusion about SCEs strengths/weaknesses when so much is clouded in uncertainty.
So really, im not at all pleased with the way people play "follow the leader" around here. I've seen people recant predictions made on their signatures, only to have them magically return and gleefully show it off when the tides turn. All I really ask is that people think for themselves rather than be ruled by the crowd or by their secret, intimate fanboy desires.
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Completely irrelevant if you own a PC? Sorry, couldn't resist, you're a PC dude, you understand!