Domicinator said:
Squilliam said:
Because this is a sales site, therefore the console company with the most sales in the previous gen and the least sales in this gen will be the talk of the town?
Seriously, there are so many angles of interest surrounding this issue that its not going to die down. Expect a spike in about 10 days from the release of NPD sales data, expect another spike about 2 weeks after that with the release of the financial data, expect another spike 2 weeks after that with the release of January NPD data, expect another spike with sales/review information from Killzone 2, 2 weeks later, expect another spike of interest from NPD data for February 2 weeks later...
Ok, I should have said it will go on and on and on and on, probably would have been much shorter.
Some people want to understand the situation, seriously! Asking why is it so bad? When will it get better? What will make it better? Will it get better? What standard should I expect from the PS3? Is 2nd place completely out of the question? There are a lot of questions that these recent events have thrown up.
I know one thing, be glad you're not in Neofag Neogaf if you think this is bad... Try this quote thats been repeated often there: "PS3 fanboys are more batshit insane than N64 fanboys"
I only go there when I follow links from here or Makingmusic, but its something I've seen there recently several times.
Edit: inadvertant rude spelling of rival websites name.
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The quote that you have bolded has a lot of truth to it though. And it's not necessarily a negative thing unless they're jerks about it. It's ok to vehemently defend your console of choice for its real merits. For movie watching, the PS3 was a no brainer for a long time because it was the cheapest BluRay player out there (and is probably still the NICEST one out there for the price.) It's also a great gaming machine and has free (yet still a bit sub-par) online access.
On the other hand, I have never seen fanboys as delusional as PS3 fanboys. They talk as if the PS3 has been in first place for this entire generation. They'll take one little number, spin it into something it doesn't actually mean, and then use it to justify the myriad of predicted PS3 comeback dates. (Beginning/middle of the year people usually claim it will be in the summer of that year. Middle/End of the year people usually claim it will be the holiday season.)
In other words, people think the PS3 is going to automatically make some miraculous comeback solely based on the fact that it's a Sony console and Sony held all the power the last two generations. The "batshit insane" ones just assume this is going to happen and act like it already HAS happened. I think that's ludicrous. If someone says "I love the PS3 because (fill in the blank with a cool feature), that's one thing. You can actually discuss that. You can weigh the pros and cons. You can compare and contrast the three consoles based on that statement. When somebody just flat out says "PS3 FTW, xbox 360 sucks, year of the PS3, blah blah blah!!!!!!", it just makes me think they're idiots, and in fact, "batshit insane". And when they really get backed into a corner, they just start making giant lists of software that's coming out for the PS3, a lot of it is usually completely made up or based on really weak speculation and rumor. Once I see a list of software in a post, I generally just stop reading it.
Do 360 owners do this too? Oh yes. Absolutely. And if the 360 was in third place right now, they'd probably be acting just as insane as the PS3 fanboys are. But I think 360 owners are content knowing their console has a solid foothold and does not have the shaky future that the PS3 seems to have right now. The PS3 "dying" first is not that far fetched. After all, PS1 and PS2 had a huge hand in killing off several competing consoles. Sony is not immune to this just because they've caused it in the past.
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