@ Vanversive
People love rise and fall stories, even if they have to create the rises and/or the falls to enjoy them.
Sony did a "Veni, vedi, vici." with the PS1. People fell in love. They took them to high heavens witht he PS2. People went into obsessive mode. Sony got arrogant and cocky. People, understandably, lashed out at them. Sony went downwards, deservedly so, but repented for their sins and are making a great comeback. People can't stop beating the dead horse because headlines such as "How the mighty have fallen!" and "Former star is in total ruin!" speak too closely to the morbid attraction people feel in seeing the humble aspirant turned into arrogant star and down into the sewers.
There are very many examples around, specially in the entertainment industry, more akin to these situations. Nintendo suffered something similar as well.
