i keep asking myself what it is that makes people defend their choices in extreme ways.
obviously people need to confirm that they made the "right" choice. but it also seem to require to assure themselves everything else is the "wrong" choice for whatever reason.
and it is not enough to be happy with your choice. Everyone else who choose something else needs to feel unhappy about it!
only then true happiness is achieved! ...for a while
i will file this under Human behavior 
...i'm not excluding myself from this kind of behavior, i just try to be aware of it and keep it under control best as i can.
...i say "choices" because this is not only about consoles, but it can be about anything in ones life.
...these are not facts, but my opinions.
“It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grams a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grams a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed it.”
- George Orwell, ‘1984’
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