Psychology of a fanboy (my personal perspective)

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thekitchensink said:
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I think my point here is, I think fanboyism stems from a need to justify your beliefs and your purchase. I'm a more extreme case, because of my obsessive-ness, but I think this is a reasonable assumption.

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Any thoughts?

From my experience I'd say that pretty much sums it up right there.  They want to convince themselves that they made the right decision in buying (or, having their parents buy) their console, and they go as far as becoming emotionally involved in that platform's wellbeing.  It's really irrational...