Chark said:
axumblade said:
I personally think it's a really interesting idea. I've already made a few new friends because they discovered me through Near. It's crazy because I've always heard that this area is not very big on Playstation products but there's about 30-40 people who are close by that have Vitas. Kind of surprised. |
Atleast in the US, and more notably in the smaller population sets like I've been accustomed to until now, there is an overwhelming presence of Xbox usage and just by getting a feel of an area or listening to public opinion, it can seem like there aren't very many PlayStation products. Despite Xbox selling double over PlayStation in the early years of this gen, its not true anymore, and even 1/2 is still a lot. I think this whole console war has created an illusion of dominance and thus some sort of social isolationism. Atleast that's how I feel, though I lived in an area that probably had 10+ Xboxs to every PS3s for way too long. My Near app has pulled anywhere from 20 people to 170 where I'm living at now, and I've been surprised since I'm not on the west or east coast.
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Yeah I live in the US too. Up until a few years ago all everybody ever talked about was the 360. Now it's pretty different. I always have told my friends that PS3 is better and have given them plenty of reasons. In fact i've even gotten several of them (xbox owners) to admit it. For whatever reason the 360 was really popular here and that popularity just spread. Especially to people who I don't consider to be real gamers, but rather people who only play cod because their friends do. I'm not saying microsoft fans aren't real gamers, just that the 360 lends itself more to the "i only play cod/halo/gears, and every other game must not be good because it's not popular" mentality. ( I like gears btw). When i was still in school people would literally laugh at PS3, but now i'm finding more discussions about the PS3.
