The Greatest Console Rivalry of All Time

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Turkish said:

d21lewis said:

Xbox vs. Playstation 2:  As far as sales were concerned, this battle was over before it even started.  The PS2 sold about 10 million consoles in its first year (If I remember correctly.  Can't figure out how to use VGChartz these days).  That's over a third of the competitions entire life span sold before they even hit the market.  Still, the Xbox had a very vocal fanbase that boasted getting a far superior version of many of the PS2's best games.  I was once in a bar in Florida where a fight broke out because somebody said, "Killzone is going to be a Halo Killer."  The event was later dubbed the fanboy massacre of 2004.

I dont think there was any fanboyism at all last gen, everyone accepted PS2s superiority, GC and Xbox were secondary consoles in households. All this fanboy nonsense this gen started with the PS3 song and xbox fans saying "ps3 haz no gaemz".

HA!  Sales superiority, maybe.  GC and Xbox were better consoles, though.  There was fanboyism last gen, it was just limited in scope because, aside from the Dreamcast, the PS2 came out first, established a huge lead, and kept it without question, leaving little room for hope or fear from the fanbases regarding an upset.