| UnitSmiley said: I wouldn't try to divide gamers into subgroups but seriously I don't see the people who only buy/play what is trendy so they can talk about it with their friends as gamers. That is obviously just MY perception, but that's what I believe. They aren't in it for the games at all. They don't care about new or upcomming games unless it has a lot of attention behind it. Those same people probably don't know what the NPD Group is (Or if it's divided into regions) so to them, which i'm sure Microsoft knows, the percieved message is still "Microsoft is the best". A quote from that post in Gaf from a Microsoft PR rep about the Feb 20th Sony announcement -"So in terms of noise our job will be to ensure that the consumers that are going into stores, going online, still see and experience Xbox, rather than get lost in the industry chatter". It's almost like they are admitting their fanbase doesn't look into the competition or know much about gaming at all. To me that sounds slightly insulting, as if they KNOW that by blasting advertisments their fanbase won't look at anything else, regardless of how great it may be. I think if the majority of the 360 fanbase for whatever reason suddenly started to become actually interested in the hobby or the games themselves instead of what is trendy, Microsoft would have some serious tweaking to do when it comes to their strategy in the gaming business. I also wouldn't say the Microsoft fanbase is less vocal at all. Especially at the beginning of this gen, they were the loudest and most antagonizing of the three by far. Things have turned round for the Playstation 3 and I think more and more people who are real gamers are starting to notice (thank god) and that's why you see a lot less Microsoft fans on the internet now compared to fans of the other 2. Don't get me wrong, I certainly don't think the 360 fanbase is any less intelligent lol, just that I personally feel most of them are driven by popularity rather than passion. Yeah I see sales discussions all the time by any of the three for sure. But more often than not when discussing games i'll often see a comment like "Well X company doesn't have any games that sell THIS many". Most of them act like stock holders rather than gamers. Again, no disrespect to anyone. These are just my opinions from what I have experienced. |
In reference to the quote, that is what all companies do. They attempt to keep their product in the spotlight and keep attention away from other competing products. I see nothing in that statement that would even suggests what you are inferring. A lot of gamers are mainly Xbox gamers, and I'm sure many have just as much, or more, knowledge and dedication to gaming than you or I. To say that real gamers chose the PS, as well as assuming the majority of 360 fans aren't real gamers, seems like some pretty arrogrant statements. Gamers have different tastes and preferences, that's why all 3 home consoles have sold so well this generation. There are also primarily PC gamers and handheld gamers as well.
The Xbox fanbase has been less vocal than the PS fanbase. Especially as a whole. Talk regarding this generation started last generation. The Xbox was ridiculed constantly, and it was about how little it sold compared to the PS. Yes, PS fans constantly talk about sales as well. In the beginning of this generation, it was just wait until the PS3 is released. It really was expected that they would fight back and ridicule the PS3 for the less than dominating start that was proclaimed by it's loyal fans. Then there was all the RROD vs how PS3 had no games; there were also a lot of comments on wait til next year and how every new year was going to be the year of the PS.
As for the sales part, there are plenty of discussion over sales of PS games against Xbox games. Gran Turismo versus Forza, Uncharted and Gears of War, etc. Can you really say that PS fans don't claim that Gran Turismo sales are better than Forza's?
Anyway, enough of this. As you say it is your opinion; good day.
