bdbdbd said:
Good point. I should have included it in the OP. But from my point of view, the fanboys started to behave differently, which lead to less Sony hate. Someone may view this differently, but that's how i see it based on my months on VGC. But this expands beyond VGC, i see a lot more "tolerant" fanboys in the net that i used to. |
I think it was the opposite. The Sony haters kept ruffling the ps3 fanboys' feathers, and inevitably some responded in kind. For most of last year, "ps3 is doomed!1" threads were running rampant, and every time somebody mentioned the possibility of a ps3 comeback, they were mocked and flamed. Ps3 fans had it rough then, and of course it lead to some snapping.
Last year, I was predicting throughout the summer (when the ps3 was only selling around 20k weekly in the US) that as the price dropped and games started coming out, sales would increase. I said that the ps3 would sell at least 8 mil. by the end of the year. Few believed me, and many rolled their eyes, said "yeah right", and threw out a flame or two.
Then look what happened. The ps3's price dropped and games like Uncharted and R&C came out, pushing the ps3 to reach not 8 million, but 8.86 million by the end of the year.
Throughout all of the non-belief, I stayed calm, and argued my points with logic and reason. I didn't let the fanboys get to me. However, I'm an extremely mellow guy, and I could see guys with even a slightly more volatile temperament than my own getting pushed over the edge by all the ps3 bashing that was going on at the time.
