PS3 fanboys and acceptance?

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makingmusic476 said:

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akuma587 said:
I think their is less Sony/PS3 hate running around in general, which has helped the atmosphere of the forum immensely.

 

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.  

Your prediction was pretty spot on then. Pricecut wasn't that much of a brainer, but the amount of it was something i wouldn't have believed. Personally i try to remain objective, but i know a lot of us don't. There definately was "doomed" threads about every console, but i guess it depends on ones point of view, which are seen as being the "dominant". @Mars: Yes, but that wouldn't be true. I used predictions based in historical facts and current sales trends and facts based on notions i've made. But your post hardly bases on any facts. Wii has crap games, just like every other platform in history, but it's the good games that usually define the console. You could say that Wii is GC with waggle, but in all fairness, the competition is GC without waggle. @Zero Hero: I misread your question last time. I don't think the viability of the console itself has been a problem, it's more like to who it's viable and in what scale. If we look at 3rd parties, to some of them PS3 is going to make a lot of money, but not to as many publishers as Wii. Sony is also going to make profit with PS3 eventually. And even in worst case scenario, the platform is going to have enough games for gamers play. So it is viable platform, but just not in similar scale as Wii.