In defense of Microsoft: A response to DMeisterJ

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bbsin said:
4. Okay, Wii is number one. I never disputed that. And yes Playstation as a brand is still bigger than Xbox thanks to the PSPS and overlap from PS2 into this gen, but if you pick out PS3 (which is the Playstation representative of this gen) and match it against the X360 the PR strength or "hipness" factor is about equal.

Okay, so a second ago, you say that the Xbox brand is as popular ("hip") as the PS brand and now it's not true? News flash buddy, the PS2 is still selling well and the PSP sales has been surging as of late. And now you're saying that you're only counting the PS3 to represent the entire PS brand? That's called MSSMS my friend, way to backtread.

He's saying that the PlayStation brand is stronger than the Xbox brand, but if you look ONLY at the PS3 vs. 360 (excluding both the PS2 and PSP) then they are about equal in street cred.

I admit it's kind of unfair to compare the 360 to the whole PlayStation family SDF-style, but I have to say that the PSP is in fact this gen and a good asset for Sony's brand strength, which also helps the PS3; and the PS2 still casts a huge shadow. It may be unfair to MS but ignoring all that just because MS will look bad* if you don't ignore it is just foolish.

*Or more accurately, because Slimebeast's argument will be destroyed if he doesn't.

Other than that, a good post exposing some interesting fallacies, self-contradiction, etc.