ArnoldRimmer said:
I've always considered the console wars as a great example of "cognitive dissonance":
I believe the participants in this war were mainly people who bought either a Playstation or an Xbox, despite the fact that they saw certain advantages in both systems. That led to cognitive dissonance, thus they were mainly trying to tell THEMSELVES that they had made the right decision.
During the last console generation, I believe this was still a real issue. None of the two consoles was actually far ahead, each had it's advantages. Graphics-/performance-wise they was hardly any difference at all, the differences were rather minor details: The PS3 looked better, was more quiet etc. The 360 on the other hand was very cheap. (The Wii didn't even really take part in that console war, it was way too different from these two very similar choices.)
This console generation is different: There simply is no actual console war, there is no real debate which console is actually better: Not even the most die-hard Xbox fan would still seriously doubt that PS4 is more powerful, it would just make one look like a biased moron. This generation's console war was over shortly after it even started: Xbox One lost, PS4 won.
Compare it to world war 2: After it became obvious that the allies won, nobody would still openly root for the Nazis. Maybe they kept certain sympathies for the Nazis in their hearts, but that's about it. So I guess with respect to Godwin's law it all comes down to: Xbox One = Hitler, Xbox One fans = Nazis, today = 1946. 
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It's called Buyer's Remorse, not Cognitive Dissonance. Cognitive Dissonance is when you hold two or more contradictory or seemingly contradictory beliefs simultaneously.
On a side note: I had 3 different tabs of this thread open at different points and I was under the impression that I was reading three seperate threads...
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