i'm so off target that your post is 3x the size of mine, you fake laugh a few times... good indicators.

and you clearly don't understand what i say, in his case his posting history does not label him anyway, but he HIMSEFL puts a label with his signature. How can one deny a label a person puts on himself? Look at the sig since you admited not looking (so basically admitting that your argumentation is baseless gratz), it's a clear "I laugh at all things Nint" and with such a mentality from a PS3 fan, how much value can be given to his "I don't bash 360 statement", none.

Last gen (PS2, GC, Xbox era).

- Xbox was a new console, which was clunky yet graphically impressive. It boasted better graphics for first party games and being a lead platform fpr multiplayer titles. Every game resembled a low end PC title. It had very few games though. They had one shining star in Halo though and a breakthrough company named Bioware behind them with hit after hit. Still they had few games and a ace card with online playability in a new system called Xbox Live.
- PS2 was cheap and had lesser graphics but had a lot of quality games on a first, second and third party. levels.
- GC was the second most powerful system and had some good first party, but horrible third party support outside of Capcom.

Fanboyism: In the war between the Xbox and Sony fans of course Nintendo is never anywhere near. It was a battle of graphics and power vs quality and quantity or style over substance in other words. If the Nintendo fans said something Microsoft fans said "shut up" and Sony fans said " we respect you but stfu".

Aftermath: Because of Sony's dominance with holding onto first, second and third party exclusives the mass marketshare belonged to them.

This gen

- Microsoft kicks off the gen a year early, gathering third party support with little interruption from Nintendo or Sony because of Sony's "ten year plan" and get third party exclusives made because they are the only console prepared (or so we thought at the time). This lead helps the 360 dig into Sony's partners but revealed that the console was rushed and wasn't completely thought through. Still, by the time the PS3 and Wii made it out the door Microsoft had some first party and a very good looking first party out of the door with Xbox Live still supporting Halo two until three came out.

- Sony launches with PS3 at a $599 price point, complete with Blu Ray and lackluster first party offerings. It was a technies dream and a gamers nightmare based on price point. It showed dominance in power and it had the Sony brand behind it so fans of the Sony brand knew very special games would be coming out in particular for this console. The only questions was at what moment would price drop?

- Nintendo Launches the Wii at the most affordable price and launches with a wealth of games aimed at the casual audience. This was a shocker and not only was the console focus a shocker, but the look of the console was totally different. It was built from the ground up to bring family and friends together. This was revolutionary. (Funfact: The Wii was the only console to come out that made profit straight out of launch).

Fanboyism:
The 360 owners bashed the PS3 owners for having no games from 2006-2008 mercilessly until Metal Gear Solid 4 came out. The Wii quickly spread like wildfire around the world. In the final straw at E3 2008 Microsoft announces that they've taken exclusivity of the main franchise of Final Fantasy and the Tekken franchise away from Sony. The Sony fanboys revolt. The new Final Fantasy was supposed to be the redemption game for the PS3 and usher it on to glory. In the west this made the 360 the console to own. The internet at this point exploded. The Wii fans and Nintendo laughed like evil Mr. Moneybags running off with a huge bag of cash.

Aftermath of all this: Sony realizes they need to focus all of their internal power onto their first party and increase quality assurance. Microsoft continues to rake in third party support and soon their third party became better than their first party. They shelled out dollar after dollar and made deal after deal to keep taking exclusives away from Sony and getting third parties to side with them. Because of this Microsoft ushered in the era of getting exclusive content. This is a model soon Gamestop and Sony would soon follow, Eventually because of this the third parties mostly gave up on ever being exclusive and Microsoft anatd Sony would soon have to fend for themselves like Nintendo. This is where Sony would shine and Microsoft would soon begin to struggle because of their lack of in house companies compared their competitors. The real war for dominance from that point would begin. Nintendo wanted to sit at the big boy table  even though they had the gen in the bag  but Microsoft and Sony acted like they  they didnt care for Nintendos profits. They quietly made plans to gather Nintendos casual following. The battle for marketshare continues!

Somebody who has signed up three years ago and posted close to 7k times doesn't really qualify as "noob" anymore.

Is this the part where we start to chant "U.S.A, U.S.A!"?