Just look at threads about the Wii U launch and you will see the same logic that was used in 2006. However, the threads now are doing it because of those 2006 logic to show just how silly it was.

Personally back then I didn't really care about video games. I played them but not nearly as much as I do today.

why did you remove the rest of my post which said "but here is a little secret they just might say they are enjoying there console! but keep that little secret between us" ??

also did you see my post just above in which i said "a system just launched and hasnt had the chance to build momentum being compared to a one who has been one the market for a while and has more games+momentum. its not the same exact situation but people are making quite a big deal out of WiiU sales. they are not the best, but they are not bad at all, with the exepction of europe for now"

im certainly not attacking WiiU or calling it a flop. its sales are to be expected maybe a little lower than what nintendo might have hoped (most probably due to europe) but its on the right track and i dont see why people would attack its sales

The beginning of the PlayStation doom and gloom era, circa 2007.

You have to understand that although you posted just the 360, all three consoles were really thought to be competing for the same market, the notions of the blue ocean strategy and the true extent of the family friendly or casual market had yet to be realised.

Ok, I might have misread it =) sry

no problem :) with all the bashing on this site its actually commen to missunderstand someone . its funny though when bashing a console sales on this site people usually say "its a sales site, this is why were bringing up sales" but very little actually go an analyze and discuss the sales in a proper and logical manner. the word flop might be the most used word on this site :P

Annoyed at the price. Annoyed at Sony and their stupid decisions. Annoyed I did not have one.

@bolded: the damn truest thing I've heard on this site!! It's a damn shame!!

I was bummed by the price because I knew I wouldn't get one for many years till it went down. But I was playing ps2 all the way up until 2009 so I wasn't bored at all, they kept coming out with great games like Final Fantasy 12, Manhunt 1 & 2, Rogue Galaxy, etc.

Casual?



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Hmm how did i feel
I was in one of the top WoW Guilds so i hadn't that much time for anything else at that time and i think the PS3 wasn't available in the EU yet or had any game i was interested in(MGS4 was the cookie cutter for me)
And i had already a 360 at that time and i was well having fun playing Kameo and J-RPGs and stuff(no shooters) as much as i could in the "raid free time"
So i really didn't care how Sony or the PS3 did at all...It finally got my attention completely like probably a lot of people with the Release of Uncharted 1 or 2.
I think it was around the Uncharted 2 Release after my 1st 360 broke down and my PC made problems where i was full back to the Sony Land,especially after they got all the IPs long time gamers wanted so long.

What i followed at the time was the downfall of gaming and many IPs.
It was probably the fault of Sony it did come to this(you can replace it with trophies if you like) >


If Sony wouldn't have screwed so much up this could have never happened....The casualasation of everything we loved.
We went from complete skill based shooters like UT,Quake,PK,CS,RTCW and other stuff to Console FPS and CoD.
If Sony would have been around with the PS3 from the 1st second with its usual "power" it had in the last Gens it could have never come to this cause Microsoft would have never got more than 1 foot into the console sector.They would have pulled a 2nd Xbox1.
Shooters would have stayed on PC mostly and all this what we can see at the picture above would never went through.