First post, been lurking for ages, so, hi everybody.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/25782540

Don't worry he'll hate MGS4 and trade back for an Xbox360 when he sees the light.

You have to play the first 3 to really understand what the heck is going on.

Edit: To reduce the percieved troll factor.

Someone who trades in their system and takes a big hit in terms of cost just to play another game like MGS4 doesn't seem like they have a big attention span and I doubt that he'll apreciate the excessively long cutscenes in MGS4 especially without first knowing the backstory of the game so he can understand them.

The Ultimate Proof Sony Is Winning

Forget the analysts. Forget the NPD sales figures. Forget the CEO’s. I live with the ultimate expert on the video game industry—my 16-year-old son.

He not only plays video games, he watches every show about them on G4, he participates in chat rooms about them on the internet, he competes in a variety of games on a variety of platforms. He always tells me the latest trend three months before I read about it in the media.

But he’s never been a PlayStation fan. Sure, he had a PS1, but as soon as the Xbox came out, it was game over. He loved the Xbox graphics, and once he was old enough to play “Halo,” he loved the games. He graduated to the Xbox 360, Xbox Live, “Gears of War,” etc. He even hung in there during the overheating Xbox “red ring of death” phase. Other than a two-year detour/obsession playing “World of Warcraft” on his computer, he has always been an Xbox fanboy. Sony just didn’t have great games.

Last week he recorded all of G4’s E3 coverage so he could watch it after work (he’s got a summer job to save money to buy gas and videogames, in that order). He was very excited after Microsoft had its news conference. “You can stream Netflix movies onto the Xbox 360!” he exclaimed.

Then he watched the Sony

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[SNE  41.42    -0.03  (-0.07%)   ] press conference, and the world as we know it changed. After hearing about “Metal Gear Solid 4”, as well as other PlayStation exclusives in the pipeline and the awesomeness of Blu-ray, he promptly packed up his Xbox 360 and all his games and went down to Game Stop to trade them in. He bought a PS3 and “Metal Gear Solid 4.” I had to be there to approve the purchase of the M-rated game since he’s not yet 17, and I was surprised at how rapturous the Game Stop employees were about Sony. They then sold him a USED copy of “Metal Gear Solid 4.” “How can the game already be used?” my son asked. “Because some people get frustrated if they don’t have ‘cheats’,” he was told. But the cashier assured him that the game “was just as good as new.” My son asked, “How can that be?” “Because PlayStation players are ninjas!” was the response.

 

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I’m happy to say my son didn’t accept this answer. Perhaps that’s because he’s now spending his own hard-earned money to purchase these games. He said, “Seriously, how does that work?” And the Game Stop fanboys explained that Sony now has a special coating on Blu-ray game discs which makes them virtually scratch-proof. We shall see.

One thing we do know. We may not be able to stream Netflix movies onto the console (yet) but now we can start ordering them on Blu-ray.

As we left the store, I said to him, “I never thought I’d see you with a PlayStation.” “Neither did I,” he replied.

welcome to the site, and yes i read the article, but i disagree with the lady. The idea that her's Son's experience is a reason for Sony winning means nothing.

I have seen so many people buying a wii whom would never bought a xbox or playstation. To me, that's the reason Nintendo is winning.

He's the ultimate expert?

No. That is- no.

He watches G4?

That ultimately kills the article.

But a more important things is WHICH chat rooms he goes to.

What was that article trying to prove? That was one of the stupidest, most un-educating thing I have ever read on an actual news site. I'm not against Sony either, but that article was just....fail.

EDIT: Also, "lol" at the kid. He didn't know what Blu-Ray disks were, yet he is some expert on videogames? Hahahhaha, I bet he doesn't even know that Metal Gear Solid 4 is the FOURTH game in the series..wonder if he'll be able to figure that out. =P

Another thing is he doesn't know about the other platforms.

If you were a real gaming expert, you should be able to name 10 exclusives that are coming to the three consoles, and be able to accurately predict their impact and sales.

Welcome to the forums. So all it takes to "win" the Console Warz now is an anecdote about a loved one suddenly becoming interested in video games, eh? Well, let me tell you about my friend's fifty year old dad...

The article fell apart pretty hard with the G4, and the sudden conversion to Metal Gear love after apparently first hearing about it at E3, well after the massive hype campaign? And then the bit about customers being frustrated by not being able to beat the game? Seriously... it's metal gear. Metal Gear = you watch the game, not play it ;) Ok, that's a joke, so don't rough me up too bad, but the MGS games are not known for their difficulty.

It's like a tale concocted by a person who uses MTV as a research tool.

Lol.

Technically, it is the fourth game in the series, but there have been a lot more in the franchise.

This guy is no expert.

I want him to get onto this forum right now and tell me the most important reasons why a console is the victor in sales.