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gebx on 17 April 2009
astrosmash said:

There was a thread recently where the poster made some predictions that were much lower than the norm for PS3. Not surprisingly there were acusations of trolling flying around. So this got me wondering what everyone thought was the line for trolling is for each system (ie. how low does a sales prediction need to be for the prediction itself to be considered trolling?).

I greatly appreciate all input on this topic.

 

 

 

Lol... now ps3 fanboys are crying about people's predictions?

Seriously... whats next?



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nordlead on 17 April 2009
Torillian said:

I don't think any thread about sales predictions that was an honest opinion backed up with some kind of evidence has ever been considered trolling. It's only trolling when you are making unreasonable predictions with no evidence with the intent to rile people up.

The person can still be wrong and have completely unreasonable predictions, it's the intent and evidence that makes it trolling or not in my eyes.

edit: specifically about that thread, it is not trolling, but is not a great prediction either.

this right here. I don't care what you say, if you can back it up with some form of evidence or reasoning, then fine. If you say PS3 is going to have 50% market share by christmas then you are either trolling or really stupid, take your pick.




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1337 Gamer on 17 April 2009
Esa-Petteri said:
Paul_Warren said:
A lot of times trolling comes down to what the majority of people don't want to hear, or that contradicts majority opinion.

This.

 

 

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flagship on 17 April 2009

IMO, trolling is more about continual taunting rather than a single post. One snide comment/thread is more snarky than a full blown trolling episode.

Also the PS3 being at 43 million in 2.5 years is a perfectly reasonable estimate given that's it's sold less than that during its first 2.5 years. And no I don't believe the 360 will be anywhere near 60 million by 2011 end.