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Pipedream24 on 18 May 2009
alfredofroylan said:
Pipedream24 said:
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 I completely agree.  But how many people really care how many units their system moved last month? 

Well people care about movies that flop at the box office and shows that are cancelled after 1 season, it's quite common to see this kind of notes in other media.

 

 I guess you're right.  Maybe it's just strange for me to see gaming news in the mainstream media.  It wasn't that long ago that the only place you could get any gaming info was at the newstand in gaming magazines. 

God I'm getting old. LOL



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theprof00 on 18 May 2009
Pipedream24 said:
alfredofroylan said:
Pipedream24 said:
When did the non-gaming media decide to starting charming in on the console wars?

Well gaming is now a massive hobby.

 I completely agree.  But how many people really care how many units their system moved last month? 

This is the whole thing:

Adults (I mean people 30 and older) are just now getting back into gaming by means of the wii. Of course, as always happens when a new experience seems to blindside them out of nowhere, becomes riveting. They've been ignoring this "hobby" for years and yet suddenly now it is simple enough for them to understand (of course nintendo has some great games to impress even more) and control.

These people, confronted with the thought that they have been ignoring an amazing thing for years, do what most normal people do. Deny the experience was ever there. Depending on how surprised they were, (ie: how much they previously held a belief that they despised the experience) the feeling toward the experience is enhanced.

Thus leading to a lot of armchair investors buying nintendo stock thinking it will make them overnight millionaires, and to families like mine and my gf's whom buy a wii and then never play it again.

EDIT: I forgot to add this important note.

This is why they care so much, because they desire the confirmation that they did indeed get swayed by a very very powerful experience, and not just a toy.



Dark_Rulez89 on 19 May 2009

yahoo bashes everyone i remember back in 07 the 360 RROD problem rised,MS was getting bashed from yahoo left and right



markers on 19 May 2009

its funny how everyone forgets yahoo started with the 360 and how they knowingly put out a console that had a high failure rate, they bash all consoles...but they also praise them.



FKNetwork on 19 May 2009

Very good article!



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nen-suer on 19 May 2009
Seraphic_Sixaxis said:

lol Yahoo staff are such good for nothing trolls i swear, all they do is talk fucking shit about anything PS3 or PSP related.

 

This^^



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libellule on 19 May 2009

but PS2 get a price drop right ?

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Undying on 19 May 2009

Man, Yahoo really hates Sony.




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kirby007 on 19 May 2009

I'm loving this every one gets so worked up over this

*hmm hmm hmm*

taste the fear

haha



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Kantor on 19 May 2009

So to sum up that article:

PS3 is down and it is DOOOOMED without a price cut!

Also 360 is down, BUT IT'S STILL SELLING WELL AND IT WILL SELL BETTER JUST YOU WATCH!

Yahoo are really pathetic sometimes.



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