@ Jackson50

I also didn't anticipate Microsoft to go as low as 119 Euro (including 19% taxes and free games) last holiday season in my area. I anticipated 149 Euro/Dollar to be the bare minimum this gen for the 360.

This resulted into a lot of kids I feel the Wii would have been a much more suitable console for to buy than a 360, this because the Wii was over twice as expensive. Also to be honest the 360 had too many issues back then (Falcon) with its RRoD, other failures and disc scratching issues for young kids to have to deal with.

But I also stated in the past that in theory Microsoft (ready cash) and Sony (far more assets than MS) could even hand out many consoles for free, destroying any oppertunity for accurate predictions.

Feel better now that you got that out there? "I was right, you were wrong hahahaha"

MikeB said: @ Ausfalcon Thats the problem.  He is a fan with a goal first Says someone who originally joined this website to troll against me personally.

Anyone can look at my profile and see I am quite the content Sony user.  You've tried labeling me an Xbox fanboy before, but anyone can look at my profile and posts to see that there is no logic in your statement.  Rather, you do it out of desperation to try and pretend you are not a Sony fanboy, with the sad agenda of a fanboy (to the Nth degree) .  Now, if one looks at your profile and posts, its quite obvious you are.  A real gamer does not get such a weird twisted obession to a brand.  Yet you get off on constantly trying to portray yourself as someone looking at the type of things discussed here with an eye towards objectivism.  And you also seem to additionally get off on running folks in circles by simply not admitting the obvious. 

MikeB said: @ Ausfalcon You in your first comment here at VGChartz referred to my comments as `madness`, just for me stating that I think it is possible for the PS3 to overtake the 360 install base by 2010. You are here on a blind fanboy mission, instead of being interested in indepth discussion. As you know I am mostly a tech enthusiast and thus interested in the PS3. I never owned a PS2, would prefer Philips over Sony if there was a choice with all things equal, etc. I am not really a games console or Sony fanboy

Nice try.  My madness statement was obviously refering to how you conduct yourself in general and gave a link to amiagworld.net, where you were behaving similarly.  Its such madness that has earned you multiple bans in multiple places.  But sure, go ahead and try to tie it to something else, its nothing new for you.

"Blind fanboy mission".  You just keep hoping that will stick.  Amusing.  What was I doing right before I was on here, ah yes updating my PS3 to 3.0 firmware and was about to pop Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (Blu-ray) in.  Gosh, I am quite the Xbox fanboy there aren't I?  Should I sell my Sony stock now too?

In regard to PS2, you became a Sony fanboy starting with the PS3, so what?  When you became a Sony fanboy is irrelevant, you are one now.  In regard to Philips, they don't make a console, so thats not even a point of discussion.

 

MikeB said: starcraft said: I havent read more than the first 5 posts. I will simply point out that MikeB has repeatedly claimed the PS3 will do 140 million console sales, and leave this ridiculous thread at that. You make one common fanboy mistake here. "Thinks" or "anticipates" isn't the same as "claims". There may be unanticipated events, like a major meteor strike, world war 3, idiots or aliens taking over Sony, etc.

Well I think it would be great if you end up being right MikeB (about the 140 mil).  But trying to paint starcraft as the fanboy between a choice of you and him is just laughable.

MikeB said: starcraft said: I havent read more than the first 5 posts. I will simply point out that MikeB has repeatedly claimed the PS3 will do 140 million console sales, and leave this ridiculous thread at that. You make one common fanboy mistake here. "Thinks" or "anticipates" isn't the same as "claims". There may be unanticipated events, like a major meteor strike, world war 3, idiots or aliens taking over Sony, etc. Starcraft, for the record. You are horrible with regard to predictions and especially technical expertise.

Er, which predictions I have made have been horrible?  By definition they cannot be as horrible as yours, simply because they remain within the realm of possibility.  As for technical expertise, thus far it has been me that's proven right over you, with no substantial graphical advantage emerging between the Xbox 360 and PS3.  Furthermore, my opinions have turned out to be justified in that the PS3 has not moved any substantial amount of consoles due to it's limited and nearly imperceptible graphical advantages.

Ausfalcon said: MikeB said: starcraft said: I havent read more than the first 5 posts. I will simply point out that MikeB has repeatedly claimed the PS3 will do 140 million console sales, and leave this ridiculous thread at that. You make one common fanboy mistake here. "Thinks" or "anticipates" isn't the same as "claims". There may be unanticipated events, like a major meteor strike, world war 3, idiots or aliens taking over Sony, etc.   Well I think it would be great if you end up being right MikeB (about the 140 mil).  But trying to paint starcraft as the fanboy between a choice of you and him is just laughable.

Lol.

 

This.

@ Ausfalcon

I am consistent across forums, why not?

You behave just as badly on amigaworld posting as fairlanefastback as well. You signing up here to get back at me is IMO a sign of extremism.

I was banned by you for pointing out at amigaworld you are posting here as Ausfalcon and you even deleted the complete message as well as the 100% solid, clearly written counter arguments I wrote in reply to your malicious comments in the process. Before that I have only been banned at amigaworld by some new moderators because I quit the team as an administrator and posted construcive criticism with regard to the new team. (in the past we did show reports, live show coverages, wrote reviews / tutorials, did hundreds of interviews, etc which IMO was sad the new team invested as good as nothing into the hobby).

I owned a 360 before it died, I own a Nintendo DS instead of a PSP, but so what?

You have clear signs of extreme fanboyism, that you claim to own Sony stock like you repeat here and on amigaworld.net does not change a thing. I think your main beef with me is that you probably preferred MorphOS in the past or liked the weird BBRV figure a lot and got upset when some of my comments with regard to that issue turned out to be correct.

Although Philips does not make a console anymore, Philips does make HDTVs. IMO a Sony fanboy would own a Sony HDTV instead of a Philips HDTV. I am rather an enthusiast of the PS3's internal architecture and specifically the Cell processor (which is a co-development with IBM and Toshiba). I am not an IBM fanboy neither, I never owned an IBM branded PC for example.

I just pick the products which I consider the best or most exciting, I don't pick based on brand.

@ starcraft

It's rather your way of writing. For example (just one of many) you wrote Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the patriots would be on the 360 today with 100% certainty. You left no room for people thinking otherwise (making them look stupid in the process), a non fanboy version of such comments would have been if you stated you thought this was likely to happen.



The graphical aspect is just one of many. For example the God of war Collection on the PS3 will look graphically better than on the PS2, but there are many things in God of War 3 which simply cannot be accomplished on the PS2, this more regards game design such as environment complexity, amount of things on screen, etc.

With already HDTV resolutions, 7.1 surround audio, etc IMO the latter technical aspects as mentioned above with regard to game design matter much more to me. For example Crysis looks best on a PC, but someone can prefer the 360/PS3 versions, it's basically the same game engine, but you simply couldn't accomplish this type of game on a Wii or PS2.

MikeB said: @ starcraft Er, which predictions I have made have been horrible? By definition they cannot be as horrible as yours, simply because they remain within the realm of possibility. It's rather your way of writing. For example (just one of many) you wrote Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the patriots would be on the 360 today with 100% certainty. You left no room for people thinking otherwise (making them look stupid in the process), a non fanboy version of such comments would have been if you stated you thought this was likely to happen. with no substantial graphical advantage emerging between the Xbox 360 and PS3 The graphical aspect is just one of many. For example the God of war Collection on the PS3 will look graphically better than on the PS2, but there are many things in God of War 3 which simply cannot be accomplished on the PS2, this more regards game design such as environment complexity, amount of things on screen, etc. With already HDTV resolutions, 7.1 surround audio, etc IMO the latter technical aspects as mentioned above with regard to game design matter much more to me. For example Crysis looks best on a PC, but someone can prefer the 360/PS3 versions, it's basically the same game engine, but you simply couldn't accomplish this type of game on a Wii or PS2.

I never claimed with anything like 100% certainty that MGS4 would be on the Xbox 360.  I did predict that it would be for a variety of reasons.  The argument YOU used against this was the game's size, even though most know that would not be an obstacle and multiple disks are perfectly acceptable.  Final Fantasy XIII proves this.

But in the absence of you being able to provide any specific examples of my supposed poor sales predictions, we'll assume you made that up.

As for your last point, I am glad you have finally realised that the PS3 does not have a marketable graphics advantage over the Xbox 360.  Whilst it does over the PS2 and Wii, your recognition that supposed extra power will not help the console in it's struggle against the Xbox 360 is a major step forward for you, and I applaud you for it.