I hate to say it but some random kid who happens to know alot about games doesn't mean jack. The average game fan isn't gonna know anything about how the industry works or anything like that. He liked the xbox for the graphics? That's fine to bad you missed out on some of the greatest games of all time because you are a graphics whore. It's fine to be a xbox fanboy but if you didn't even play any of the PS2 games you really cant call yourself a gamer at all.

I'm confused, he knows all video game trends 3 months in advance but, didn't know anything about MGS4 until 1 month after its release. PS3 is my favorite of my 3 consoles, but this smells like a BS article to me.

"sony just didn't have great games" ......HAHAHAHAHAH ya right! Sony has ALWAYS had the upper hand on exclusives. Always.

um hate to say it but the Wii is going to win this console generation.

"Sony just didn't have great games." hahahahahahah - this article is silly. No great games on the PS1 or PS2 . . . riiiiight :)

Here we go again.

only a site like this with the SFD is full force could approve such a bullsh1t story.

yeah, ok.... he traded in his 360 with the most anticipated game this holiday season around the corner, Gears of War 2, only on 360.

strange sotry AND pointless...

i call this kid a excentric, just hearing about it in E3 and he decided he was not a Xbox fan (and he was in some kind of trance in last... 5 years or more?) and he loves PS3...

simply idiot...

"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."

wait till they find out about the new video section on PlayStation Store which takes a crap all over that netflix service

This article has some cold hard solid facts, you cant dispute this. haha

I get it its all about the best graphics and now everyone knows after MGS4 PS3 has 10 times better graphics then any xbox 360 will ever have.

...is a moron. Not for getting a PS3, but for trading all his Xbox stuff for it. Just save up all year and buy a PS3 to sit next to your Xbox, or ask daddy for one for Christmas.

Also like someone else said, how the hell did he not know about MGS4 until now? He watches all the shows, yet knew nothing about anything PS3 until E3 LMAO. GTFO.

Somehow this got onto CNBC... either they have really lowered their standards for "news" since I stopped paying attention to them a few years ago, or this was just a serious slip up by the "editor".

I'm pretty pro-Sony too and I still think this was a stupid fluff piece. Its nice to know that I'm considered a Ninja for being a PS3 user though. How sweet of Gamestop to give me the promotion to dark assassin for my ability to not scratch a disc :P

UPDATE: LOL they've pulled the story from the cnbc site.
# Nevermind its back now.

Lol, @ page not found.

LOL and we love X360 fans throats... ^_^

iaaaaaaaa... *lame ninja scream*

"Sony just didn't have great games."

That was the biggest joke I've heard in a long time. Sony has had some of the best games in the history of gaming on their platforms. I guess the only games that kid played last gen. was Halo and Halo 2, it's a shame he missed out on all of those thousands of awesome PS2 game titles.

I played the first Halo just one time and to me the graphics were about the same as a PS2 game.

Basically what this article is trying to prove that if Xbox fanboys are buying PS3's, Sony is doing something right and Sony is stepping up their game.

They are just a better company. Higher Quality Products. Larger Variety. Better Future. BLU-RAY, wireless, standard HDD, Free Online, MMOs, More Exclusives, More games in the works. MORE MORE MORE MORE.

This is why Sony Wins. Sony fan 4 LIFE.

buzz

She is basing this on her kid when there is a kid out there that could be having the same experience & doing the same with the 360 ? Yeah okay this sounds like a Sony paid written article here. Only the die hard fans would use this as "proof"

Haha,

My observations,

"The ultimate proof didn't know MSG4 was already out"
"The ultimate proof, forgot to tell his mom not to call gamestop employees fanboys"
"The ultimate proof, made a rash decision after watching G4TV's coverage of E3 which I'm not even sure played MSG4 footage."
"The ultimate proof, will probably flip flop again when gears 2 comes out."
The ultimate proof, will probably flip again once LBP comes out, and again, and again, and again...lol

Jane Wells need to leave the gaming stories to gaming journalist. I mean, hell with the money she makes, she could buy her precious ultimate proof, all three consoles.

Perhaps, I'll but a steak on top of my consoles, and whichever one my dog goes to first, will be the ultimate proof of the console war winner..

Go figure.

Edit: What happened, I can't find the article anymore. Perhaps, cnbc doesn't feel that jane's methods are scientifically proven...haha

The link is as dead is this article.

since he probably has to pay for it himself now. I know I did. If I would have stuck with it I'd be in my 3rd year by now and down $150.

Why so many pro Sony articles in such a short time? These articles do nothing but bring out the anti-Sony guys. Winning can be seen in a few different ways. If you go by purely a sales perspective, Wii is winning with 360 taking second place. This is most people's idea of winning. Another view of winning could be the amount of quality games available on the system overall. If you take this view, then it seems as if the 360 offers more quality titles at the moment. A third view of winning could be the fact that Sony launched a $600 machine that currently has weekly sales on par with the best selling system of all time, the PS2. If you want to look at it in terms of the average of highest rated games available on the system, PS3 takes this crown as well. As current sales numbers stand, the PS3 will pass the 360 worldwide for sure. It is possible that it could pass the 360 in the US by the end of its lifetime. All this is subject to change of course. But it is too early to say Sony is winning. I will tell you who is winning, the gamers. The fight between MS and Sony will ultimatley create the best games we've ever seen in a generation.

But my guess is the kid finally saw the light! Very inspirational! :)

What the articles tries to explain is that the wind has now turned... The nicest games now come on PS3 (and it will go on with LBP, resistance 2, KZ2 and so on), and suddenly it becomes 'cool' to have one... Hence the teens want one.

xbox fans have abosolutly nothing to debate other than the difference in the port of ff13!
ha!

it should be about the sheer ridiculousness of GameStop employee fanboyism. I'm so sick of hearing about their biased bullshit.

So since this kids plays all platforms and watches G4, and takes part in chat rooms, we should all listen to him since WE ALL DO THA SAME THING???

I havent turned on my PS3 in a while, I got MGS4, beat it, and played a little bit online....... just not that great online. I really dont know when I will turn it on again, maybe LBP..

And for those of you who think im sticking up for 360 im not, I even still have my PS2! Its holding my door open to let some cold air in!!!!!

PS3 is going to win this war.

How dumb do you have to be to not realize this?

You know, I read all these comments about Sony not winning, they are last, or whatever stupid comment fanboys make. It's a story and someones opinion. That's it. Someone types an article about their child and everyone takes it so serious. I didn't take it like most fanboys did. I read this article and thought to myself how Sony is starting to finally pull through and influence decisions. They may be last in sales but is that the only measure of success here? Last I heard this "war" isn't over yet. Not by a long shot. I mean come on, I know die hard XBox fans and you couldn't pull the controller out their hands unless they were dead. To read that someone made the switch shows that Sony is making some sort of progress. I personally wouldn't have made that drastic of a change or let alone sold jack back to Gamestop. This lady is obviously not an analyst so take it as a grain of salt. Its an opinion and observation. Oh, if anyone wants to know, I own both systems and if you ask me, I love my PS3 much more. Why is another story.

not everyone does it but.. it can happen.

i'm sure he will love MGS4 and the power of PS3! q:

I'm as big a fan of Sony as anyone else, but this is just the opinion of one kid.

Pick another kid at random and it is more likely they'll be praising Nintendo Wii.

Gods...not even the fanboys can be buying this drivel!

why does everyone care who wins and who loses? Also what is the prize that the winner gets? Also, what prize do you get for the winner winning? Why do you care which multi-billion dollar company is ahead in some war that only you care about? Really, these companies are like wrestlers, they talk big in interviews only to play up their fanboys, but in the end, they don't give a damn because they are all getting paid and laid.

You guys are such sheep.

hhaa i love my ps3
but some old lady telling me her son is a true gamer?
hahahha\
thats pretty lame
and then he had her buy him MGS4
cause hes to young??? hahahahhahahaha

little microsofties get out big boy ps3 games

This is embarrassing lol!

Ahh, I see.

THE ULTIMATE PROOF SONY IS WINNING:
...
Junior said so!

I have been a Microsoft hater for a long time. I have been a Sony/Nintendo fan even longer. I have owned all the Playstation's and Nintendo Systems, but have never owned an Xbox (or 360). But only now, with Sony's lackluster performance at E3 (and up until now) and the host of games that are all first/second party that I have almost no interest in, and their opinion of 3rd party developers, their lack of uniformity across their games with their services... I'm on my way to being an Xbox owner.

Keep in mind, that my hatred for Microsoft doesn't stem from the Xbox, but from their Windows division which should be saved for another discussion. The point is that I swore never to use a Microsoft product to make a statement, however these days, I find myself more and more thinking about buying one. I haven't yet... but the day is coming, I can feel it.

Sony has let me down for the last time.

Oh well, the story link has been taken down.

i have been talking with people that say to me that they doesn't like gaming anymore, because they got bored or something. then i ask them what console do you have? and then they replay "GameCube and Xbox", then i say: well that's the reason you don't like gaming anymore... LOL

if you didn't got a PS2 well you're missing a lot and i repeat, a lot of good games; i mean a massive library of games!

i got a PS3 and i'm still playing PS1 and PS2 games...

'cos playstation owners are ninjas!'

Sure you got a PS3 and MGS4, but now he doesn't get to play Halo.

Don't get me wrong, MGS4 is friggin wicked, I love that game. But I seriously wouldn't trade in an XBox and Halo for a PS3.

Neither would I trade in a PS3 with MGS4 for an XBox with Halo. Dumb kid.

MODS pls take a note on the new down for N4G... TOday is teh judgement day..

I'll not be back if this krap remains in news..

SONY is winning. People are realizing the potential of the PS3, especially the price of the system and Blu-Ray capability.

True story, among my closes friends ... 3 of them bought the MGS4 bundle. They said that it was time for them to buy the PS3, as you know most of my friends are married or just waiting for the price to come down. And majority of them are PC gamers.
Then additional 3 co-workers of my brother also bought the MGS4 bundle. So all in all thats total of 6 PS3 owners. A lot of old and new PS fans are becoming PS3 owners because of the price cut and being knowledgeable of the specs of the PS3 compared to XBOX 360.

And let me tell you this, is losing millions of dollars due to XBOX 360 repairs, paying developers for exclusive or time-exclusive or entice them to developed to XBOX 360 first, giving out free stuff to magazine reviewers, giving out free games and XBL access for inconvieniece would make the XBOX 360 a winner as what every XBOX fan boys definition as being #1. Well wake up and smell the coffee, E3 is already a sign that MS is in big trouble after showing nothing NEW to excite us about this year.

Seriously, this has got to be one of the gayest articles I have ever read...
And I have both systems and play them both actually (before people start calling me a fan boy…)

unless ur son is god this is bullsh!t :)

Wow.

That's rough when your own mom calls you a fanboy.

Ouch.

what a waste of my life to read a story about a kid who traded in a 360 for a ps3.

I thought it was suppose to be news!?!?

It happens a lot and it also happens the other way around. It doesn't mean it is news!!

Who gives a sh!t who is winning they arent doing us any favors.

360 is losing! MGS4 has sold over 3 million worldwide in just 6 weeks. You jealous bot. And will sell over 5 million by the holidays. It wipes the floor with every 360 game! IGN: 10.

It took gears of war 10 weeks to sell 3 million worldwide: FACT!
http://news.digitaltrends.c...

360 is DEAD in japan, moving slower than a turtle, and you bring up Halo 3? Then why is 360 moving slow at retail? Maybe you should wake up. :)

Proof/=\One Kid

lol. such an idiot ;-)

"um hate to say it but the Wii is going to win this console generation. "

you made me laugh, really, u should ask yourself, who the hell even cares? Its all about 360 and ps3, current gen, not some era of mario. Who even owns it in this site?

SONY WON THE DVD WAR!!!=WHEN DOWNLOAD MOVIES COME SONY WILL HAVE THE BIGGEST BACKING FROM ALL THOSE FILM COMPANYS THAT STABBED MICROCRAP IN THE BACK.,BLUERAY IS THE FUTURE AND SOON XBOX WILL HAVE TO PAY SONY FOR IT MUHAHAHAH!!!!!.
Next year and beyound how will xbox cope with the bigger games?have like 12 disks per game lol.

ps i am a ex exbox fan who got sick of taking the poxy thing back with rod,take the xbox apart i have boy so many cheap countries with cheap parts NOWONDER IT BREAks. THE PLASTIC IS EVEN LIKE MY CHEAP DAEWOO CAR,SHINY AND CRAP.

So this 17 year old expert just heard about MGS4 at E3 and traded in all his 360 stuff to get it? WTH, this is a seriously lame article.

I prefer the PS3 myself but to trade in all that stuff for a PS3 and a game and somehow say this represents a new trend is completely dumb.

last i looked MGS4 was a 9.6! But that doesnt matter

when it comes to shooters we want online! You keep telling yourself 5vs5 is better then 30vs30

RFOM2 will show why Sonys PS3 is the true current gen system! KZ2 will just bury Gears of Grey when it comes out!

KZ2 will sell very well and on top of that it will move systems...The 360 is about where the xbxo was...notice i said "about" because its still not there!

360 running low on ppl to buy a faulty joke

PS3 is just hitting its stride and with LBP Socom and RFOM2 the holiday season will shut all the xbots UP for good

PS3 FTW in 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

2009 will be the end of xbots world wide

of coures, sony is winning. They were winning from the start.

no game on the 360 plays lkike games on the ps3 ahaha sorry get one game on the 360 thatsd exactly like mgs4 non, like GT PROLOUGE non, drakes fortune, non, heavenly sword, non god and thats that

All traded in 360s are just that they are bought once to give MS numbers and then traded for ps3. PS3 will beat MS this gen but the match is so damn close the next console war? MS have a massive chance of ruining the market and owning it. I say ruining as console makers fighting makes better consoles and games for us. The closer the better.

What a beautiful story, jajaja!!! sounds like me when I changed from my N64 to PS2. Ever since PS has been my brand of choice. Now I have a PS3 and a PSP. People, take example from this kid, smart boy.

YOU FAIL

To not watch CNBC. I have a feeling this reporter will get axed very soon.

CNBC is all about the money. They don't love Microsoft; they don't love Sony; they love money.

The lady is writing the article as she sees it. Keep in mind any woman with a 17 y/o son probably would know a PS1 from a PS2 from a Nintendo 64.

ah... ps3... fu*kin luv it......

With all do respect but you call your son a gamer? If your son is a gamer, then he would not be surpriced about the E3 show. Because nothing new has been said that was really worthwhile. If your a true gamer then expect the fact about the FFXIII going to 360 there was nothing really new to know. MGS4 was announced ages ago, BR is also nothing new, and all the future games in the pipeline for Sony have also been known for ages. For your son to experience his world was changed after E3 means he has been living under a rock for years.
This sounds more like a sonyfan filling up his boring day.

but a very welcome one. indeed! simple and yet effective! nice!

One more time a real Next gen user change his xbox 360 for a PLAYSTATION®3
this is the proof that PLAYSTATION®3 system only offers real Next gen experience.
A Real gamer know what means PLAYSTATION®3 durability, quality, and experience, he taked a right decision the PLAYSTATION®3 system its going to become the standar of the real Next gen and the competence its going to be stuck on theyr past games and the red lights of death, because they have no future and no upcoming real AAA titles in 2008 - 2009.
And this its just the begining

Play b3yond

But who cares what this lady and her son are doing? No offense but this means jack...

You can stream netflix on your computer.

Ps3 has a video store fyi.

They are catching up very quickly though. They need some basic things to close the gap.

1. They need to put a iron grip on the psn. Meaning start getting tough on a set of standards for games released with a multiplayer component. MGO is a example of a great game with terrible online management.

2. Release that damn Sony branded mic already!!! It better work worry free with the PS3. That is still why I have a better online experience with my 360. It came with a mic day one, that mic worked with every game I played. Simple. With that add cross chat in game and you are set for the online aspect.

3. Show me a commitment to providing a great library of RPG's to the PS3. Sony really let me down with it's lack of rpg's coming to it's console. Sony was a beast when it came to the amount of rpg titles released for Ps1/2. This to me was a reason it did so well around the world. You just cant beat good rpgs to give your console legs. Also MMO is not always the answer. Great single player RPG's are still fun. I hope they dont forget that.

Too me that's it. Not much else I feel PS3 needs to turn the corner.

Forget the analysts. Forget the NPD sales figures. Forget the CEO's
I am the ultimate expert on the video game industry.

i say the bs3 is a complete pos, the 360 is way better it offers better games, have more devs support and over all a better system than the bs3 blablabla yada yada

Did i miss something.. wheres the 'ultimate proof'?

What a flimsy article. Must be a slow news day.

Breakfast, Ever watch a horse race?

Some horses are always pushed to the front, that's how they run best. Some horses are mid divsion as to give themselves a chance.
Some horses are at the back, making the others think they are in a race, and right towards the end, they pounce.

See the last one is PS3.

I always love a fast finisher.

this post did not really mean any thing...the topic should have been....A 360 FAN BOI HAS A CHANGE OF HEART..when i saw the topic i was expecting to see sales numbers of the ps3 triple while the 360 sales falls lower than ever and cuting the 360 5million lead to 2.5 million (is that to much to think of)....change the topic -_-

Oh.......I don't own any ......... But if i did.

I would NEVER trade them to Gamestop at the ridiculous price return . Plus i am very sentimental , I Rarely let them go. Unless they are total Pigs.

He knew he was gonna get RRoD sooner or later.

your 16 yr old son is ultimate proof? He represents us all.... sigh.

i'll admit,it's a lame f*cking article.

It has no proof what-so-ever any company is winning over eachother
(although Sony is kicking ass every month)

It just means another 360 fanboy has seen the light.

playstation gamers are Ninjas!

Such a lame article.

All depends on how you measure winning.

I can totally relate to this kid. I also watch shows about games and write on games forums!!! And I always used to be a Nintendo fan. And traded in my Wii for a PS3. I must be ultimate proof that Sony beats Nintendo!!! I'm amazing...

But seriously, is this news. It's a parent talking about their child's gaming experiences. Not really a big deal. No one is winning and no one is ever going to totally win. One console may end up selling more than the other, but as long as each console has fans and production isn't canceled, no one has lost. And I can't imagine MS, Sony, or Nintendo discontinuing their systems anytime soon.

In the end, the real winners are gamers.

How 1 kid trading in their 3fixme for a PS3 proves Sony is winning but whatever, random 360 bashing is always good!!!

I think the MPD sales figures are actually what proves it not her son.

PS3 for the epic win!!!

What the article means is that now, it's cool to have a PS3, it's the new 'cool thing' to have at home...

Its opposite day

Play B3yond

One thing Sony does that will help them in the long run to win over the 360 is that Sony does not turn it's back on it's consumers. Sony knows how many PS2 owners are out there who have not upgraded to the next gen consoles. PS2 units are still selling and Sony is releasing over 130 new titles for the PS3, how many is there for the Xbox? None!
Go to EB Games or something and look up PS2 Pre-orders VS Xbox Preorders and you'll find atleast 78 for the PS2 and none for the Xbox except some cheat dvd's. So most companies turn their backs on the older units and move ahead forgetting about all those who supported the, but can't yet afford the next step. This is why Sony will will in the long run, PS2 owners stay happy with new games and who do you think they'll support next?

If she really has a son, that son of hers is not too bright. He did things completely backwards. The PS2 was infinitely better than the original xbox, but the 360 is (so far) better than the PS3. The 360 has a greater variety of games, better exclusives, far more RPGs, is easier to develop for, and has better graphics.

Is such bullcrap.

LMAO so its winning because his son traded a console with a library of great games in for a console with one good game.

well when i go to wal-mart my son always walks over to the 360 controller. that makes the 360 better and my son smarter. why? cause only sony fanatics would say that as of today the bs3 has better games when they only have 1 mgs4.

you sony fanatics bank way to much on the future. "we got home" no you dont you're still homeless and from what i hear it might get the boot :)

"bs3 has better games" no you don't all you got is mgs4( here comes the 09 list lol)

"psn is better than live" lmfao, the sh!t yall just got, we had last gen..

micro doesnt innovate? you wouldn't have a psn if it wasnt for live. sony would not know how to start a network if micro didnt set the foundation on how it works. be ignorant all you want call out free all you want, free is the reason why you just got last gen features and free is why you just got movies added to psn.

i know you guy's are gana call out the dreamcast. no console has done online gaming like live has so go home with that sh!t, oh wait you dont have 1 yet or ever.

possibly the most retarded article i have ever read...

"he had a ps1"... "i never thought id see you with a playstation"...
how the fcuk does that work?

man its too many people sayin the same crap, the ps3 has a good library of games and in fact right now the only games that you guys have that we dont is gears, halo, and mass effect. The ps3 is going to last long, the 360 not so much, i just hope all these supporters dont get hurt when your left behind again(xbox 720) in about two years