Ever since the internet was born, it's various curiosities & grotesquery’s thrust upon the world, there have been fanboy comment feuds and none so foolishly fervent than here on N4G (gotta love it). Although there are many complaints voiced about the quality of such posts, they are here to stay so I'm offering an insight into some of the things I have taken away from reading through the drivelling prattle.
Although I have only been an active member of N4G for a short while, I am a veteran visitor and until recently opted to stay completely out of the comments section on most sites. While I missed out on opportunities to have my voice heard from time to time I picked up on subtle indications in the flow of arguments and banter. Think back to 2007, the PS3 was struggling to find decent support from 3rd parties and the Xbox fanboys owned most comment sections, flaming Sony’s "expensive movie player" at every opportunity. Often a comment would pop up claiming that N4G was 'run by Xbox fanboys' and 'an Xbox haven'. Fast forward to now and this seems to have completely flipped and I commonly come across the "N4PS3G" comments and accusations. But what does this tell us about the Industry and about fanboys themselves?
In my honest and humble opinion it reflects how well the PS3 is doing at the moment and is an indication of growing confidence in fanboys. It's all down to fuel, the more articles/news/rumours/top ten lists in favour of one console appear, the more confidence their corresponding fanboys will have. So if one particular console is doing well and the news is mostly positive, the fanboys will follow suite and since the PS3 has had a slew of great exclusives and growing sales, N4G would APPEAR to be PS3 orientated. Having seen the exact opposite just a few years prior I would say that the amount of fanboys on here is a clue as to the currently popularity of a console in the media rather than a majority of fanboys 'ruling' the forums.
Anyway this is just some of my musing of the nature of internet gamers, take it as you will but no offence was intended.
Thanks for reading.
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nah, they've pretty much just banded together to debubble anybody who doesn't worship at the altar of sony. if you don't praise sony in pretty much every post, you'll get disagrees. go outside this site though and it's 360 land.
i have only given the appearance of being a 360 fanboy the past few weeks due to my naturally being a contrarian and rooting for the perceived underdog. plus the sony super fans are so much easier to rile up that it's guaranteed lulz on a dull night.
It's that kind of paranoia and twisted perspective that fuels the fanboy mind.
So let me get this straight... you pretend to be an Xbox fanboy in order to rile up a different set of fanboys because you think it's funny? Don't you think that's just adding to the problem? Why not make actual comments based on the article and/or gaming and make yourself a valued member of this site instead of making inane cursory attempts at amusing yourself.
dizzleK
Yes you do sound like a fanboy, the thing I find funny about this site is the folk that say their not fanboys but seem to bitch about the other console and find so called facts to back them up, only fanboys go to these lenghs. Xbox360 & PS3 are full of daft fanboys a laugh at times but tiredsome now.
There are more Wii gamers than 360/PS3 gamers by far yet there are almost no nintendo Wii fanboys...article debunked.
you'll see that N4G was never an "Xbox haven" or anything like that. Back in 2007, there were a pretty even amount of fanboys (probably more PS3 fanboys, but that's irrelevant). The difference was that the PS3 was doing terribly back then and like you said the Xbots had all the fanboy ammo.
Most of the PS3 fanboys back in 2007 didn't even own a PS3, they were just Sony fans waiting for a price drop and defending a dust collecting console.
As for your theory, N4G is dominated by American visitors, where the Xbox 360 is far ahead of the PS3. For as long as I can remember the PS3 fanboy has always been the more...intense...fanboy. I attribute the population of N4G to this.