Okay so with E3 so close I was thinking a bit about some thing's I've heard over the years.
One was from Sony fans. I think close to 100% of them have said at one time or another "I will never pay for online gaming". Now we see that PSN is about to offer up a Paid service, much like XBL and all of a sudden the PS3 fans are all over it. It seems so odd to me.
One of the other hypocrisy's is when people call Microsoft's Natal a "Ripoff of The Eyetoy". Yet, they don't see any similarities with the Move and the Wii Mote? Or take note that a Paid PSN service is a direct ripoff of XBL? Or Trophies being a direct answer and ripoff to the Achievement system on XBL?
It goes even deeper, I mean Sony is talking about Satellite radio, cross party chat and both of those have been on XBL a while now.
There is yet even more hypocrisy. We hear about how well the PS3 did when a slim version came out and it's true, it sold well for the first few months, then leveled off, but Sony got a nice little push nonetheless. Now for some strange reason, Sony fans don't think or neglect to admit that a slim Xbox 360 could very well see the same increase. I am not sure why though? I mean it's obvious a redesign would sell well, calm fears of Red Ring and bring in new Xbox 360 owners as well as old ones who are looking for for a newer version of the system.
Hypocrisy doesn't just end with the the Sony fans, but with Sony themselves. In 2006 at their E3 event they clearly said "We are certainly not interested in gimmicks" and basically berated Nintendo for using motion controls and "Gimmicks" yet now we see them copying Nintendo right down to the controller and they are pushing 3-D which has historically been a fad and comes and goes throughout history. What is 3-D if not a attempt at a gimmick?
So I guess I wonder what makes people act this way? I mean people especially on this site take their console so seriously and I mean, sure I prefer the Xbox 360 and get a laugh out of how hardcore some of these fans are, but often it borders on fanatical.
Another example is Sony fans thinking the "Move" is going to be for hardcore gamers while "Natal" will be for casual gamers. I mean really? Clearly both are trying to go after the Nintendo casual market, I am sure there will be some hardcore games on both, but it wont be the norm for either. Clearly.
Next we come to pricing on these items. If you go by the rumors. "Move" is going to be $99 and Natal $149. What Sony fans fail to admit is, you only need one Natal for everyone in the same house to play it together. While you need to buy additional controllers if you want more then one person to play the "Move". Which means it would actually cost more in the long run with Move.
Ignorance, while can be found on both sides, is really evident on the Sony side. I mean in every article on N4G that has Microsoft or Natal in it are usually hung up in limbo waiting to get approved, while Sony fans try to find fault with the articles.
I'm not saying 360 fans are better or Nintendo fans, but especially on this site, the ignorance and hypocrisy is some of the worst I've ever seen.
It's like, How excited should people get over a gaming console? Especially a last place one that previously dominated the market the last two generations?
SO I guess I would suggest that some of you need to relax a bit and not take thing's too seriously. I mean I've been gaming since the 1980's and there is always fanboys, but instead of getting mad, try getting a laugh. I sometimes will post something just to get a laugh or whatever.
Relax.
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
It was amazing watching some fanbases say one thing, then say another.
I have nothing really against this PS Move controller that is coming out, infact I sort of think it's needed for certain games ( mostly shooters ). But for a long time now I have been seeing Sony fanboys say how motion controls are a gimmick and what-not on many sites, yet as soon as the Move was announced most were all for it like they have never said anything against motion controls at all. MS fanboys a guilty of this as well but with Natal.
Now I understand companies being hypocrites at times because they are-- well-- companies, they will do whatever it takes so long as they make money. The funny thing is, their fanbases ( or fanboys if you will ) follow right behind them as if they are apart of their company. Not really surprising, considering what they are. But reading and hearing the constant bashing and then act like it never happend had me confused for a second. Real sad.
Oh well. The sky's the limit I guess. Again, good read.
well... everyone know that Move... its both wii and Natal in one...
well not everyone does know... ignorant fanboys cant admit that move got the best of both worlds!
Somehow I'm not surprised that you have only one bubble. The site is indeed overrun by crazy PS3 fans (there are sane ones, the most active ones are nuts though).
I'm only new to N4G and while I love how often it is updated with news, one thing I noticed straight up was the amount of Sony fanboys bashing anything that had the words "Microsoft, Xbox 360 or Natal" in it. It's beyond a joke.
Every single one of the points you bring up are the absolute truth. N4G is for reading up on news and conversing about whatever news there is on the day, but instead all we get is "kiLLz0wnEd 3 is tEh bestest EVAH! LOLOLOLO! 360 SuX0rs cos it has NOOOOOOO KZ3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!! NtaLA is for babies! Move is SOOOOO original it's finally anzered all of gamerz prayers! AMAZING SONY!" - I mean WTF? Don't you have anything better to do with your time? How about you go and enjoy your PS3?
I have all consoles; a 360, a Wii and a PS3 (yes fanboys, you CAN have more than 1 console and LIKE IT) and instead of taking 1 side maybe you should see what's on offer out there and then you'll have the best of ALL worlds. I get to enjoy Killzone 3, Gears of War 3, Mario Galaxy 2, etc. I have FUN with my consoles and the games. Hopefully at one stage in your current sad state of life you'll realise that worrying about 1 company and it's console doesn't mean shit. There's far more important things in life, so get your [insert your console here]'s dick out of your mouth and start enjoying games. Stop worrying about trying to tell people what you think is right and go and play your games and have fun FFS!
Hopefully one day N4G will have a fanboy filter, so here's hoping.
I actually expected to get flamed pretty bad. Good to see some level headed people here. Honestly as a person that own all three consoles and as a person who has traditionally owned all the available consoles since the NES and Sega Master System I often have different perspectives then the average fanboy.
I cant however see the point in someone who owns strictly a PS3 posting or going into a 360 topic just to put it down.
Last night I kept checking the site for Kinect (Natal) information and every topic was flooded with hate from PS3 fanboys, it's hard to get a gauge on what the actual 360 people think, I mean we see possible Xbox 360 slim and all you see is "It's ugly" "Fail" etc... It gets old. Now if I could find a more even site I would, but this site has the most up to date gaming new IMHO. I just dislike the atmosphere. As for my bubbles, I got bubbled down to 1 my first day. I think I was saying something about I was looking forward to Natal or something and I just got jumped.
Again I appreciate the positive comments.