I've been a part of News4Gamers, a.k.a N4G, since Aug. 17, 2007. That means a long time; not the longest but long enough. I've been here for the Open Zone and the original fanboy trolls that no longer post here.
When you've been here long enough, or possibly lurk here long enough without joining, you'll see a common statement made these days. "Screw this site, it's filled with Sony fanboys" or "N4Sony" or "If you don't believe this is a Sony fanboy site, just take a look at the forums *links to forums* look at how many Playstation thread posts and topics there are in comparison to Xbox or Nintendo."
Today, I'm going to explain something very basic about N4G and the internet in general.
N4G is not a ____ fanboy site at all. Those of use who've been here during the '06 '07 years of Xbox 360 and PS3 saw the rampant Xbox fanboys shouting out "Haha, Grillstation", "Delaystation", "PS3 has no games" etc. Why is it not called an Xbox fanboy site then?
The truth is, N4G is a site with loud gamers, as is the internet at large. Short of a site actively promoting the fact that it is fansite for a specific company, no website is a _____ fanboy site, least of all N4G.
I've seen people on NeoGaf complain about N4G in a similar way to how people on N4G complain about NeoGaf. Both slinging ____ fanboy insults at each other. I've seen comments on this site calling it an Xbox fanboy site because clear Xbox fanboys make obvious fanboy comments and get away with it and have 6 or 7 bubbles. The same comments are made about Sony fanboys, normally flung at me. Lol.
This is a gamer site. Filled with very vocal people. There are fanboys of all kinds here. The mods can't afford to be fanboys of any side else they can't be effective mods. The site owners are most certainly fanboys, but of money not of consoles.
You can't use an arbitrary number like forum posts to claim that N4G is a Sony fanboy site because some other arbitrary parameters can be drummed up to say it's an Xbox or Nintendo fanboy site.
Contrary to what you might think, the mods don't just allow positive news for one company to pass through and only negative news for another. It's not hard to look at the info of any story, see who approved it, and then see "Appoved by Community" on the right hand side. Any time a mod approves something, look in the approvals and you'll see a name with 10 votes beside it. That's a story the mods approved, otherwise the community put it through.
Likewise, a failed story doesn't get failed just because it's good news for Xbox. If you want that kind of news to go through, stop complaining about it and do your work to be able to approve the stories to come through. But if they're garbage stories from people like MisterXMedia, don't expect them to go through simply because it strokes your fanboy ego.
Gamers are a loud, vocal bunch of people. It's a characteristic that has developed over time and is a result of a highly competitive industry, and the need to constantly defend ourselves from attacks from the general media and the government, as well as the stereotypes that still linger on today.
If you pay attention enough, you will see all 3 sides engage in a circular blame game about this site.
I mean, today I saw a known Xbox fanboy say on the article talking about Sony's NPD victory "Congratulations Sony, PS4 is a great console" and that's it. He was hammered with disagrees. Why? Because he's a known Xbox fanboy that's why. So even though he said something positive about the PS4 and Sony, with absolutely no hidden agenda behind what he said, he was hammered with disagrees because of who he is, not what he said.
N4G is just a typical gaming website on the internet. It isn't a Sony fansite, it isn't run by Sony fanboys, it's just a gaming news aggregate with loud gamers. Whether you want to believe it or not, the Xbox fanboys are just as loud as the Sony fanboys. And we don't really need to hear a victim cry about how you have 1 bubble but this one Sony fanboy you know has 8. Bubbles don't matter. It's a broken system that has never been a good idea from the get go.
Open your eyes and understand. The fanboys are all over this site and are from all sides. N4G doesn't really have any allegiances. People see only what they want to see. And when they think the site is treating them badly, they see ____ fanboys everywhere even though it's pretty equal on all sides.
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.
I agree, the fanboys ruined it. They report anything.
I didn't join here until 2011 so I have no idea how it was back then, but it was obvious from my time here that the community of this site was heavily biased towards Sony. I actually haven't seen anything quite like it. You'd get bombarded with disagrees if you said anything remotely negative towards Sony. So I disagree with your "fanboys are everywhere" argument for this site.
My main console of last gen was the 360 which I personally thought was the spiritual successor of the PS2. As for this generation, my main console is the PS4 and the only flaw I have with it is the lack of media support which probably be updated this year anyway. Either way, Sony are clearly more in touch with their userbase, which can't be said for Microsoft.
One thing is for sure though, the bubble system and agree/disagree system has to go.
Great blog DragonKnight
The problem is this sites favouritism changes based on who is doing things right towards gamers.
Microsoft has been slowly decreasing over the years since Kinect but when the Xbox One was revealed it showed people how low Microsoft had gotten, until the point it was no longer ignorable.
Nintendo latley have huge problems with the Wii U, the 3DS might be ok but the console isn't and this is why you are getting so many "Doom" articles. If they are making stupid decisions then what do you expect. Iwata with his staments makes him look stupid most of the time and show that it's his mindset which is bringing the company down.
On the other hand Sony have been doing things right latley compared to what they were like back in 2006, it's massive improvment.....what are we supposed to do, ignore that, of course we can't. They took what happened to them hard and changed straight away while Microsoft despite making it look like they are "for the gamers" are obviously doing that to lure fans back in and Nintendo don't seem to want to because they stuck in the past with their companies tradition. Sony out of the 3 on on top at the moment and when things change then this site will also change to reflect that.
I get called a fanboy a lot, a lot of people do who aren't....all we are on here are gamers who aren't blind and can see what company is doing the best for the gaming community. At the minute Sony seem to be the people who are doing that so of course users posts and comments are going to seem fanboyish but what do you expect. I'm not saying there isn't obvious fanboys on this site and I'm not saying Sony are perfect but you have to stop grouping peoople together.
I mean sure when Microsoft says something posstive, of course theres still going to be a bit of negativity because you know what Microsoft are like, you don't just change over night so obviously you have to keep an open mind, especially with all that PR talk "for the gamers" crap from Phil Spencer lately. All I see BECAUSE of Microsoft's history (a gamer learning from past mistakes) is him trying to get a bigger audience for the Xbox One so it starts selling more units and in my opinion once they get enough they could end up reverting back to what they did with the Xbox 360 after Kinect.
At the end of the day this site isn't a Sony site, it's just a site where people can obviously see that at the PRESENT TIME, Sony are doing things better then the other 2 companies to benefit us as gamers.
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@rhcpfan, a the risk of derailing the comments here: the current comment system's days are numbered as we move ever closer to the Big Update.
And for the blog itself, it's true...I've been on N4G (originally "just a member") since 2007 when N4G was a "360 site". :P
I've been told I'm every kind of fanboy/girl under the sun (often in such rapid succession I got whiplash)
I've been asked to "stop letting ____ fanboys join N4G until the numbers are even" (can't make that poop up, folks!)
...and I've had developers talk openly about the passion of N4G members. Because whatever the era, N4G members are not lacking for passion. Or opinions. :)
Happy Valentine's Day, fanboys! <3
Really good blog, DragonKnight. You nailed it.