Ben-DutkaFor me, it's always interesting to see the shifting views gamers have for various companies and manufacturers.
Sometimes, we think a certain company is going to be a permanent whipping boy for the community and then suddenly, they lose the "most hated" crown to another company, be it developer or publisher.
I honestly think that ever since the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One were announced, the general, admittedly simplistic evaluation by the gaming community was: Sony = Good, Microsoft = Bad. And that may continue to this day, despite the fact that Xbox One fans are starting to crawl out of the wood-works now that MS closed the gap thanks to a price drop. Then again, sometimes I wonder if Microsoft was always seen as "bad," from the moment the original Xbox came onto the market. I know many gamers who absolutely despise MS and for that reason alone, they won't have anything to do with the Xbox brand.
But Sony doesn't have the rosiest reputation these days, either. The PlayStation Network continues to give consumers cause for concern and we have yet to see those invaluable first-party exclusives for PlayStation 4. And a lot of long-time fans are saying Sony hasn't yet made good on its claims concerning this new generation. As such, is it really still the same pecking order? Is it MS/Bad, Sony/Good or has things changed?
What do you think?
To TomBradySucks, the sporting industry in America is a multi Billion dollar industry full of companies intermingled and spread throughout the country. In a way it can be worse than the gaming industry, when it comes to fanboy ism (which that term was originally coined because of sports). People have literally started riots when their team lost and people haven even been killed for he jersey they wear.
Before typing most of the things you write, a bit of thought will help you tremendously.
With the way you respond to most things on this site, I would say that you are an ill informed fanboy who can't take a controversial topic and properly debate it in a fashion that is respectable. Any person, regardless of how they feel about both companies and has a little sense, can read what Ben wrote and come to a conclusion that he left the article open for discussion, and was not catering to either side.
Your emotional rants, though could be trolling, are rather pathetic and really show your incompetence in having a discussion, which this article was clearly written with having a debate/discussion in mind.
I don't love or hate either company. I will praise or criticize based current actions. I am glad that Microsoft is trying to recover from their early missteps with the Xbox one.
At the same time i can blast Sony with criticism over their handing of the PS vita.