Full disclosure, I have owned the following systems; Sega Genesis, N-64, PS2, X-box, Gamecube, X-Box 360. Use that knowledge to invalidate my argument if you like.
   

The PSN outage and security breach has kicked off another skirmish in the fanboy wars, and I could not be more disappointed in the lot of you. 
To PS3 owners let me say first that I am not my X-Box, you are not your PS3. Take a moment to let that sink in...........got it? Good. Now, why then are you defending Sony so vigorously? You don't owe them anything, you bought that expensive and overly impressive piece of hardware back when most of your peers saved a hundred bucks and got a 360. The only plus you had was free online access and now they have the balls to charge you for that too and it breaks? Fuck them, you should be pissed off at them, not at some dickhead trying to start a flame war. 

And to my Microsoft fanboy friends, stop being so giddy about this. The PSN security breach does not "cancel out" the RROD cluster-fuck. That still happened, our consoles broke, remember? This did not somehow undo that, there was no time vortex created, I have seen no flying DeLoreans, both of these issues where horribly shitty in their own right. How does an outage of the PSN help anybody? Do I get a free month on XBL now? Is there some kind of loyalty prize for kicking Sony while they are down? Because if there is, then I'll get in on it, sure; if not then what the fuck is the point?
 
Fanboys, let me tell you a little secret......you want the other console to do well. I know! That sounds fucking crazy, right! Here's why, competition. If either Sony or Microsoft starts slipping to far behind then the lead company has no incentive to innovate. I remember back when Sony launched the PS3, they had games that did not excite me, a big price tag and a fucking god awful marketing campaign. So I got a 360 and the PS3 floundered. Then, a couple years ago Sony actually started making really awesome games and had brand new, good, funny commercials (Kevin Butler did more to restore that companies image than any of their real executives ever could). Now Microsoft has to get of their asses and build some awesome shit if they want to stay competitive, and I am looking forward to seeing what comes next.

Moral of the story, never let a company think that it has your undying loyalty, remember that you are a customer dammit, and they need to work for your money.


-Fait