Seems like just yesterday Sony was the "C student" of the gaming world.
I totally understand being opposed to the Xbox One for whatever reasons (as there are many) but the games media have seriously just shit the bed on this whole thing. I would never wish failure on Sony because I'm not a dick, and I preordered it during the press conference too....what frustrates me (because I want to think these writers/podcasters/bloggers aren't swayed by hype of fanboy-ism - that's supposed to be why the get all the products for free) even after the stupid prisoner of the moment e3 hype died down the media is still not pointing out Sony failed to live up to what was expected of them in the past generation while MS continued to one up them with new things, i.e. reinvented their entire platform UI what three times?, constantly added tons of services, and had a network that actually worked and was secure.
Sure Microsoft doesn't deserve any pity for how poorly they handled the announcement and development process of this console, but they deserve way more credit and in the same regard Sony doesn't deserve all the fellatio they're recieveing for scrambling to find games to put on Vita over the past year and basically falling into a winning situation when the media has unanimously interpreted it as "Sony really gets the indie scene, maaaaan."
It's sorta how I feel about Steam fanboyism as well - I mean Steam as an actual program and interface is awful. The program is shit. Yeah, we all like to get stuff cheap but for fucks sake when I click on a game link to read about it and then hit the "back" button Steam can't even remember my place on it's store...I can't imagine allowing something that simple is broken yet nobody says shit. There's games on Steam even Steam doesn't know are there it's so hard to find stuff NOT on the four columns they want to show you. Yet I lost track counting how many times they slammed XBL interface on the Bombcast...seriously? How could you possibly get lost on their store, it's nothing special but it's laid out so clearly I used to want to scream...it was two buttons to find every new release each week and Vinny while being hilarious would be bitching about being lost in his Xbox LOL!...I don't know I got off on a tangent.
All in all - let's stop with so much hyperbole and stick to facts sprinkled with the funny.
ON TOPIC: I doubt you'll hear anything about Sony doing a "180" and copying Microsoft on using twitch as their central video sharing partner instead of Ustream.
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