PS3 Informer

Fan Boy/Girl War: In many ways this is a driving force

The Fan Boy/Girl War - is there anything that has more dedication and\nfollowers than this? I mean it's a serious issue but for all its\nnegatives it also provides a great deal of positives. In the good old days\nyou got a system and played the games you enjoyed, the system was simply\nthat and it didn't evolve or really change it just remained static and if\nit was 'out flexed' by another console that was simply that. These days\nconsoles are becoming more of a living and breathing piece of technology.\nTake all three major consoles on the market. The user interfaces, the looks, the\nprice, the features and benefits are all an evolved version of themselves.\nThink of how your console looked at its launch stage and look at it again\n- whether it be the physical look, the opening screen and features, the\nmenus - you get the idea?\n\n\n\nThe Wii for example from a Fanboy perspective would hang on the argument\nthat innovation is the reason its sales have surpassed the other two and\nthat this is the best feature. As a response to this the PS3 and 360 now\nhave their own versions of innovation on the horizon with many a developer\ninterested - maybe HD Ports could be on the horizon and as a result this\nwould pull the Wii Fan Boys argument apart (but you see where I am coming\nfrom). Please don't view this as flame bait but as an observation.\n\n\n\nMy thought is it feels like all the hardware teams seem to put out a great\nconsole and then watch what happens. Most of the new features and\ninnovation seem to stem from a Fan Boy Verb-War which in turn isn't the\nbest but is what makes this generation of gaming feel like it moving at\nsuch a pace. With rumours flying around about the PS4 and Xbox 720 when\nthe current consoles are only just starting to settle down and crave the\nstyle, niche and stamp of the industry and that as a comment shows the\npace of the gaming world.\n\n\n\nCompetitive is a word that describes gaming but in a positive way as we\nthe gamer get the benefits here as the war of the consoles can only really\nbe a good thing. At the moment none of the three are sitting there\nthinking they have conquered anything and that for me is a great thing to\nbehold. Gaming as never stretched as far as it does now with nearly\neveryone having access to one if not more of the consoles, all having a\nloyal following with all of them fighting to be the best from all angles.\n\n\n\nI truly think that the Fan Boy War has a little to do with this as devs\nmust be looking at the ideas, the critical views both positive and\nnegative as well as arguments which in turn stem for what feature a\nconsole does or doesn't have. The main thing is that we all remember why\nwe game in the first place and that this is the main and true focal point\nfor the Gaming Industry as one day the accountants may get in and realize\nhow much MORE money they could make from us!\n\n\n\nThe war is far from over but it will be very interesting to see how things\nprogress over the coming few years. In my honest opinion I think we have\nnever had it so good. All the consoles endure peaks and troughs and all\nhave something to offer all in different ways. A true gamer knows this\nwhether they get involved in rants at all - it's all about the game.\n\n\n\nNow where did I put my amazing, well crafted, perfectly designed, best in\nthe market, best in the world and anything else that resembles a Control\nPad - PS3 controller?