Picture it: special status for Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii console owners

by Vladimir Cole { Oct 2nd 2006 at 1:30AM }

A: Xbox 360 owners
B: PS3 owners
C: Nintendo Wii owners
D: broke

Previously: The first paradox of gaming; Fanboys fight harder

Tags: ds, picture it, PictureIt, ps3, wii, xbox 360

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

sam @ Oct 2nd 2006 1:36AM

Shouldn't "D" be people who own all 3?? which i will be by the end of november, hopefully :)

other than that...sorry, i think this post is kind of pointless...

mountain_rage @ Oct 2nd 2006 1:36AM

Shouldnt d also be placed beside the b?

Ritz @ Oct 2nd 2006 1:36AM

So, you've got a series running now? "Picture it:"? Hrmmm, to be honest the purpose behind it is lost to me. Any elaborations?

I belive that at least this year the only people that are gonna fall on D are either RICH, or more RICH or even RICHER and a few enthusiast who are lonly with no girlfriend and spend all their hard earned income, God why didnt you gave me a girlfriend :(

Bryce @ Oct 2nd 2006 1:40AM

I fall in the AC group.

@1 I think by group D being "broke" means they bought all 3, not none of them.

oobey @ Oct 2nd 2006 1:40AM

Nice picture, but D should've been drawn entirely as a subset of B.

jared k @ Oct 2nd 2006 1:46AM

Hah Vlad, great post. I think you've really adapted the feel of indexed. This one made me chuckle a little. Keep up the good work and don't let the haters out there get to you. Btw, all of your graphs have been correct, some people just don't know how to read them.

I think this is a really cool series you've got going here. Look forward to the next one.

-J

NekoMode @ Oct 2nd 2006 1:47AM

While some might say D should be a subset to B I think thats a bit extreme. You don't reach "broke" levels till you pay $60+ for a title and thats a bit down the road. (assuming there are titles to buy that aren't multiplatform besides the 3 Final Fanasy XIII games) You should instead have D be anywhere where B overlaps with another letter and insert a proposed E in the center of all 3 to represent how you would be driven to "debt" and drowing in credit card bills months later.

bophojones @ Oct 2nd 2006 1:52AM

yep. i'll see you there #2.

Chris @ Oct 2nd 2006 1:56AM

lol, if you guys are that financially hurt... to be completely broke after buying a console.. get a life and stop playing games morons. don't buy something you can't completely afford.

Imadogg @ Oct 2nd 2006 1:58AM

WAIT WAIT WAIT!!!!

Circle B seems to be the largest circle! Joystiq is biased towards PS3!!!!

Noooooooooooooo!!!!!1

Cal (The New Noise Thriller) @ Oct 2nd 2006 1:59AM

Psst. For all you math majors out there, D IS a subset of B...

nothing dude @ Oct 2nd 2006 2:00AM

the spot between A and C should be alot smaller than anything in the PS3 area. It wont take that much or my money to own a 360 and a Wii.

bobman2007 @ Oct 2nd 2006 2:00AM

Picture this: At the intersection of A and C, there is another letter, "E." It represents Wii60 owners. :)

jarod @ Oct 2nd 2006 2:03AM

enough of this retarded graph shit. lets see some news, or at least something interesting. shit like this is gonna make me stray to other game sites.

cringer8 @ Oct 2nd 2006 2:09AM

Vlad + Graphs = Nonsense

The "First Paradox of Gaming" made sense (as simple a concept as it was), but the subsequent attempts at humor have fallen short.

In this latest voyage into the depths of uselessness, certain data points have been left out. For example, in the area where "A" overlaps "B", but *not* "C" there should be a value. Since "A" = PS3 owner and "B" = Xbox 360 owner, the overlap there could be a value of "redundancy." B + C = Bipolar ; C + A = Maximum Fun. Who knows? It doesn't matter.

In the previous iteration (Fanboys Fight Harder), Vlad was merely attacking Nintendo fans for no apparent reason (other than his flagrant bias) and with no supporting documentation. Also, the "graph" was invalid since the two axes did not correlate. Unless the point was, "The more extreme you are, the more of a fight you'll put up." In essence, the two axes were the *same* data set (hence the 1:1 ratio result in the graph). Useless.

I guess college isn't going so well for Vlad based on the intellect he has exhibited on this blog site.

*In Closing*
Vlad, all PC gaming sucks and the Wii will outsell its competition by a ratio of 4:1.

To prove it, I'll give you the same consideration you gave us in regards to "facts" and/or "data"...none.
But I’m right…because.

Concerned @ Oct 2nd 2006 2:19AM

okay now i know why people haven't keyed vlads car yet..

they're saving anything thats sharp and pointy on vlad himself...

good idea..

but i suggest using something blunt..
Vlad needs something blunt..
like a bat...

Kritz @ Oct 2nd 2006 2:16AM

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b89/Kritz117/editz.png

Fixed.

>> Kritz

usagi704 @ Oct 2nd 2006 2:20AM

All of your 'Picture It' articles should be replaced with a picture of someone's ass. It would be more informative and contain more truth.

Mark B @ Oct 2nd 2006 2:25AM

Vlad,

Lots of peeps not showing you any love tonight.

Bob Marley understands though, and so do I.

ill trooper @ Oct 2nd 2006 2:30AM

I loves me some Venn diagrams... See you at the 'D' inersection subset!

Let's see a pie chart or a downloadable PowerPoint presentation!

quicksilverzxc @ Oct 2nd 2006 2:34AM

95% of the other posters are either not smart enough to understand the graphs or have no sense of humor. Why not make the next graph on this pandemic, but then I guess you really never want to insult your viewers....

Vince @ Oct 2nd 2006 2:39AM

* A: Xbox 360 owners
* B: PS3 owners
* C: Nintendo Wii owners
* D: broke
* E: Son of a soccer mom who thinks money falls off trees
* F: Son of a soccer mom who couldn't afford the 360 after buying 'her perfect little ______' his very own PS3
* G: Son of a soccer mom who can't stop crying after he finds out he didn't get the big expensive gift

Vince @ Oct 2nd 2006 2:40AM

Damn, where'd the image go?

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c294/deadlymind/pictureit_consoleownership.jpg

SetupWeasel @ Oct 2nd 2006 2:41AM

If you want to make the case against an Ivy League education, read a post by Vladimir Cole.

I hope he got grandfathered in.

mike jones @ Oct 2nd 2006 2:46AM

Haaaaaaaaaaa HAAAAAAAA! Now that was funny as hell

Zero_ @ Oct 2nd 2006 4:26AM

Kritz is so right.

James @ Oct 2nd 2006 3:09AM

For those that are smart, go buy a PS3 at lauch. Sell it at a profit and get the Wii and 360 for practically nothing.

bm @ Oct 2nd 2006 3:13AM

"lol, if you guys are that financially hurt... to be completely broke after buying a console.. get a life and stop playing games morons. don't buy something you can't completely afford."

"a" console?

Somehow I don't think you get how this works. Don't worry, you'll learn it in highschool.

And you're also taking it seriously while it shouldn't be. Yeah, we definitely got a preteen here.

BPM? @ Oct 2nd 2006 3:29AM

Good Lord. You people have no sense of humor. :/

BLAH BLAH BLAH WE WANT NEWS
Go read a news site. This is a blog. Where they do MORE than JUST report the news.
Enjoy the extras.

I've found these posts amusing. I don't see what's so wrong with it. :/

Devilmachine @ Oct 2nd 2006 3:45AM

this is brillant, everything makes sense now :)

rautiocination @ Oct 2nd 2006 3:51AM

If you truly believe all his graphs so far are correct, I highly recommend printing them out and having a math teacher explain the rudimentary things which you are ignoring. If you are no longer in middle/high school, then I seriously feel bad for you. Put down the goddamn controller and learn something.

That said, this is the first error free diagram of the series.

Pulse @ Oct 2nd 2006 4:05AM

The Xbox is still expensive compared to the Wii, so Wii could say the same thing about Xbox 360, put D for both B and A, its C all the way, the only console worth its price ;)

leojsoap @ Oct 2nd 2006 4:21AM

Thanks negative commenters, I'd expect to hear such finicky nitpicking in the breakroom after a corperate meeting. I suppose the phrase "BECAUSE TEH INTERNETS IS SERIOUS BUISNESS" holds some weight with you guys.

I for one, appreciate the humor Vlad, seperates you guys from the run of the mill news-sites.

Mike @ Oct 2nd 2006 4:22AM

Seriously, why are there so many non-news posts on this BLOG? Especially over the weekend, which everyone knows is the peak time of the week for game news. I can't believe you guys have so little journalistic blah, blah, blah.

Honestly, if some of you don't like the dude's posts that's your prerogative but those of you who feel the need to stop and post something hostile and aggressive everytime he posts anything need to chill out. You're not paying for anything. If you don't like the content deal with it.

@23: Yes, yes he would.

See also:

http://www.joystiq.com/2006/10/01/picture-it-fanboys-fight-harder/

Vlad, why don't you post something related to gaming instead of some site you're desperately pimping?

Oh, right, it wouldn't be like Joystiq to do so.

If you're ever at Kotaku, look me up.