The 'ultimate proof' that PS3 is winning

The deafening din of a million, argumentative keystrokes. Silenced. The endless wave of hyperbolic, hyperactive hype. Held back. The battle of technology, software and back-of-the-box bullet points. Over. At last, the console wars can draw to a close, the vision of its victor burning bright in our minds and hearts as it crushes off-white shells beneath its monolithic frame. Here is the "ultimate proof" that Sony is winning: A CNBC business reporter and Los Angeles Emmy award winner, Jane Wells, has a son who totally ditched his 360 for a PSTriple.

Now now, don't discount the 16-year old boy's prescient abilities -- Mom writes he "tells me the latest trend three months before I read about it in the media." An avid Xbox fan, trend watcher Jane Wells Jr. (not his real name) decided to trade in his cherished system for a PlayStation 3, shortly after hearing about a little game called Metal Gear Solid 4 in Sony's E3 press conference. Sony's 2008 E3 press conference.

Following this discovery, not to mention news of other exclusive titles and "the awesomeness of Blu-ray," he "promptly packed up his Xbox 360 and all his games and went down to Game Stop to trade them in." And that about wraps it up for Microsoft and Nintendo. Our biggest regret in all this? Not telling our mom about that time we sold our PlayStation to fund the purchase of best console ever, the Dreamcast. We could have made a difference.

[Via Deantak]

Reader Comments (167)

WHat? Have you ever touched a 360 controller that has wires? Because I sure as fuck haven't.

Well it may have wireless controllers with some packages, but my point was, you need a stinking big wire stuck in the back for broadband, why no wireless broadband and why charge 100 bucks for an ugly attachment for something that should be standard.

Well im with this kid i never play my 360 anymore lol its ps3 for me... But lost odyssey and ninja gaiden 2 keep me at least turning the xbox on lol.

Joystiq should have made the article:
"Emmy Award Winning, Business Reporter Mom buys 16 year old son a Mature Rated Game"
Maybe that'll stir up some controversy! Stick all this video game violence media shit right back in their face...

@ Marty earlier on Comment of the Year (TM)

'Seriously though, can we stop this trend where people feel like they can't comment on this stuff without prefacing their comments with "I own both systems, so..."

I don't care if you own both systems, all three, or none. Not all of us want to spend our money on every video game machine available, and we all have the right to an opinion, regardless of what system(s) we own. No need to add this disclaimer to all your comments.'

Well I don't all three systems so, I clearly don't have money to piss away on a PS3 when the 360 has all the games I want. I'm getting a Wii for free later this year to play the 5-10 "hardcore" titles worth getting- the only other thing I need is a DS with Mr Driller's Drill Spirits for those awkward toilet breaks.

My opinion is: if you own all three consoles you've got more money than sense, and at least one of those consoles is gathering dust (YMMV).

I kinda agree. The way i've always worked is to only own Nintendo platforms, and thus i was able to buy all of the games on the platform i wanted (and I rarely wanted for new titles. The only year that was bad for that was 2005 when DS was slowly starting and GC, sans RE4, was more or less dead)

Sure, it's caused me to miss a lot (a great lot, except on the handheld front), but that way i can focus my attention most on the platforms i love best

"if you own all three consoles you've got more money than sense"

That's a pretty broad...not to mention ignorant statement.

Umm...I counter that....actually owning all three probably means I have more sense....which in turn is is why I have more money.

Hence I can afford all 3 systems and all the games I want....while you cannot and are stuck being a fanboy.

"Umm...I counter that....actually owning all three probably means I have more sense....which in turn is is why I have more money."

Yeah, I see what you did there... very logical! I'm not 'stuck being a fanboy', I DO have the money to buy a PS3 and a Wii. I just bought a Macbook Pro instead. What is the sense in buying a PS3 when the majority of its games are on Xbox 360 and run better on it? Now THAT is truly stupid.

Good for him. More kiddies for the PS3. Luckily for me I was FINALLY able to get rid of my PS3!

when i saw the title and picture, at first, i thought dc games were coming to PSN, and was halfway out the door to buy a ps3. :(

Stupid comment system.

anyway the Dreamcast didn't fail, we failed the Dreamcast.

I'm soo glad I have both consoles in this generation, I don't have to worry about which one gets what exclusive. Oh, I also have both handhelds for this generation as well. It took a while for me to get the 360, but now that I do have it I'm free to get every big game released this time around.

Well, the Dreamcast really was amazing.

So the PS3 is out in 3 months?

Aaah...the DREAMCAST.....such a good system...with many ideas ahead of tis time.

Online Gaming...Check
Web Browsing...Check
Controller that could accept new attachments in 2 slots..Check.
Analog Trigger Buttons....Check

If it had been a DVD Player and a good string of 2nd Gen support.....

I don't care who "wins" the console wars, but this is one of the best written posts ever on Joystiq. Bravo Ludwig.

wow that article sucked balls,so pretty much the 'ultimate proof' that sony is winning the console war is that some 16 yr old kid traded in his xbox?! okay... assuming that MGS4 is a good game, it still doesn't change the fact that a console cant be successful if it only has one game that is fun and exclusive to sony. Especially if its sales are shithouse and every other game that doesnt suck is availible to other consoles.

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