For anyone that doesn’t care at all about the ensuing “console war,” you can stop reading now, as I’m quite certain you don’t want to read what I’m going to write next… Stu, Dave and Jeremy are probably the only readers that’ll care about this… 😛
So yeah, otherwise, you may (or may not) have noticed a link to “SDF” on the right-hand of the blog, which stands for “Sony Defense Force.” And yes, you simply must go by this site, as it’s possibly the best satirical site on the internet… 😉
If you aren’t keeping up with console sales and reviews, you’ll quickly notice that the Wii is practically printing money for Nintendo and Microsoft’s Xbox 360 enjoys pretty good success, at least in North America. The Sony Playstation 3, on the other hand, is doing neither. That, and it’s games tend to not be so well reviewed and it’s plagued by ridicule of the fan-base that Sony has built up since the late-90s.
Well, then comes along this site, and it’s unbelievably funny…and if it isn’t a satire on Sony Fanboy-ism, and the authors are actually serious, then they need to get their anti-psychotic medications checked… Case in point: they’ve done “reviews” on 4 games, including “Lair,” “Heavenly Sword” and “Warhawk” for the PS3, followed by “Bioshock” for the 360. If you go by Metacritic, “Bioshock” has an average 96% rating, while the three PS3 games are at 56%, 80% and 84%, respectively. SDF is adamant that all three PS3 games deserve 10/10 ratings, while “Bioshock” is only so-so with a 5/10… 😛
Another, more humorous “case in point:” they did a nice article about this months NPD reports, declaring Sony the winner in sales for the month of August. Hopefully, you quickly notice that it was the “Sony Family” that beat out the 360, the Wii, and the DS. That’s with something like 484k for Sony (PS2, PS3 and PSP sales, combined…) and 786k for Nintendo (Wii and DS, combined…). Regardless, it’s rather sad when you have to combine your current generation sales with the previous one’s…
Anyway, the fanboy-ism is rather sad. They frequently talk of how bad “Halo 3” is and how PS3s are just flying off the shelves, while Xbox 360s sit around collecting dust. They really only pick on the 360 and leave the Wii alone, but still…it’s rather hilarious… I guess enough PS3 fans became pissed with the likes of Joystiq and Kotaku constantly making fun of Blu-Ray and the Sixaxis that they just started making stuff up. It’s like a “Weekly World News” for Sony’s PS3…
So yeah, if you want a good laugh, and you hate the PS3 and all of what Sony stands for, you should check it out. It’s pretty funny…