N4G Vs Digg: Which One Provides Better Gaming News?

I been around N4G for quite some time and I have never seen anything like last week when the entire front page consisted of articles about how Sony's going to fail in 2009 or how dead the sales were on Christmas.

La Chance when was the last time the X360 had an entire week with the front page filled with hate from the Media? Because this is not the first time for the PS3...

No wonder you have less bubbles than me.

You lost all credibility with me the minute you isolated the "American Fanboy". The first thing it does is make you look ignorant as hell. The second thing it does is make you look like a moron.

Had you just said fanboys I could validate your comments, but since you are trying to single out american fanboys and not fanboys from other places, I'll just comment directly to you by say "GO TO HELL".

Im sorry to say this but MS 360s still do RROD. Thats a truth. If people still believe RRODs do not occur as often because of the Jasper units, then why hasnt MS post their failure rate? Its because they dont want everyday consumers to know. People can claim Novemeber sales of PS3 were bad in comparison to last year. Thats also a truth. You can blame to competitive pricing, spin it however you want. However, all the death to blu-ray articles were speculations without much evidence to back it up. Infact, many articles proved it otherwise.

Last but not least, you act all high and mighty as if you are not a fanboy with an unbiased attitude. Granted, you use spell check now but when you state "Its simply incredible to see you guys complain and act like victims when we...," you lost all credibility. You too are a hyprocrit for stating "we" as a xbox360 fanboy.

I never go to Digg for news. I only go to Digg to look at the top 10 Diggs of the day, read the comments, and get a good laugh. I don't care if N4G is full of fanboys or w/e, I still represent this site. I've been here since day one! GAF is next b*tches!

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And what kind of "news" is this article anyhow?.. comparison of 2 totally different sites?

nothing can be worse than N4G surely??!!

shadowflare: cry me a river, you are all over every 360 thread rrod, disc scratching why pay for live, yet gripe when there's a few negative ps3 threads lol. hypocrisy at it's finest.

N4G ya Digg? LOL the fanboys make N4G a better gaming website.Things would be so boring around here if there were no fanboys.

Digg > N4g

The only thing people do here is nag each other about which system is better.

When too human came out it covered the whole front page with negative 360 news. So much so that any positive review of the game actually got flamed by sony fanboys.

In fact, most of this summer the front page was just one big anti-360 advertisement.

At least the PS3/Blu-Ray articles have some sense of logic with them. Microsoft is making more money than ever off their gaming division (sans the 3 year extended warranty), and it still got the "360 is dead" articles.

Sony's stuck behind strong competition and emerging competition with a more expensive product that it's losing money on in a recession while it's trying to cut spending to make up for it's other divisions. That goes for both the PS3 and Blu-Ray. I'll get disagrees for it, but you can only do so much to convince an ostrich there's nothing there when it's got its head buried in the sand.

Too Human was justifiably covered with neggative reviews because the general concensus found the game boring. The same goes with Lair. I wouldnt stretch and say the whole summer was as an anti-360 campaign because the games during that time were infact not so great. Even MGS4 was attacked because of its extended movie cutscenes but that was deemed ok to the public.

As for bias articles pertaining "[insert] console as dead," those were articles only to fuel the flame to generate hits. To claim "PS3 is dead" articles having more logical explanation may seem erroneous because console sales at that time were higher than their counterpart, MS 360. In addition, dont quote me if im wrong but all companies within the first several years sell their consoles at a loss while software sells generate revenue excluding possibly the Wii. The "360 is dead" articles were wrong too because as you mention, they are generating revenue off hardware sales. We will always see "dead" articles until a new console is created, but in reality none of them are dying except Sega lol.

As for Sony cutting expenses on the PS3 and Blu-ray to make up for the other divisions seemed debatable because as a spectator, we will never know the true reasons behind it and what cuts are made. Furthermore, Sony does not publicly announce how their money is spent behind the scenes whereas Microsoft's incentive spending can be seen through the early adoption of multiplatforms and DLCs. In addition, Sony's stock is ahead by two points to Microsoft's stock. That alone prooved Sony is not dead and will be a strong competetor in the future. However, i do agree Sony loss an oppurtunity to gain revenue because of the recession with a higher market price on their console (which was partly to be blamed by Microsoft's smart price cut).

The game wasn't that boring. Have you played it? or are you assuming it's boring based off the negative reviews that plastered this site for 2 weeks? That was by far a bigger media sh!tstorm than anything related to PS3 right now.

That still doesn't account for every other week this past summer where "RROD" "360 is dead" "M$ is ruining games" covered the front page, and I guarantee you none of those came from places like CNN and NYTimes.

I played the Demo and yes I did not like it, but does that matter? I stated the "General concensus" found it boring, not my personal opinion. If we can not use media outlets to assist our purchases with reviews, why would one buy a game blindly for $60. Too Human had neggative media outings because it was infact "boring" to the public. This is speculative but there is a possiblity during the summer, there was nothing to report except the game "Too Human."

As for "RROD" "360 is dead" "M$ is ruining games" articles, RROD stories for the most part do happen. Granted, most of the articles come from blogs without sufficient evidence to back it up. However, people denying the fact of RROD are ignorant or naive to believe so. The failure rate is there, MS just wont state it.

The 360 is dead articles are purely opionated stories with bias analysts clamoring to their beliefs, which in the end are FUBAR stories. Please read above from my previous comment which explained why "dead" articles makes no sense.

MS ruining games are opionated articles. However, there are a rare occasion of a few stories that proved their case with valid points. The one fear I had with multiplatforms was limiting the capabilities of gameplay and graphics from one console to another.

Last but not least, of course people would not see any neggative views for MS from CNN. Thats because they have been attacking Sony since their gaming branch was invented. Their first articles were about a mother allowing her son to be ripped off at a Gamestop by buying and selling PS3/Xbox360 consoles while at the same time, illegally selling a World of Warcraft account to generate flamebait hits. If you ask me, thats an unproffesional websource for gaming media. I can not vouch for NYTimes though because I dont read it.

This may seem farfetched to true gamers such as us, but it all comes down to money in the end. Look at Kotaku for example, most of their articles bash Sony on a daily basis. However, Sony's current advertisement investments on their website changed the editors reviews from neggative to neutral.

"thats because they have been attacking Sony since their gaming branch was invented. Their first articles were about a mother allowing her son to be ripped off at a Gamestop by buying and selling PS3/Xbox360 consoles while at the same time, illegally selling a World of Warcraft account to generate flamebait hits. If you ask me, thats an unproffesional websource for gaming media."

How does that attack sony? It was a gamestop attack. But if CNN and the NY times don't do it for you, how about the wallstreet journal? These are all credible news sources that might not know games, but know business. I think they'd have a better idea on major business moves than gamer.blorge.com...

The CNN article indirectly or directly (depending on one's interpretation) attacked Sony stating it was inferior and how her 12 yr. old child was making sound judgement moves (as if her child was the best analyst) by selling his PS3 for Xbox360 for the best value.
As a result, i despise "credible" news source such as CNN. For example, during the Obama vs. McCain debates, their newscast focused mainly on the neggative parts of both campaigns while failing to mention anything political [i.e., Obama's wife's quote taken out of context or the neggative portrayal of McCain's VP running mate (forgot her name)] or possitive news.

As for NYtimes and Wallstreet Journal, i agree they are credible sources but prying into the gaming industry without any research can net bad press. CNN is the perfect example. As i mentioned before, i have never read any of NYtimes or WSJ's articles on gaming, so i can not make any fair judgements. Those credible sources should stick to their strenghts (business) and avoid their weaknesses (gaming). Let the gaming websites review games or consoles. Last but not least, i personally do not use blogs for reviews with a few exceptions which goes with my personality but i do not represent everyone.

It was nice having an intellectual arguement with you. =)
Dont see that often here.

The community in the forums and in some cases here on the main site isn't bad. I've actually discussed many other things than games here too like politics or sports. Yeah there are probably more fanboys here but oh well. You'll find em lots of places.

I like N4G, it's news and comedy :). There might be alot of flamebait articles in-between the real news, but no gaming article is overlooked at N4G