A marketing student in the UK uses social psychology theory (circa 1956) to explain the ignorance of fanboys. Hopefully, fanboys will read this and wake up.
Explaining Fanboyism Through Cognitive Dissonance
Here is a recent article of mine from MI6 Game Marketing

Consoles are a big investment. Like other expensive electrical goods the decision to buy a particular [...]

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Lee J. Yi will be at the Nintendo Press Conference. Torrence, HipHopGamer and Candid Anthony will be at the Sony Press Conference. If for whatever reason, there is no wi-fi at the Kodak Theater, you can follow Lee’s Twitter (www.twitter.com/leejyi). Torrence has a Twitter (www.twitter.com/tordavis) as well. Oh, and Andrea Rene will be on the [...]

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Yes, Duke Nukem is releasing next summer . . . but for the handheld. After seeing the trailer earlier this year, perhaps many of you have been waiting for the next gen version, but no official word on that title as yet. It’s E3 Week, though, so who knows? It’s not clear whether the game [...]

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I love getting these press releases for E3 lineups only to see a bunch of DS and Wii games in the list. Sigh…well for those who love portable last gen gaming, here you go!:

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Resistance 2 Better than halo and bigger than call of duty -Gamepro Magazine
E3 Surprises and Predictions
Console Wars is the past Developer Wars is the future
HipHop Artist Joell Ortiz and Dr. Dre New Video Brooklyn BullS**T
Analog Hype.com Special Guest on the HIPHOPGAMERSHOW

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On today’s episode we discuss:
- Will the winner of E3 win the year?
- PS3 only 2 million after 1 1/2 years in Japan
- The necessary evil of paying $50 for Xbox Live
- Hiphopgamer’s first press event
- Mistertwoturbo gets Fanboy Of The Week
- And much much more…

 

 Standard Podcast: Play Now

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Well here we go again with the dog and pony show.  Sony’s PS3 came in second this month and here is their response to the NPD numbers:

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David Jaffe’s Unannounced Title??????
XBOX 360 Hitting Graphical Limits?
Michael Patcher Surprised at Sales for PS3 and 360
XMB Trophies launching in time for Metal Gear 4
and so much more read on

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Well even though KZ2 got pushed back to 2009, at least we know it’s coming out in February. Sony has their entire year all planned out and now it’s here for you to see. I’d also like to note that this is the biggest press release I’ve ever seen.

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And last but not least we have the Sony NPD results for April. They sold 187,000 consoles in April. Pretty good for a console that’s fighting this war on two fronts. Here’s the full release from Sony:

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It’s an odd footnote to the company’s prediction of 17 million LCD TVs sold throughout FY 2008-2009, but this Reuters article quotes Sony’s target goal of 15 million PSPs in the same FY compared to a “mere” 10 million PS3 consoles.
Bear in mind, both numbers are fairly significant business goals, but both also seem reasonably [...]

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I don’t know if this one’s actually Episode #8. It’s just me and Jon Sitzman going back and forth on a few topics.

Iron Man demo and movie
Marvel movies in general
Comic books made to movies in general
Mario Kart
Grand Theft Auto
Ace Combat 6
HDTV
Future of The Bitbag

 

 Unformatted 1v1: Play Now

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I think everyone was on goofballs for this episode. I’m sure you’ll get a laugh. Here are the topics for Episode 7:

E3
Iron Man
Juno Digital Copy
All the Midway news (esp. UT3 on 360, and MK VS DC)
MGSO issues
Kojima dissappointed in MGSO
Wii Strip (Wii strippers pole)
PS3 Turnaround
Aaron Greenburg
Apple Joining Sony for Blu-Ray
GT5 Prologue 5
Rockstar Social [...]

 

 Standard Podcast: Play Now

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This is great! Sony now responds to NPD numbers. Both Sony and Microsoft should take a seat to Nintendo. No one should be proud to be 2nd or 3rd. Sony however, has had a 100% increase since last year! Here’s the full release from Sony with a little statemen by [...]

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