I thought "Experience" is all what matters. Are we moving to Application now ?
My point was simple - all that ultimately matters is how people take advantage of the power. Power for power's sake is pointless.
Between you Microsoft defending here and in the hardware thread don't you get tired?
If power doesn't matter let this discussion run for people who care about power.
Is it that black and white? You're either 100% against the Bone or you're branded as a defender? This reminds me of growing up in Birmingham, Alabama and then moving into my professional career. I grew up being called a city boy by my family from small town North Alabama but when I started my career in business consulting, I was essentially called a country boy.
The same is true here. In my real life where I have a lot of Xbox-preferring friends, I've been warning them about the consumer unfriendly policies (among other things) of the Bone and have been pushing the PS4 as a viable replacement. However, when posting on a forum that is overwhelmingly pro-PS4, I get labeled a Bone defender because I'm not 100% against. It's all a matter of perspective I suppose.
While I did prefer the 360 last time, my preferences are ever changing. I've gotten every major system (including handhelds) at launch (with the exception of Saturn and Wii U) since 1991 when I got my SNES. My preferences have gone NES > SNES > PS1 > DC > PS2 > 360 in that order over the years (and even within certain generations, I've had some very specific loves that almost swayed the whole generation for me like Goldeneye and Halo). I just love games and I already have both new systems preordered.
It's terrible that people have to qualify themselves when giving opinions to avoid stupid labels. Is that what we want this forum to become?
As to your second point, there are plenty of other threads about pure power. I thought the whole point of this thread variant was to have a slightly different discussion that is NOT just about pure power.