There is no desperation for them to fail, we are simply trying to analyze the situation. And you can hardly call thuway "so called insider" (I presume you are referring to him) since he, along with Bruce Lee Roy, provided the most accurate info regarding next gen.
Granted Bruce Lee Roy seems to be informed, but Thuway ?
And then the E3 bait and switch rumor it is really holding me back to preorder the next xbox. Just to be save. Im not interested in a castrated pc service box. Because i have too many gadgets that can do that already.
A rumour started on here , by someone claiming to have info.
He has been right on for everything so far....
Has he though ?
Seems it goes :
* Throw around a bunch of rumours you read on the net around multiple threads
* Act like you were told them rather than just read them
* 1 or 2 things come true , some one refereed to you as an "insider"
* Things get talked about, name get used as prrof of something in a thread, people read it , assume X must know stuff and go on to reference X in other threads , contributing to his legend.
* X is now a certified insider and is used as proof in console war threads , until....
* Half the stuff they wrote turns out to be hyperbole/lies/damn lies and X disappears for a while before popping back up to continue being "in the know"
Thuway and others like him may or may not have had genuine info at points, or just been better at google than the average forum goer , but the celebrity they are afforded for essentially throwing **** at a wall until something sticks is laughable.