Will Activision Kill Sony?

Genesis5 - 174 days 16 hours ago

I have 45 PS3 games and not one of them are made by Activision. Make of that what you will.

Why has N4G taken such an anti Sony stand? Not very becoming of a gaming web site trying to be taken seriously. This is probably at least the 5th article like this today and the 20th of the week.

Not trying to point fingers but this can only end up costing the site visitors in the long run.

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chewy317 - 174 days 16 hours ago

This is such a joke, everyone knows activision wont do it, they are simply saying it to voice their concerns, not announcing it.

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KampferZeon - 174 days 16 hours ago

I think the only way to stop these pointless blogs from anonymous sites is to have a "Disapprove" button next to the "Approve" button

Of course that will create a problem of "approve" and counter "disapprove" fanboys mini wars.

But assuming the majority of N4G users are reasonable, and set a ratio of "2 disapprove" can cancel out "1 approve" then, these pointless stories will have a much longer time showing on the main page.

Of course banning the original post contributor could help too, but they could always create a new account.

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chewy317 - 174 days 15 hours ago

Its sad how these articles still manage to get approval, even when they write nonsensical and utterly stupid articles.

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GWAVE - 174 days 15 hours ago

Hahahahah! Didn't even give their site a click. What a funny joke.

I can't say I'm surprised that it was Bloodmask who approved this.

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Hellsvacancy - 174 days 15 hours ago

Instead of that how about killin the source of these bullsh|t articles - BLOODMASK

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ultimolu - 174 days 15 hours ago

Show me how much it'll hurt?
Please show everyone an example of this. One company is going to doom the PS3.

Keep it up.

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ABizzel1 - 174 days 15 hours ago

Hells no. It would put a damper on Sony, but it would kill Activision.

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Double Toasted - 174 days 15 hours ago

Can you pm me a list of those games please.

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xztence - 174 days 15 hours ago

"certain fans" are at it again with their "ps3 is DOOMED" articles.
please use your time for something else then posting worthless joke articles on this pathetic joke of a site.

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mastiffchild - 174 days 15 hours ago

I know.I honestly doubt he has time to EVER play a game as he's too caught up in a personal quest to find these know-nothing copy and paste "Sony iz teh doooomed!!" articles.

Plus anyone, or any site taking Activision as anything other than THE mobet reviled company in gaming right now is being very daft. Why don't we wait and see if a price cut/slim launch alongside GT5 or GOW3 happens and then see how "doomed" PS3 is(even if seven/ten of my favourite games this gen have been PS3 games). Even now it's still selling at the same pace the 360 did over it's first three years(one of which it had NO competition)and at a higher price.

Every week Sony get nearer to making a profit as costs are cut from what was a flabby company drunk on success selling a system with dear parts(another cost currently being slashed)so the tone of these artcles gets ever more frantic-and in any case the install base is already both too big to abandon and too lucrative too.

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SuperM - 174 days 15 hours ago

fool.com

i dont even have to insult them, they say it so well themselves.

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HolaTarola - 174 days 15 hours ago

@Genesis, like you I also have 42 PS3 games, not a single one of them is made by Activision.. I'm looking forward to Modern Warfare 2 though..

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Jinxstar - 174 days 15 hours ago

Report the story and user. It breaks the guidelines

You can also post articles to N4G. Articles posted to N4G should be of interest to the gaming community and be professional and well written. Opinion pieces are also OK as long as they are 'written by well established websites' or 'people who work in the game industry.'

We don't need anymore of this BS Bloodmask keeps submitting.

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xwabbit - 174 days 15 hours ago

If they did this, i would hurt them more. Half of there $ came from all Sony platforms, and when it comes to money they get a bigger share than Sony

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darkride66 - 174 days 15 hours ago

And ignoring the fact that the PS3's lifetimes sales is millions better than the 360 at this point in it's life.
How can so many journalists all overlook that one simple fact?

Edit: And how can anyone disagree with that? It's a fact. 2 1/2 years in, PS3 is just shy of 23 million. The 360 was at 19 million. Obviously consumers have spoken, and they're adopting the PS3 much quicker than they did the 360.

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All Time Greatness - 174 days 15 hours ago

^^^^Sorry but LOL @ Nasim having a Hissy fit.

Nasim, stop trying to hide and just have one of your classic BS spam fest's where you make up all your facts and numbers because none are in PS3's favor.

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solidjun5 - 174 days 15 hours ago

Fool.com huh? Tell me something poor man's Walter Kronkite; How long did it take for you to write this article this time? You must be getting better at this. I mean, how is it that you're the only one finding these precious articles from websites/publications from website no one else and their momma could find? hmmmm...

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kwyjibo - 174 days 14 hours ago

The Motley Fool is one of the top ranking investment sites around.

Whether or not you agree with the opinion, this isn't some niche website - it ranks consistently higher in traffic ranks than N4G. You and your momma might not know it, because actually putting money where your mouth is, ie investing, scares you.

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EDIT - Yes, of course you invest, that's why you've never come across fool.com. Have you heard of the WSJ? The Financial Times?

I take it you just go by the stars. Imbecile.

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talltony - 174 days 14 hours ago

Have to be a complete idiot to think Sony would let activision get away. It's not gonna happen, Sony will work something out if they are serious. But trust me nothing will happen people, ull see.

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IdleLeeSiuLung - 174 days 14 hours ago

I agree, fool.com is a great resource of information and opinion pieces.

It is far from a blog type site and people will pick a apart an article given the opportunity. I like fool.com because people there are logical even though they might disagree with you.

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Shadow Flare - 174 days 14 hours ago

This is no longer a news site really is it? Its just a digital land-fill for garbage these days. "Will the ps3 last another year?". For someone to even ask that is border line retarded. "Will sony quit hardware?", "Next ps3 to be bluray-less". These aren't articles, they're opinions that aren't wanted on this site because the level of stupidity is unprecedented. It makes me wonder if there are actually any professional writers in the gaming world or if they're all just fanboys and spastics

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solidjun5 - 174 days 14 hours ago

NOOOO, I haven't heard of it artard!

I'm going to get my investments tips just like you. Go to Madame Cleo and have her tell me which is good, all while screaming "TELL ME NOW!". It's working for you, isn't it? imbecile.

EDIT: you astound me. If you want to know that. I go to scottrade.com. My cousin is a broker. I'm not telling you my portifilio. What else you want my social security. BYE.

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commodore64 - 174 days 14 hours ago

will activision kill sony?

nooo.
Sony is doing that themselves.

The PS3 is in third place, and likely to stay there until 2015 and beyond.
It's just astounding how many people seek to spin this with rhetoric and half-baked opinions.
Predictably, a flame bait article like the one above shows up and out come the Sony apologists.

Given the overwhelming success of the ps2, weren't we all expecting so much more from the ps3?
The ps3 is, after all, the third iteration of the world winning playstation brand.
Yet.... Sony messed it up, royally!
Is it any wonder the head honcho of activision is making these calls?

Consumers certainly have spoken and they have voted the ps3 into third place.

End of.

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Hisiru - 174 days 14 hours ago

You have 45 games but you don't have Call of Duty and Guitar Hero? What kind of loser are you?
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@OT:
This will hurt but the PS3 has a lot of excelent exclusives (MGS4, Uncharted, Killzone 2, etc), PS3 owners will not miss Activision.

@Edit:
btw you can't die without play Uncharted.

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kwyjibo - 174 days 14 hours ago

lol solidjun, you claim you invest, yet you've never heard of the Motley Fool.

I just don't believe you. I don't believe that anyone could go into the stock market, doing so little research on the companies and instruments on offer - to have not come across the Motley Fool.

It's not whether you accept what they say or not, but to be so blind ignorant that you've never heard of them. It's just incredulous.

I take it all the investing you do, is placing it into your bank. I mean, who's your broker? What are your positions?

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And yet, you're somehow claiming that I goto Madame Cleo? There's absolutely no logic to your misplaced insults. I suggested you goto the stars for advice, because you have no idea about the financial media landscape. Yet you claim that it's me, someone who actually researches their picks who looks to gypsies.

Get your act together. Your lack of knowledge is astounding.

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xwabbit - 174 days 14 hours ago

Shadow don't for get "Should Sony Stop making Hardware?"

commodore64 u rlly dk anything do u lol, 360= 16 months b4 the PS3 was out. PS3 has been selling faster, haven't u seen NPD data lately or what ?

Some people in here are rlly slow man lol

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Consoldtobots - 174 days 13 hours ago

"The console may not survive another year"

stopped reading the intro right there, anyone who thinks Sony will pull the plug on its flagship console in the next year is smoking some SERIOUS dope.

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rockleex - 174 days 13 hours ago

If I don't click on the link, then this website will not get any hits from me. Meaning less profit for the website. But will that kill the website?

No! There are hundreds of thousands of other people who will click on the link. Not only that, the website probably posts up multiple articles per day so this article alone doesn't determine the website's future.

On that same note, Activision is not the PS3's only source of revenue. In fact, if Activision left... other devs will just step in. Sony will just fund more devs and create more exclusive IPs. PS3 gamers who want Activision games will just buy it for the PC.

Everybody wins... except for Activision. They'll just miss out on 4-6 million sales per COD game. ^_^

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NickIni - 174 days 13 hours ago

Realistically, the chances of Activition stopping to support Sony are slim. Why would any company cut out a massive proportion of the market? A proportion which continues to grow.

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SupaPlaya - 174 days 12 hours ago

And it's coming back to haunt us!!

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LoVeRSaMa - 174 days 12 hours ago

Imo Sony could live off its first party line up, some multiplat devs could not touch Sony.

Source = fool.com

enough said.

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rockleex - 174 days 12 hours ago

About 20 minutes into the episode, they talk about Activision's statements about the PS3.

Its a pretty good analysis of the situation.

http://www.gametrailers.com...

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darkpower - 174 days 10 hours ago

Yet this site is "run by the PS3 fanboys/SDF" that "work fast".

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Jaces - 174 days 10 hours ago

No.

But it will hurt Activision significantly.

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nothere413 - 174 days 10 hours ago

JUST ANOTHER "PS3 IS A DYING BREED" ARTICLE, FOLKS. NOTHING TO SEE HERE!

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jadenkorri - 174 days 9 hours ago

I've almost completely stopped coming here, might come once a week now if lucky, but every time, its anti ps3 articles... Look 360 fanboys,the ps3 is not failing, its journalism thats failing, the lack of intelligence, lack of investigation, lack of everything thats common sense, which then give blogger fanboys to post these stupid articles. Activision will not leave sony, it would be stupid if they did.

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slayorofgods - 174 days 8 hours ago

Everyone with a brain knows the PS3 will survive another year. The author and the supporters of this article know it as well, they are just trying to release their animosity towards the PS3 and I think every PS3 owner reading this article understands that all too well.

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slayorofgods - 174 days 6 hours ago

Is it because...
1. You want the PS3 to fail and by dissagreeing with any pro PS3 comment gives you the power to bring down the PS3.
or
2. The PS3 will no longer be on the market in one year because of activision.

#1 makes the most sense.

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gambare - 174 days 4 hours ago

"Will Activision Kill Sony?"

Did Rare killed Sony?
Did Epic killed Sony?
Did Valve killed Sony?

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x__JL__X - 174 days 2 hours ago

First off, this is laughable at best to even think one company with really only 2 games (franchises) that people buy, could even begin to kill Sony. And one of those franchises has a very definite substitute in Rock Band (that Sony Music might even start backing well just to spite Activision if something like this happened). That being said, I'm just laughing this off and moving on.

Now on to the whole Bloodmask thing. I agree that he posts some of the most flamebait lame articles around, so I'm not going to defend him. Though not all the blame should be layed on him, as some also needs to go onto the ones that approved this article. Here's the problem: If you pay attention, you'll notice that several of these people who approve articles (at least a couple that approved this even) they go through and just approve every article they come across (assumedly to rack up score or something? i don't know, but they do), even going so far as to blatantly ignore any valid reports and approve anyways (and several of these people have several approval votes so their approval holds some real weight in getting flamebait articles through). Of course it doesn't help when some people seemingly have mods in their pocket or something and all reports against said user and his/her submissions are ignored.

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u got owned - 173 days 23 hours ago

Why n4g, why?

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Game13a13y - 173 days 23 hours ago

i didn't even bother to click and read that garbage. anyone with half a brain could figure out that this just ain't gonna happen. Activision needs Sony, if they cut support for Sony consoles, its like saying they are literally cutting their own hands and legs off. please, if these dumbass should try to write a flamebait article, at least gave more effort on trying. meh.

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Raz - 173 days 21 hours ago

Well...at least the site has the right name. There's obviously a wide variety of fools running around on there.

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Syronicus - 173 days 17 hours ago

Not Activision's. I do however think that this article is trash and that there is no way Activision will follow through with their silly threat.

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LarVanian - 174 days 15 hours ago

The real question is how can one simple game company kill a huge big corporation that specializes in movies, music, games,consoles, tvs and mp3s such as Sony? lol

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LarVanian - 174 days 15 hours ago

Lol nice to have you back.

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Zhuk - 174 days 15 hours ago

Only Xbox 360 has the biggest and best hits for 2009 and 2010, with a countless array of AAA titles being announced and displayed at E3 the Xbox 360 is going to completely transform the way we enjoy home entertainment in the living room, effectively finally giving consumers the power of a digital lifestyle at their fingertips.

While the Xbox 360 gets more and more AAA hits every year, the PS3 continues its lame duck status with endless mediocre titles that fail to resonate with the public due to the inferior quality of Sony titles. Nobody wants to play games like Uncharted, Killzone or Infamous when compared to the hottest Xbox 360 exclusives that come out every holidays.

The PS3 is dying fandroids, and its because of the PS3's inferior architecture and Sony's inherent inability to provide games that people actually want to play for the system.

The people have spoken, and they side with Xbox 360

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LarVanian - 174 days 15 hours ago

I wish Dark Sniper was here. It would be great seeing him and Zhuk battle it out lmao.

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TheMART at Xboxkings - 174 days 14 hours ago

@ OmarJA

Dude I only count two

KZ2 got higher then 9 out of 10 but is generic
Uncharted 2 will be above 9 out of 10

Thats about it with your AAA PS3 games there.

360 gets Forza 3, Halo: ODST and L4D 2

Don't know dude, you count like a donkeys ars.

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ZOMBIEMAN1 - 174 days 14 hours ago

you just thought me something today you thought me it is possible for a fanboy to be that retarded you are more retarded than jason 360 360 man & why dis congratulations your 2 comments are so retarded and just delusional really have you seen the PS3 games of 09 even Aaron Greenburg from MS thinks MLB 09 The Show for PS3 is the best baseball game really i could go and prove you wrong on everything you just said but what would be the point you'd just call me a droid and make sh!t up to prove yourself right . go kill yourself or get mental help you need it
EDIT
@ TheMart you also forgot MLB 09 The Show AAA

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iDystopia - 174 days 14 hours ago

Sony just give up and GTFO, I'm soo tired of hearing about how bad you and your PS3rd sucks.

Thanks.

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dustgavin - 174 days 14 hours ago

Don't mind the angry 360 fans. They are all just scared of the imminent destruction to their outdated console. If Ps3 is able to keep up with 360 having a year lead and price cuts, imagine what is going to happen once the price drops and the PS3 slim console comes out.

Microsoft fans are just scared and bashing on Ps3 is all they have.

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DarkSniper - 174 days 12 hours ago

Activision has grossed up to several billion dollars off the PlayStation franchise alone. PlayStation 2 leads the way in Guitar Hero sales surpassing Xbox 360 by double the amount. Sony's platforms gives Activision the proper headway to catapult their finances and capitalize on their status as the number one publisher.

Without Sony, Activision would plummet into bankruptcy. Their livelihood depends on the Sony Snipers that spans across three platforms, each of which provides a stable of AAA games to compliment their own lineup of games.

Xbox 360 has no place in today's gaming industry. With the fall of Activison, Microsoft will perish along with them. It's painstakingly obvious that Xbox 360 is on the state of decline and not even Activision can rescue Microsoft from their financial and technological failures.

Sony doesnt need Activision, Activision needs Sony.

$niper

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zag - 174 days 1 hour ago

mmm... Sony game Div bleeding cash every month?

Even though from a business view point Sony's game div on some months sells more than the Wii and 360's combined monthly sales.

maybe the sites name, is what the person who wrote this is.

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Ilikegames76 - 173 days 23 hours ago

is more likely to kill MS than Activision killing Sony.

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AngryTypingGuy - 173 days 17 hours ago

OK, I'm am convinced that Zhuk and Dark Sniper are the same person and just messing with everybody. You guy(s) are hilarious! C'mon Zhuk/Sniper, am I right? PM me and let me know, I won't tell!

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Murderdolls - 174 days 15 hours ago

Nah 360/wii will keep them afloat just fine.

Guitar Hero 3 for example

360 - 4.2 million
wii - 4.2 million
PS3 - 1.8 million

COD4

360 - 7.5 million
PS3 - 4.3

Ya see? Nothin to worry about. If COD goes 360 exclusive it'll just shift another 4 million consoles no biggie.

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JockamoTwo - 174 days 15 hours ago

Great use of numbers. Bubbles up.

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ArcticWolfUK - 174 days 14 hours ago

@ murderdolls
add the PS2 n PSP sales ontop of that n then see how much there losing out

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Murderdolls - 174 days 7 hours ago

Lol that'll never happen.

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II Necroplasm II - 174 days 15 hours ago

Oh my..

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Dr_Nefarious - 174 days 13 hours ago

RedNeckBot? Really......mmmmmmm.mmmmmm.mmm mmm. Oh hell no, you just didn't say redneck. Boy, oh boy. Wish I knew you in person. You droids really are stupid.

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All Time Greatness - 174 days 15 hours ago

I pity you Nasim.

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Wiimaniac - 174 days 12 hours ago

140.5 million PS2 VS 24 million Xbox

is not the same as

30.20 million X360 VS 22.73 million PS3

The first Xbox is what you call a real disaster... Those numbers are just too crazy. And again you fail Mart. Don't you ever get tired of failing? Everybody has a limit for stupidity but yours goes beyond of what the word can describe.

Don't you have any shame on you left? If you still have some then just shut-up cuz you just got owned. =)

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silverchode - 174 days 3 hours ago

next gen the ps3 will be back on top, then apple will come out with a console and destroy ms,sony and nintendo xD

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TheMART at Xboxkings - 174 days 14 hours ago

Your comment already was unreadable, but you should do it like this, it would fit you even better!

"NO THAY CANT KIL SONY BUT ROD CAN KIL DA XBOX LOK AT XBOX FALE RAETS 3VERYONA KNOW XBOX SI ONLEY WINNG DA SYST3M WAR BC OF IDIOTS BUYIN THEM OVER AND OVAR WH3N TH3Y BR3AK LIEK IDIOTS ALSO Y DOASNT MICROSOFT SHOW WHICH SYST3MS BLONG 2 NU M3MAMBRS AND DO3SNT HAEV DA SME ACOUNT ON OTHAR XBOX 360S ALSO MICROSOFT HAD 2 RALEAES 1 YR EARLEIR BC THAY KNOW PS3 WUD KIL 360 IF RELEAES SMA DAY"

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The Xbox Empire - 174 days 13 hours ago

lol Who's in denial?

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TheMART at Xboxkings - 174 days 13 hours ago

Wow, start going to school and learn how to make a normal piece of text!

Here you go, your own text the way you stupid fandroid tard should write it:

"LAARN 2 R3AD 3NGLISH U DUMBAZ AL U DO SI TROL PS3 NEWS BC UR SCAERD PS3 SI GOIN KIL XBOX SAELS WIT A PRIEC DROP U DNGLABRY U AL U XBOTS DO SI TOK SAELS AND SAELS HOW ABOUT TEH 1ST 6MONTHS OF 08 PS3 OUT SOLD XBOX IN NORTH AMERICA AND THAN XBOX GOT A LEAD WIT A PRIEC DROP BUT WATE TIL SONY DROPS PRIEC AGANE PS3 SAELS R GOIN UP MORE IF UR XBOX SI SO GOD Y ANET U ON IT PLAYIN IT INSTEAD OF TROLNG PS3 NEWS U IDIOT"

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KionicWarlord222 - 174 days 12 hours ago

Now your avatar is more "fearful" then ever.

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