PS3 Users Moving to Xbox 360 Fact or Fiction?
In the wake of the PSN outage that is pushing three plus weeks, there have been reports flying around that PlayStation 3 users have begun to jump ship and trade their systems in for 
Xbox 360's
It has been said that Edge was on of the first to report this news. From there others began to follow simply by reporting the same rumor repeating the original report as the Holy Grail.
Joe Wilcox from betanews.com states that there is a problem in the original report from Edge. The information edge reported on is largely based on facts and figures from the United Kingdom. Joe continues to say
Based on a massive poll conducted by Betanews and random calls to a half-dozen GameStops, there is no evidence of mass consumer exodus from PlayStation 3 to Xbox 360 -- at least in the States.
This tends to make sense for a couple reasons. The first being, PS3 users are one of the most die hard, hard core gamer groups out there. Ask any PS3 owner what they think of their system, You will likely hear about it being the greatest console ever made. The second, it the recent releases of console sales reports and even the PS3 reported increased sales as well as the Xbox 360.
Personally, I talked with a local GameStop manager and heard the same thing, no PS3 users were rushing in to trade in their systems for 360's. Also interesting enough many forums and even on Twitter and facebook, Ps3 owners have been posting "can't wait wait for the PSN to get back up and running. I'm sure if one looked hard enough you could find someone posting their intention to switch consoles but it simply does not seem to be a trend as many have stated in blogs and news reports everywhere on the internet.
Don't believe everything you hear or see on the internet, just ask someone you know who owns a PS3 and see if they switched...
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