So, the Microsoft E3 Press Conference ending a few minutes ago, and the final surprise announcement?

Final Fantasy XIII is coming to XBox 360 - making it no longer a PS3 exclusive.

PS3 Forums has completely gone down for the moment, but needless to say, I'm sure the wank has already begun to fly, if the reaction to losing exclusivity on Devil May Cry 4 is anything to go by. . . .

Update:

And it has begun:

( On PS3 Forums: I won't buy it if it's multi-platform! )

Also some more highlights posted by reeve over on clairvoyantwank, PS3 Fanboy posters are also losing it:

( A little piece of the gamer in me died today )

Update II:

Looks as if Sony themselves aren't escaping blame for this either!

More from PS3 Forums:

( Sony have totally let me down this time )

And these classics from the Playstation.com board (with more thanks to reeve and this post on clairvoyantwank for the heads up):

( Trust in Sony? Gone! )

And even more:

( Sony better show something good tomorrow, or else! )

Update III:

Some tl;dr coming in from the IGN boards - with hate directed at Microsoft, and how the news has made them "emotionally unstable" wrt the company.

( Am I taking this too seriously? )

And NeoGAF has a 40+ page thread of meltdowns, "serious business" and "LOL!" going on:

( How wrong is this? )

And finally, it was only a matter of time. Yes, that's right, the online petition has started!

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Update IV - Day 2 after the FFXIII Goes Multiplat Apocalypse:

I'm kinda hoping this video is just satire - but, from what I understand, no, it's not. Wow. Just . . . Wow. (And the comments just add to the "wow" factor).

ETA: credit to reeve: May just be a dramatic reading (acting?) of a real post on NeoGAF. Or the real person who made the original post. Still, comedy gold. :D

Dearest, beloved, Fandom Wank.

I know you were looking forward to great excitement today. Some of you said words to me that indicated you anticipated fiery 'judgement' upon those who remained fresh and dewey white, those you call n00bs.

Anyway, you got today instead.

Stop anticipating things, we'll just break your hearts.

Sincerely,

Sepia P. Magpie, Esq.



PS: Use this post to reflect on how you could be better people. Or just fuck around in the comments.

This week, entertainment industry magazine Variety reviewed Super Mario Galaxy, probably this year's most highly anticipated Nintendo Wii game. The review contains statements that seem designed to stoke the fires of hardcore Ninty fanboys everywhere, such as: As good as the game is, though, it’s evidence of how bad the Wii is for third person action games, a problem first made clear in last year’s “Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.” Holding the nunchuk, which moves Mario, and the Wii-mote, which makes him jump and spin, in separate hands, is an awkward arrangement.

Statements like these would invite vitriol on their own, but there was also a noticable "Sponsored by Sony" ad at the top of the page (note: it's not there any more). That and the review ending on the note that Mario's graphics are inferior to the latest Rachet and Clank game (a PS3 exclusive) smells more than a bit suspicious to many of the commenters:

( ZOMG CONSPIRACY! )

As an added bonus, the Kotaku and Joystiq threads about the review have some wank (and teal deer) as well, but the best bits seem to be in the Variety comments.

ETA - Somewhat related: Variety posts a news article about the upcoming Ghostbusters game. Included in this piece is the revelation that the Wii, DS, and PS2 versions will be more family oriented, while the PC, 360, and PS3 ones will be targeted towards hardcores. From the Go Nintendo thread's comments: I wouldn’t take anything read in Variety with any more value than what I read in supermarket tabloids.

And: Didn’t we learn not to trust Variety earlier today/yesterday when they reviewed Super Mario Galaxy? I would take this information with a grain of salt, just to be sure.

Moved from clairvoyantwank.

Guy posts a story about how he was told- by a Sony representative, no less- that PS3 demo kiosks freeze on purpose. So people wank. (I should probably mention there's lots of NSFW language in the comments on both articles.)

( A sample of comments from the original article, complete with a very foul-mouthed troll. )

( Digg weighs in as well. )

LOL SONY

Sony has released a new advertisement in the Netherlands, trying to pimp the new white portable PSP. However, this advertisement is somewhat tasteless, or at least really stupid idea on their part; as the advert that they released shows a white woman gripping a black woman by the face (it has since, been recalled).

Of course this brings the wank.

Digital Battle - our friend, rfjason makes a guest appearance in this one.

An article on QJ.net

And for good measure, the LJ community girl_gamers weighs in.

And these are just the hors d'oeuvres, from what I've heard, this has generated a wankstorm on several gaming sites.

EDIT:

Wtf_inc's response, thanks to jezepuff.

And these three beauties are courtesy of jetamors:
Negroclash's response.
Blackfolkwatch's response. - Wherein Asianrevenge is a moron.
Stupid_Free's response. - Wherein Asianrevenge plunges deeper and deeper into the depths of stupidity, and grudgewankery.

The wank on Engagdet, courtesy of figgy.

Adbusters wanks, and is followed up by feminist_rage. Links thanks to ravenclaw_devi.