Being smart with ones money makes one a fanboy? Of course Sony is going to create hype. What company doesn't hype their console, or their upcoming movie release, or their album release, etc.? Whether they live up to it is still to be seen, but people are quick to jump on the "OMG PS3 sux!" bandwagon when it's only been out a little over 2 weeks.
360 has had product failures at launch, at the 1080p patch, and some other recently released patch. The fact they can't get their shit together a year later is sad. They should recall all their consoles and fix them and not place the burden on the consumer to have to split the repair bill and/or have to be without their purchase for a given amount of time.
Now back to playing my GameCube.