Can't say I agree.

Pretty good post.

I personally don't see much difference between the fanboys (i.e., the most extreme fans) within each fanbase. Whether it's the over-excited, over-hyping fan, the quick-to-anger, defensive fan, the snarky, passive-aggressive fan, the conspiracy theory fan, the elitist, or so on, each fanbase has more than its share of variety in fanatics.

Unfortunately due to bias, we all tend to see what we want to see in others, and ignore what we don't want to see in our own preferred groups.

Your every word was poetry.

Thank you!

Let's face it: all fanatics are idiots, feeding on their emotions and how they feel, rather than any sort of logic or intelligent thought.

Try as they will to put together an argument that at least gives them the appearance of using intelligent analysis and impartiality, they're almost universally transparent in their irrational biases.

And that's actually fine.

Personal preference is largely a subjective thing ultimately; it often has little to do with making informed, intelligent decisions based upon a complete and impartial analysis of all available data. This is entertainment we are talking about, so no justification need be given and that's where the real problem with some fanatics lie. They try to rationalize to other people why their preferences are legitimate, but typically by using skewed, biased or even outright false information and facts.

It would actually be a breath of fresh air to see more fans own up to this and just say something along the lines of "I know I'm being biased, but I just like what I like because it suits me" without trying to convince others why their preference is Universally The Best For All, which we all know, even the people making such claims, is a bunch of BS.

i agree completely with what you have said. I am pro-sony, and regardless of my post history probably making that obvious on a certain popular forum, I almost got lynched by my feelow sony fans when i suggested that MS is far better than sony when it comes to firmware releases for their system and how sony was foolish to make the PSV and they shjould just quietly let it die.

Nintendo fans bother me because they are blind (or just don't care) to the fact their company hasn't developed a new IP with an 80+ metascore in the past 11 years. The last two games that fit in this category were Pikmin and Animal Crossing which were 2001-2002. Seriously why don't Nintendo fans demand new games? We all know Mario and Zelda kick ass but wouldn't you like a better catalogue of games to compliment the those series? It really baffles me how they say nothing, and don't jump ship...or just keep a Wii/Wii U as a back up system for when a new Mario comes out.

Beautiful post. The part I bolded is why i avoid/never get into any kinda argument of individual games. I tend to keep my arguments restricted to nothing but sales analysis and trends and only in relation to hardware. I find it shocking when people talk up or down games with complete disregard of how subjective they are.