| Sharky54 said: Well if 130 million people bought 1 system,then even 100 million of them went out and bought the next by the same company I would say they are fans. Not buying their product makes you not their fan. Fans will buy something to support what they are a fan of. You are a microsoft fan, not a nintendo fan. |
Buying a system doesn't always make you a fan of the company producing that system by right though surely. There are many people who buy PC's with Windows on that hate Microsoft, so pure sales doesn't necesarily indicate people are fans. There is also the small point that if a console secures a significant enough userbase which results in many third parties ignoring other consoles then people who are not traditionally fans of that company may still buy the machine to play their cherished franchises. Also there are some fans out there who just cannot afford to buy the hardware they would like so they buy the best compromise for their needs.
My most cherished gaming company would arguably be Valve but its easy to see they aren't loved by a majority of gamers. When I look at Nintendo and the range of genres their games cover and the fact they have sold so much software it would seem on purely sales you'd give them a big chance at the title of most fans.
