Alacrist said:
I agree, I've been posting less and less lately, I used to just sit on this site all day long at work but now I just check it every once in a while because almost every thread gets turned into a Flame War. but like what "That Guy" said people are taking this to personal, plus it just my opinion that most people who want the PS3 to kill the Wii/360 are people who heavily supported the PS/PS2 and to make it simple these hardcore people are not use to Sony being behind it hasn't happened in like 10 or 11 years. I'm sure when Nintendo first started losing their were some Nintendo fanboys (I really try no to use that word) who did the same thing if not something worse. I'm just games are games they are meant to be fun, so have fun! I get my Wii back tomorrow and I'm going to get Paper Mario and..........................have fun!
Just my 2 cents! |
To be fair to explosive Sony fanboys, Nintendo fanboys until recently were the worst. I used to ignore video game forums/boards/blogs since I like Nintendo and I didn't want to be lumped in with those idiots. They even ruined X-Play for me which I used to watch every time it was on. Apparently any time the reviewers gave a Gamecube game a bad review or said something bad about the system they would receive a flood of hate mail from Nintendo fanboys. The reviewers responded in a puerile manner by making fun of the Gamecube every chance they got and I lost interest (that and they began to be political, I prefer my politics and video games seperate).
Also there's the fact that anyone who remembers the golden age of Nintendo is at least 21 years old extending up to 30 or so. Someone who got a PS1 as their first system and only knows the Sony golden age is at the oldest 18 or so with many younger than that. What that means is most Nintendo fanboys have grown up by now (with one last bout of childlishness around 2001-2004 when Nintendo fanboism was at its worst) while many Sony fanboys are not only seeing their champion go down for the first time but also are only 16-20, the age when Nintendo fanboys were at their most annoying.
Last point on the matter is that Nintendo fans and fanboys have seen video game makers rise to dominance, leaders lose their dominance, major compeitors go out of business, new competitors come into the business, etc. We've seen it, we know it happens, just because you spent your entire childhood playing NES/SNES or PS1/PS2 doesn't mean that company has a God given right to rule the video game world forever. Many Sony fans and fanboys are seeing the process in full for the first time. Thank goodness Microsoft targeted older gamers and not kids/teenagers, at least we won't have to deal with rabbid furious MS fanboys 10 years from now 
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