Here's a hint: much of the gamer hate towards Nintendo is driven by hate generated through the gaming media towards Nintendo.
And do you really need me to point you to the massive amounts of evidence of Microsoft buying media support and resorting to anything but fair play? You've actually never heard about this? Microsoft is infamous for it. The term "astroturfing" was coined to describe their techniques back in the 1990s when they used it to ridiculous degrees to garner support for their products in the PC market. Their track record is so flooded with examples of buying support that saying that they did NOT buy support for Natal rings incredibly hollow. And that's not even getting into their underhanded marketing campaigns over the years (again, well documented; there's entire books on the subject of Microsoft's underhanded tactics) to keep their competitors in check and even buy out the promising ones.
Sky Render - Sanity is for the weak.
