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[Squilliam]

hYpnochronic said:

Squilliam said:
People get emotionally attached to a piece of dirt, a line on a map, a hairbrush, a car, a favourite sex toy and thats simply human nature.

Yeah, people can get attached to almost anything, but they usually don't go so far as to attack anyone who doesn't have the same opinion.  I like my shoes, but I would never verbally lash out at someone that liked Nike over Skechers.  It's the part where aggression meets attachment that makes me wonder how that occurs.  What is it about video games that makes them susceptible to this?  I can sorta understand when people get riled up about certain things (politics, law, religion) because these things are important.  But video games are just that:  GAMES.  They are not gonna change the world.  It's like arguing over Monopoly and Scrabble.

The difference is that with consoles you get an inferiority complex with people who cannot/will not buy more than one console and even then they still have an incentive to talk smack because the console networks don't interlink. This means that if the console you favour gets a lot more sales it will mean a better online multiplayer experience and you can have all your friends on the one console.