Really? They aren't prevalent?
In my experience, they're very prevalent indeed; of course, they're also much easier to conceal, both from oneself and from other people. Even if you lie to others, you can't hide it from yourself if you didn't play the games in order. However, you can easily convince yourself that you don't resent something for making your niche popular and you can easily convince yourself that you aren't jumping the reverse bandwagon. The majority of people who think like that don't know they're doing it.
You see how cheap that is? I can tell you that your opinion is worth less and pre-empt any denials by saying that if you were the victim of those biases you wouldn't know about it. We can all play that game, and that's why questioning people's motives for saying one video game is better than another is a very bad idea. (I'd like to point out that I don't think you're being malicious or deceitful, but the effects of your argument are the same as they would have been if you were).
Also, I have to pick you up on the "expert opinion" bit. For every person who knows what he's talking about, there are 100 who make me think that the only FF game they've played is the one they say is the best. You might be able to think of a reason why the FF fans who got in there first should be better informed, but the reality seems to be that they aren't any better informed than the people who picked up the series with the PSX or even the PS2.
