kain_kusanagi said: The 16-bit generation was a golden era of gaming. Sega and Nintendo each owned about half the market. The direct competition benefited gamers like no other generation.
When Sony entered the market for a three way split things changed. We lost Sega right when the Dreamcast set things right. Then Microsoft entered for another three way split and the fanboy wars really got out of hand. It used to be you either had a Sega or Nintendo console and you'd play what you didn't have at a friends house and have fun regardless of who made the game. Now the fanboy wars have ruined gaming culture to the point that some people won't even consider the other side and are incapable of enjoying a game exclusive to a rival company.
Yeah, the 16-bit bit generation was a better simpler time. The games have aged remarkably well too.
It was cheaper too, since all you had to have was two consoles with exclusives in between, now its between 3 consoles AND the 2 portables ;x.
That's a very good point. Maybe fans of Sega and Nintendo didn't hate eachother becuase if they saved their pennies they didn't have to choose just one. Now fanboys don't just prefer one console over another, they actualy wish harm on the other consoles and hope they fail.
Its a shame though, having 3 consoles offers competition for third parties AND especially first parties, imo, this generation offered some of the best 1st party titles in a long time.
Not sure why anyone would want to hate a system to the point of wanting it to die :(. Guess those old 1990s-early 2000s feuds were too much xD).
I think the problem is that too many people today don't just buy a product and treat it like a product. They identify with companies as if they are part of some exclusive club just because they bought their stuff.
The things I like are part of who I am, but I am not a part of those things. The mistake people are making today is thinking that what they buy makes them who they are.
Here's a very interesting clip from a documentary. It's about crazy Apple fans, but it applies to all rabid fanboys who have lost touch with reality and can no longer empathize with regular human beings.
What he's talking about applies to everyone who has ever looked down on someone based on choosing to buy a rival product to that which they identify with.
