Microsophobia has to stop!

[kain_kusanagi]

happydolphin said:

kain_kusanagi said:

happydolphin said:

kain_kusanagi said:
I do get tired of all the hate. It's just so stupid. Why do people get so worked up about the plastic case that plays the games they play?

Probably because brand managers trick people into identifying with products:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewJ6Wzmr_V0

This might interest you too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_duck_syndrome

I'm not sure if that applies to console gaming. Baby Duck Syndrome has more to do with the operating system and how you use it. A PS3 and an Xbox 360 play mostly the same games and in the same way. It's not like Playstation fans all learned P-Code so they don't want to have to learn X-Code to use a Xbox. I think it's much more like the stupid rivaly between Ford and Chevy. Fans seem to think the product is somehow a part of them and makes them cool.

A system's a system, it has little to do with code. Do windows users need to learn basic or batch scripting? no. Yes still it applies to them.

Baby duck syndrome applies just as much to HW as it does to SW: "This syndrome has substantial impact on user interface design. Developers must take into account previous user experiences to make users comfortable if they want these users to move or upgrade to their system."

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/web/library/wa-cranky50/index.html

I still don't think it applies much. Windows and Mac are just different enough that you could argue baby duck, but when all you have to do is insert a disc and the game starts I just don't think the system itself as what people are identifing with. There were fanboys before consoles even had a boot menu. Fanboys are identifing with the brand as an extension of their being. Fanboys talk about their favorite stuff like cult members talk about being saved. It's more than a preference for the familiarity of a system they learned on.