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Mummelmann on 03 February 2008
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@OP: I both agree and disagree.
A true gamer at heart will be able to enjoy a good game regardless of platform, but a true gamer will also have a platform which is much preferred over others in most cases.
However, this does not imply that people should bash another console or platform if they don't generally agree with its design, games, audience or whatever.
I call myself a gamer because I spend a lot of time gaming and I've been into it for over 2 decades, and my preferred platform has shifted many times.
I started off on the NES, which I loved to death (still have it), and then I got the Sega Master System (was a real Sonic fan when I was a kid) while I had my Amiga 1200 (the beastly one...) and I loved both equally.
Then I bought myself a Playstation in 1996 and fell in love with that, experiencing 3D graphics for the first time and brand spanking new gameplay never before seen. Then I bought a PS2 in 2002 and absolutely loved that as well, maybe even more than the first one.
Now, I'm loosing faith in consoles as a whole, and over the course of 2-4 years I've become more and more a PC gamer at heart.
So I guess its fair to say that PC is my platform of choice. That does not mean I can't enjoy games on other platforms though!
I've played games on 360, PS3 and Wii and liked several of them, allthough none of them enough to warrant a purchase.
I do experience that on internet forums, cross platform gaming is not accepted. Not because people are opposed to the idea per say, but no one thinks you're earnest about it!
Almost everyone assumes you're some console or others rabid fanboy, even at the slightest positive remark in any direction and they create great big chasms of contrast between the platform.
Guess what? All platforms have a common denominator; they're built for gaming.

Will this bashing cease? No way.
We'll just have to live with it, true gamers or not, and all one can do is try to remain at least civil in one's berating of preference.