S.T.A.G.E. said:
curl-6 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
curl-6 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
curl-6 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
curl-6 said:
Insecurity is a cornerstone of fanboyism. If you weren't insecure, you wouldn't feel the need to aggressively defend a platform and put down others.
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Not true, it's called personal preference. You believe another product on its own delivers a superior product. For some it could be any of the three. The insecurity of fanboyism is wanting what the other person has that you don't have (exclusives), or in the insecurity in your value of what SHOULD be "fun" (public perception). The issue of Nintendo is they are considered the Disney of the gaming industry and if you asked the average person who they would buy a Nintendo product for they would say their wife or child where as on the purchasing scheme the competitors are dominated by males above the teenage age.
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I'm not talking about personal preference, I'm talking about reactions like the OP's "gay, get a PS3." And "Lolz only babiez play on teh Wee!1" Mature, secure individuals don't behave like that.
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Oh my friend, there is an insecurity which drives preference and that creates something called bias. Thats because they are some people who have given up their childhood things or don't have a family which tends to turn the family switch back on in the brain (generally in males). Would you go to Disney World without a child ? Just asking. Tell me would you like to go to Universal Studios or Disney World? (Seriously, answer it) After you reach a certain age most people either grow out of videogames or attach themselves to the more adult friendly content, much like TV Shows or movies. This is the run-off audience Microsoft and Sony alluded to when they spoke poorly of the Wii's hold on the core gamer, basically calling the Wii the "beginners system". Am I making any sense?
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Not really into Disney, even as a kid I wasn't, but just this weekend I went to an amusement park without a child. I don't see the point of giving up fun things just because I'm reached a certain age, and I'm not insecure enough to be worried about "what will people think of me?"
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I did not bring up just any amusement park, but brought up Disney because they market themselves with similar themes to Nintendo, which endears them mostly to women and children in style and substance. You will generally find men in Universal Studios. Its not insecurity in what people think others think of them, its actually what they think about themselves. As I said when people grow up most of them turn the child or gaming switch off. For most adults who play Nintendo products it invites the inner child, both in substance and color pallet and surveys find that children take to Nintendos offerings better than the competitors. Thats because they are created to and there is no shame in it. Liking Nintendo is inviting your inner child, and there are gamers who refuse to let that inner child back out. This is the bias I speak of.
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I'd still argue that the primary motivator behind comments like "Wii is gay" is insecurity; the need to justify one's (differing) console of choice so they feel like they made a good decision when purchasing it, the fear of being seen as "gay/kiddie/etc" themselves if they were open to it.
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As I said the only insecurity in it is how they view themselves and whats holding themselves down to what they SHOULD be playing. This is the bias. The age bias is Nintendos greatest achillies heel. Some people dont want to play Nintendo because of their perception of themselves, but some just genuinely feel like they've outgrown it. As I said, Microsoft and Sony (a couple years ago) alluded to the situation that Nintendo might be more casual and child friendly than them but eventually most of those gamers will come to them when they "graduate".
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Insecurity is still insecurity, and I'd say a lot of their insecurity also comes from "what will people think of me? I won't be cool!"
