Do Nintendo and Microsoft fans like each other?

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fighter said:

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fighter said:

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crissindahouse said:

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Nsanity said:

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Microsoft came into the gaming industry to make money, so their attention is generally focused on Sony and not Nintendo. Same goes for the major following behind Microsoft if they take sides.

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No...read the story of why Microsoft came into the industry. Sonys marketshare was a threat and they threatened the PC market (multimedia and os), so the Direct X team convinced Microsoft to create the Xbox. Since then they've lost sight of their defense of PC and have actually aided Sony in picking at the PC market, taking devs and attracting more attention to consoles. Thank goodness for Steam.

so what you want to tell us is that a company is selling new products to stay alive and won't get raped by another company in the future?

i never thought that!

To stay alive? Microsofts shareholders wanted out, but they ignored them and have repeatedly thrown it in their face about the success of the 360. Microsoft didnt need to be involved in the gaming industry in that capacity but just like Apple they dont want anyone getting ahead in personal multimedia besides themselves. Microsoft did not need to enter gaming to stay alive, they knew this from the start. Their attacks on alternative multimedia caused them to lose focus which opened up apples marketshare in the world even further.

could you make your point a bit more clear ? and more specifically related to op's question ?

See my first post. 

"Microsoft came into the gaming industry to hurt Sony, so their attention is generally focused on Sony and not Nintendo. Same goes for the major following behind Microsoft if they take sides."

 

and your point is ? how does that explain that ninendo fans feel similar to xbox fans ?

 

It correlates. The companies who compete with each other the most tend to correlate with fanboy wars. Mario vs Sonic, Whopper vs Big Mac, Samsung (Android) vs Apple, Star Trek vs Star Wars, the list goes on and on. When two similar but powerful products capture the attention on of opinionated people, you will hear about it. When two enthusiasts of rivaling brands meet, either they will have a nice debate but the pros and cons of what they prefer or an explosive argument. Nintendo doesnt have an issue, because Microsoft's focus was never on Nintendo except to gather casuals off of what it started. Nintendo and Sony have had words, which is why after Sega, their words were primarily for Sony and vice versa. Do you hear Sega and Nintendo fanboys arguing in the forums? Exactly...there werent many or in most cases none at all when it counted. People are living off of Segas memory so fanboys wont fight about it.

This gen Nintendo fans were alienated, because their offerings were to a totally different crowd from Microsoft and Sony who were focused on one another. Of course Sonys always remembers Nintendo and the fans follow suit as well. 

As for Nintendo and Xbox fans feeling similar, they don't they just have a common enemy. The most they have to argue about based on competition is who went after the casuals. When it comes to the core, thats not really worth arguing. The only arguing you see ocurring is between Sony and Microsoft owners  (about casuals) between the Kinect and the Eyetoy. This is when Nintendo fans come in and side with the Microsoft fans and you get the picture. 

With the Wii U, both Sony and Microsoft owners will now have words with Nintendo, because they are playing with the same games current gen owners are playing. They will have words. 

As I said....it correlates.