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Soundwave on 11 September 2013
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RolStoppable said:
Soundwave said:

I think the problem is (yet again) Nintendo fans set their expectations way too high. I remember before the Wii launched a lot of Nintendo fans pushing the line that you wouldn't be able to notice a difference in graphics between Wii and 360/PS3, the main difference would be one would run in HD and that's it. And that we'd get all these amazing experiences with motion control like a lightsaber game and tons of great FPS games and so on.

And that developers would abandon PS3/360 because HD development was too costly and making Wii games would be cheaper, etc. etc. etc.

With Wii U again, I think some of the hyperbole got out of control. Remember this?

 

Sony fans tend to be happy because Sony more or less simply gives them what they want -- relatively bleeding edge tech, good online, embracing new trends in gaming, lots of "grown up" IP, and most importantly a high variety of games from themselves and third party partners.

Sony's biggest screw up was the $600 PS3, but within a year you could get a 40GB PS3 for $399.99, so that was largely a short lived complaint.

Good point. Sony fans tend to have realistic expectations.

And on the same note, people put Blaine Gabbert into their fantasy football team. 

It's not so much realisitic expectations as it is that Sony tends to simply just give their fans what they want most of the time. Aside from a few gripes like expensive Vita memory cards, they have little to complain about.

On Nintendo's side we haven't gotten proper third party support for like 15 years now (lol) which means we always put up with droughts, the online system is still pretty terrible (no account system, frustratingly horrible virtual console policies, lack of people to play with, major Nintendo refuse to support online play, etc.), we are asked to pay a pretty penny for hardware that is honestly 4-5 years behind at least what everyone else is making, we're asked to "suck it up" with regards to expectations to major IP (presentation doesn't matter for 2D Mario, you will take our recycled art style for 4 straight games and like it, story/voice acting doesn't matter for Zelda, you want an epic Mario? Ha! You will buy 3D World and like it! etc. etc. etc.). And lets not get started on how Nintendo treats their consoles in the last few years of each console cycle, even the top selling Wii got abandoned.

I love Nintendo games, but it is a bit like an abusive spouse relationship, lol. At least we got Ambassador games for the 3DS debacle. Sony fans ... well their situation is more like a loving marriage where one spouse complains about things like the other one leaving their socks on the floor or something, lol. They have it pretty easy.