Aielyn said:
I suspect that you've failed to notice the overarching theme of my posts - the absurdity of the console wars. I'm not mocking the PS4, or the Xbox One. I'm not criticising their launch lineups. I'm not even suggesting that the Wii U is in any way better than the other systems. What I'm doing is mocking the console warmongers, who will twist every situation to suit their console war rhetoric. When their system of choice had the highest-rated game of the generation, Metacritic was a holy site, which they'd go to for proof that their system was the greatest. And now, when the system they least like has the highest-rated game of the generation so far, Metacritic is absolute shit, completely meaningless in the face of sales. The same people, though, would endlessly criticise the Just Dance series of games for being "casual crap" (and they'd usually point to metacritic to back up their argument), and hold up games like Bayonetta as far better games. Mind you, you had comparable people on the other side, too - people who would point to sales numbers as proof of the superiority of the Wii, and dismissing Metacritic as irrelevant, but now point to Metacritic as proof of quality of Wii U games while dismissing sales. I must say, though, I find it hilarious that you start your reply to me by bashing the Wii, pretty blatantly, then at the end, you claim to agree with my suggestion that we should stop attacking each other, and other gaming systems, and instead just collectively enjoy gaming. And along the way, you claim that I'm somehow the one that is being absurd... when you're the one who calls my opinion "bullshit" for daring to observe that neither the PS4 or Xbox One have actually outsold the Wii U, yet, despite those console warmongers' claims. The fact is, YOU are a prime example of the problem. I didn't once praise the Wii U, or dismiss anything about the PS4 or Xbox One, in my post, but you felt that you HAD to mock me, and the Wii U, in your response, and go into defense mode over the fact that the PS4 currently has the lowest tie ratio (despite it being an unimportant fact that I didn't even point out, seen only in a list that I was using to demonstrate that Wii U owners are buying games, in spite of the assertions of certain people). You have yet to point out a single factual error in the article I posted. Instead, you have thrown all sorts of attacks at it, and ME, with words like "clickbait", "flamebait", etc, to deride and dismiss it. Why? Because it doesn't follow the standard line used by console warmongers - because it dares to suggest that the current situation isn't as dire as so many have asserted for Wii U, and that the system with the best-quality titles right now should probably be called the best system of the moment. All of which are entirely reasonable observations - none of which are meant to be conclusive, but all of which are great for reasonable, rational discussion. So why is there no rational, reasonable discussion about them? Oh, right - because of console warmonger, who can't handle the idea of rational discussion, and instead resort to personal attacks, derision, and complete dismissal of anything that doesn't support their worldview - usually by asserting that those making the alternative arguments are fanboys, stealth advertising, or clickbaiting. To summarise, I suggest that you have a good look at your own post, and its contents, before throwing accusations at me. |
So to prove how moronic console war mongers are, you promote a moronic console war article and support it?? Ok
And I dont mind your little crusade about fighting the good fight and proving how stupid the ''warmongers'' are (while using some of their arguments while you're at it), what is bothering me is that you use pretty desperate and straight up sad arguments to do so, such as comparing metacritic scores of a console over a year old with the systems less than a month old.
Metacritic was their holy site, but at least they used it for proper and fair comparissons, like comparing the systems the came out at around the same time (Wii and PS3 in this case) rather than a year later. Also, I would like you to point me out to some of these war mongers saying that metacritic is useless crap.
And I went into defensive mode over PS4's lower tie ratio? Wow man, seriously, what happened to you? You used to be so much better than this, now you cant even read a very clear 1 sentence I said on the subject. I straight up said:
''Cant argue with this, altho its fair to notice PS4 owners already get 3 free games by just getting PS+''
Wow, very defensive isn't it?
In reality, you're the one who is in EXTREME defense mode (and the majority of Nintendo pals for that matter as well), and have been so for the better part of the year on these forums. The fact that you are promoting such a moronic article and are desperatly searching for aspects to make Wii U look better than it really is. Thats whats pissing me off, not your crusade against console warmongers. I mean, you actually gloated about Wii U outselling PS4 despite knowing there were almost NO PS4s to be sold that week. And you also tried to dispute the popular demand argument by comparing LTD sales of Wii U and PS4/X1 despite knowing its only a matter of month Wii U finishes dead last. (''never mind that neither system has sold anywhere near as many units as the Wii U (and yes, despite the 1 year lead, it is a relevant observation'').
And I did not bash the Wii, I listed clear facts about its library BASED ON ITS 7 YEAR + MARKET LEADING LIFESPAN instead of 3 weeks launch window like this moronic article did about PS4 and Xbone.
