I think a lot of us don't understand the meaning of "competition"

[VanceIX]

Machiavellian said:

VanceIX said:

That's why I don't think that people should be called out for supporting their favourite console. They may be fanboys, sure, but it is people like them that are the deciding factor in the state of the industry, and fuel the real "competition".

/end_rant

Everything you said up to this point is fine.  When it comes to supporting a console and blindly being negative to the others is not.  People definitely should be called out for blindly supporting their console without being real about its faults.  This is what defines a fanboy.  A person who would champion their product or corporation of choice and turning a blind eye to anything not so positive they do. 

 Such behavior does not fuel competition but instead just clog up any real discussion with Fanboys rants.  I agree that all console makers do not have to be the dominate console but you definitely do not want your console of choice to be to dominate.  A true gamer no matter how much they like one corporation over the other must also have a critical eye towards crap they do.

Of course, in no ways did I mean to imply that disrespectful and immature behavior should be tolerated. What I mean is that a lot of "fanboys" are unfairly called out because they support one console and don't at all support the others. Maybe the true defintition of fanboy is blindly being negative towards other consoles, but I think too many people get caught up in that term just for having a heavy favourite.