Why so many Wii U doom threads when Vita is in worse condition

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duduspace1 said:

This is an interesting school of thought. Never saw things this way. Thought it was all about MS's DRM issues and generally perceived anti-hardcore gamer posturing that is dragging the XB1 down.

That was a large part of it sure. However around the time of launch, even now you couldn't go anywhere online without seeing groups of hardcore xbox fans just tearing into and trolling people with terrible arguments and just plain vitriol and anger. Sure there are a lot of people that had valid reasons to dislike the console at the time and for many it was the community that helped with their final decision. That's what it was like for my best friend at least. He was the reason I bought a 3rd 360 after I lost 2 to red ring. I don't regret it because we had a lot of fun in halo and gears together. We are both close to 30 now and he works as a contractor building websites. We were discussing consoles and this gen I was seriously unsure. I was wary about the kinect but figured you could turn it off and it wouldn't be a problem. I was really excited for the new Halo and the TV show tie in. I was considering getting it first but knew like usual I would own both eventually. He really surprised me and said he wouldn't be getting one period. He made a lot of good points with what they attempted to do with drm and the excessive paywall. Mind you this was before all the changes. The thing that really drove it home for him tho was the community. He said he was just getting tiered of hearing screeching 13 year olds  or trolls online ruining games and anytime he went to check out news for the next gen console he was just bombarded with even more irrational trolls flooding the comments like they were paid to. After all the changes in policy I asked him if he changed his mind because at that point I was sold. I liked the games so I still very much wanted both. He on the other hand still doesn't trust them, he felt burned by them which was understandable and he lost faith in the community. He's a lot busier now so what little free time he has now he'll play co-op games with his wife or just play a story only game.