Why are there so many XBox 360 haters on gaming forums?

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Even though the motivation for MS and Nintendo are the same, money, I feel that Nintendo has covered it up a lot better than Microsoft has. I'll give you some of my anecdotal experience:

I own an Xbox. It got dropped like it was hot, lol. No more support, no nothing. Bam, one day I own a cool see-through green Xbox, the next day, old games, and I'm using it as a DVD player for the backroom.

I own a Gamecube. I use the controllers from that gamecube on my Wii all the time, and I feel I was gradually weened off my cube, with a big goodbye present, which was Twilight Princess.

MS seems to like to milk me a lot with their online mode. XBL is nice, but I feel it's kinda like WoW. It's totally overpriced, considering I already pay a monthly fee. I should have to pay for individual DLC along with my yearly account. I haven't signed in for years, PaulieGaultierie, if you wanna check. It just seems like I'm paying for things that I woulda got for free if Nintendo made em.

I was also scared MS was gonna try to find some way out of fixing my 360 when it RRoD'd. They didn't, but I sold it afterwards. Everything with them just seems to cost extra money. I have wireless in my house and was gonna use it for my 360, but it cost 100 bucks. It's like they made the 360 for people who live in a higher cost of living bracket than me.

However, Nintendo has sent me: a feather stylus, a Nintendo Power mag, 2 extra remote covers for my Wii-mote, and when my Gamecube controller broke down two days after I bought it(for smash) they sent me a brand new, unopened one, with a nice little survey about how helpful they had been, and a big smiley picture of Mario in the box.

It's like both companies end up with the same result, making me spend a lot of money on their products. However, when I'm finished doing business with Nintendo, I feel really good about it, and I don't know why. When I finish doing business with Microsoft, I feel like I want to sell my Microsoft crap and burn down their headquarters, and yet again, I have no idea why, but it might have to do with the feeling I get that I'm being cheated.

Also, being a bit of a hardcore Nintendo fan, I feel that the software developers, especially Miyamoto, pour his heart into Nintendo games. That's why I feel the company has a more personal feel. I think Nintendo distributes them for money, of course, but I think Intelligent Systems, or Miyamoto, can't make games like they do without some sort of passion for the actual games themselves. Microsoft just outsources their games. That's not fun.


So, I think I know why some people love Nintendo, lol, but I'm not sure why people hate Microsoft, except for the fact that their PR makes no attempt to hide the fact that they are first and foremost out to make a buck, while Nintendo never tips that hand until Reggie's E3 speeches, and even then, they kinda make you proud to be a Nintendo fan.