Cobretti2 on 07 October 2015
| pokoko said: Er ... yeah. I'm reasonably satisfied that my preferences in gaming were not dictated to me. Looking back at the NES, I determined that I did not like Mario and so looked in other directions. Since Mario was the craze at the time, it would have been logical for it to force itself into my preferences, which I think did happen with many other people, but not with me. I think it's because I'm a realist. I have no problem liking something mainstream and I have no problem hating something popular. Other people liking or hating something means nothing to me and I'm cynical when it comes to advertising or targeted marketing. Some of my other tastes developed without any kind of outside influence. I picked up Final Fantasy (1) from a bargain bin, without having heard of it before, and loved it, which turned into my enjoyment of RPGs. I started liking FPS games at a time when many of my peers were whining about FPS games. I don't care if a game is developed by 10 people or 100 people, when many others seem to check studio size before they decide if they can enjoy or not. I'm confident that I'm in charge of my own preferences. |
I'm only quoting you because I picked the NES based on Mike Tyson Punch Out lol. Mario was just that game that I got with the system haha.
