It's really not worth it to get worked up over it. You see the same sort of elitism in most forums; your experiences in those car and boat forums are the oddities, sadly. In the case of the video game market, it's the vast difference between systems (even though it's not really so vast) which leads to the conflict.
That, and this misguided desire to see a system of choice "win", a strange fascination if ever I've seen one. Nobody really "wins" in any market; each product gets a share of the overall market, relative to the size of the demographic it appeals to and its success in appealing to that demographic. The broader and more successful the appeal, the higher overall market share ends up being. And of course, this has zero impact on one's ability to actually enjoy a system they've bought, at least in the case of the rationally sane. Yet something about sales numbers turns certain people irrational and (dare I say it?) even a bit insane...
Sky Render - Sanity is for the weak.
