The console wars are so ridiculous.

[Hynad]

Shadow1980 said:

CGI-Quality said:

Yep, the internet wars hardly, if ever, translate into real fights and such. Where as, back then, everything was generally in person, and the spats kids (and teens) got in were more plentiful. The gaming companies just made it easier to keep those rivalries alive, which is why I say it worse back then.

I think I was mercifully spared from witnessing in-person arguments over console wars. I knew some people who had a Genesis, and a lot who had an SNES, but unless I just wasn't paying attention or because I simply didn't have a side to take since I had both systems (I did prefer the SNES, but the Genesis was great, too), I never noticed any conflict over consoles.

This is exactly what I say. It simply wasn't as bad as CGI pretend it to be.