This is probably also an example of what I spoke of - Nintendo was seen to be the "favourite" of the moderators because they were most often seen banning people for anti-Nintendo comments. It likely wasn't that they were anti-Nintendo comments that got them banned, but the trolling nature in which those comments were made. Even if the moderators, in normal discussion, tended to favour Nintendo, it likely didn't influence their moderating to any significant degree.

Nintendo tended to be the target of a much larger proportion of the trolling efforts, which is why there tended to be more anti-Nintendo comments resulting in bans. If you were to look at gaming sites prior to the Wii, you'd probably have seen a lot more anti-Playstation comments, because the PS2 was the "leader". The Wii being the leader in this generation resulted in being the target more often, and when the Wii's sales faltered, and the 360 and PS3 started selling better than the Wii, they became more of a target. And thus, the appearance of moderators being Sony fanboys, just as they looked like Nintendo fanboys earlier in the generation.

Of course, the appearance is actually created due to overuse of banhammer, as I noted. If the moderation is done well, very few will actually complain about overmoderation, and most of that will be by people who actually continue to break the rules.

I had this same type of thing happen to me. I made a comment about people comparing Vita to the 3DS success wise because Vita is no where near as sucesful. Its the only citation I've ever received.

This is absolutely pathetic. Get over yourself and your little crusade here. Mods are doing fine, but what is getting out of hand is the amount of entitled whiny brats.

So done with it.

It was an accident! LEAVE DICK .GIF GUY ALONE!

Ah, the flipside of the coin. I knew you (not you specifically, Aj_habfan, but someone with your argument) would show up. This is all reminding me of the situation I described over on The Wiire Boards. Let's see if the moderators handle it better than the Wiire staff member there did.

It's ok if you troll Nintendo. You'll never be banned.

Your post was nothing like you described, I was surprised and a little dissapointed you weren't actually banned.

@ Jumpin

I don't think that post deserves a ban at all, but you were probably banned for older posts that accumulated or your general attitude and contributions to the thread, which I've really started to begin to notice recently, and not in a good way.

Vita trolling has gotten way out of hand recently, I don't know how you and a few other Nintendo fans in this thread can even begin to claim that you are the victims.

There have been back to back stories about how advanced the Wii U is. Never seen one reported on here. You would think a new system that is being talked about everywhere would get more coverage.

There is an undeniable boundary between what they report on here divided by company. Ever back when the PS3 hacking was goig on. You could see that they were heavily in favor of those against the modders and hacking community.

Negative reports made by "anonymous devs" that have nothing backing them other than bitterness get instant coverage while reports made by well known devs with facts to back what they say get completely ignored. Its clear which opinion this sites owners support.

Deserved ban. Ban him for this thread. XD

MGS4 was released in 2008.

There are people who still attempt to blame developers for being lazy when they don't know a damn thing about software development or the level of development required for the Cell processor.

Microsoft has always been held to a much higher standard than any of the other two, and therefore any criticisms of Microsoft often considered fair game.  Most Microsoft fans have dealt with it for so long that they just ignore the criticisms and make their own personal assessments. 

While fans of Nintendo have come to accept criticisms of Nintendo because they either acknowledge, share, or politely disagree with them (ok not always politely).  It is, however, hard not to come to terms with the fact that Nintendo, while successful, has stumbled somewhat as is no longer perfect in execution. 

Meanwhile, there is a contingent of Sony fans that seems hell bent on believing what comes out of Sony's arse is bricks of gold, when the reality is far from the truth.  It is not the vocal minority, it is still a good portion of the fan base.  The realists of the fan base will argue the pluses and minuses of a given situation, taking and giving criticism, but they are the quite minority.  However, the loud majority of the Sony fan base is quick to jump on every negative discussion of every other potential platform where Sony competes.  You don't have to look far and wide for a Sony fan, just find your nearest thread regarding anything about a competitor and you'll find a negative post.  Find a negative thread regarding Sony, and there's a flood of charged comments aimed at the OP.

There was a short time when it seemed like you could have a fair and balanced conversation about all three consoles.  It was like there was some sort of détente somewhere around 2009-2010.  That was until Move and Kinect were released, then it started all over again.

Whether or not you're stuck in pre-2008 doesn't matter.  What you said was just a flippant statement intended to quash the discussion as if the previous commenter had no-basis in argument because it wasn't relevant to the present day.  The situations he/she cites may not be, but the are relevant to the level of discourse still found today in the vocal majority of Sony fans that you find spread across the Internet and even on sites like VGChartz.  They, like you've attempted, don't debate the argument, they dismiss it because they can't debate the fact that such a fan base still exists.  It's disingenuous.