It kinda is tho. 

I do it myself, to a degree. Maybe not when it comes to video games (or maybe I do. I'm human.) but in other aspects of life. Facebook, for example. Sometimes, I'm just bored. Sometimes something just pisses me off. Sometimes, I just want to show off how wise I am.

When I see something insane (ie: Obama changes the law so that he can serve another term) I HAVE to comment, even though I know I'm entering a hive of period who will disagree with me.

Boom never forgets.

Boom never forgives.

Buyers remorse...

Nah, jokes aside, it's just human nature, imo. The same as people rooting for sports teams. Once you're a fan of something, you defend it... and other "teams" suck. And of course there are bandwagoners, who change from a winning team to another, or to put it in console terms, the ones who buy the "better" console each gen.

Well, there was no "desperately lonely" voting option, so I abstained from casting my ballot. I have gone into some non Sony threads is the fairly distant past and been a dick for no good reason. But now, I don't really go into threads for the purpose of stirring up shit. And although I have stated I'm not a fan of MS at large, the XBO is fricken sweet. So yeah, past transgressions to the contrary aside, I feel in the clear on this.

Because disagreement is so much more intresting than agreeing with someone. Besides most threads are formed as a question anyway, sometimes people agree and sometimes they don't. If they don't they aren't jerks or insecure they just don't agree with you. Now if a PS, PC or Xone fan would go to the official Nintendo forum to piss on Nintendo with not a single good argument that person would be a troll. Which sometimes is funny because of yhe reactions. That would probably the main reason behind it.

What's the point of a thread if everyone shares the same opinion. I mean I don't like doing that but nothing wrong with other people doing it, more discussion and different points of view is always better

I don't really tbh.

I'm interested in gaming in general, and I still want to express my opinion. If you want circlejerking around a subject, pick a Facebook group for that. Last I heard, most forums weren't for that. I agree that some people seem to go in these threads just to annoy others, or at least that's how it seems, but personally I try to stay reasonable even if I do have something negative to say.

I think a better question would by: why do you want circlejerking instead of discussion? OK, that's a bit provocative I suppose, but it seems you're basically asking why anyone with a negative opinion would come in a thread.

I have no idea. If I don't like something, I don't put my input into it. I didn't used to be that way when I first joined the site but I've matured. I guess it's the same reason why sports enthusiasts trash talk other teams. I am a prowd owner of all 3 consoles at the moment, a first for me, so I can respect and point out issues on the consoles when the need arises but I'm not going to start an uproar about it.