There's just as much if not more hate for Microsoft on the web by people that think they're "cool and clever".

True, but not on the same level as Nintendo hate.

Great post

Oh, I know. It's the same way on Kotaku and GameFaqs. I just felt the need to clarify.

i dont hate any console in general... what some times happens is that wii lovers as xbox360 lovers and ps3 lovers come down to saying that their console is the best thing after the coming of god to earth... and what happens is that people have a tendency to disagree... i dont say my ps3 is best then other... just have the tendency to disagree with who says their console is better than anything and says that i am a jack ass for buying the console that is in last... people should just buy their favorite one and leave others with their choices...

I believe this was proven otherwise, that the majority of people here are PS3 owners. I remember a couple polls last year showing that.

Maybe he was referring to quality rather than quantity?

But in all seriousness yes, I believe you are correct about that.

to bad it can never be that way...

gamers IMO are the most dissatisfied people and the most nerdy (passionate) , so they need the feel to hate on other things.

like i said before, i dont hate the wii i think its a disappointment. 

I don't there is any real logical reason to "hate" the Wii. I think many are just disappointed the games currently comming out aren't really aimed at the traditional gaming market. Nintendo haven't realeased on of their top tier games for a long while and most 3rd-party efforts are pretty lame (except maybe for Sega).

It must also be somewhat disheartening for certain developers to see games they've poured there heart and soul into sell worse then shovelware. However, this is how it is.

I suppose it's like being a film buff (except we're game buffs) and then being asked to compare Shawshank Redemption to XXX. XXX is fun and can be watched and enjoyed by many, but Shawshank is long and brilliant but you have to be in the right frame of mind to watch it. The pleb on the street may prefer XXX but any one who's serious about film will tell you Shawshank is the better film.

I used to hate the playstation and PS2. But now that I look back at it, it was probably only because they were more successful than my N64 and Gamecube. I suppose I was a typical teenage fanboy. It was also because I perceived hostility from the Sony crown dismissing my choice of console as "childish" which I believed was unwarranted.

Now as I look back I have a huge amount of respect for Sony. I can appreciate that the PS and PS2 were great systems and did great things for the gaming market, expanding it into a wider demographic. I think that in the future, people who bash the Wii might feel the same way looking back.

When I went to Video Games Live last year I felt that behind the "console wars" pretty much everyone was united in their love of gaming. Perhaps all it needs is a common enemy to bring everyone together! If tomorrow some politician launched a massive attack on videogames as a whole, I think many people who are superficially wii haters would unite with the wii crowd in a situation like this. They'd probably shout "You can't just declare that video games are all unhealthy, just look at wii fit!" or "You can't say video games are all targetted at violent 12-30 year old men, just look at nintendogs!".

Let's not forget that the wii was, for the most part, the brainchild of Shigeru Miyamoto. And I challenge anyone who calls themselves a gamer to say that the entire industry doesn't owe one heck of a lot to this one man. Whether or not you're into his games, he really deserves your respect. That's surely acknowledged by everyone, isn't it?

P.S. I own a 360 and love playing loads of non-nintendo games too. Just to be clear!