Now, I consider myself fairly open-minded when it comes to video games; historically I've been lucky enought to own and game on just about every major system/pc from as early as the Coleco Telstar Arcade.  This gen I bought a 360 around launch, bought a Wii when I could find one and I have always maintained that when the price dropped on the PS3, I would buy one (and I did).  I was not waiting on a price drop because I valued the PS3 brand less, but rather because I didn't see the point in paying a premium for a blu-ray player I wouldn't use (dedicated Sony blu-ray player in my entertainment center) or Wi-Fi that I didn't need (direct connect ethernet behind TV).

However, while playing Resistance yesterday, I found myself critiquing the game against other FPS games I have played, specifically against games I've played on my 360.  After giving it a little thought, I realized that my experience with both Uncharted (the shooting parts) and the demo for Killzone 2 have also been colored by experiences I've had on my 360.

Previously I would have stated that I would be able to enjoy any game to it's fullest, regardless of console (all other things being equal, as the Sony controller has always been a little small for my hands). 

So this is NOT about which system/game is better; that my friends has been done to death.  No, the question I have for you VGChartz is this; does anyone here consider themselves able to transcend bias?  Personally, I have looked into the eyes of bias...and found myself lacking.

No i just play games.

Oh I play them too; I don't allow my bias to dictate what games I do or don't play, but it would be disingenuous to deny it existed.

I think I am able to transcend bias fairly well.

The whole fanboy thing is like a nuclear arms race though. Someone launched a biased untrue attack and then the victims of that attack struck back with their own biased attacks. Now all the warmongers attach onto any little thing they can to damage the reputation of the others and the normal people have to deal with the fallout.

Are you really being bias or just comparing to previous experiences regardless of console? It seems to me by the way you've written you OP, that your critique is simply a result of having played a large number of games from a range of consoles. Not so much due to bias. Unless there's more to add?

I agree with the escalation thing; some of the garbage that comes out of any fanboys mouth is pure hate, with intent to insite response.

But I'm thinking about the more subtle effect of bias...the "I prefer achievements to trophies" (or vice versa) with no real reason behind why, type of thing.

Noone can transcend bias, but I don't think bias is necessarily evil either. Bias is just part of who you are, only when you let your bias make you do bad things like putting down what others enjoy or demeaning the choices of others does bias become a bad thing. Before that bias is just a quality, no more evil than eye color.

Sorry to go on a tangent there.

Nope, I am clearly biased, but I don't necessarily think it's a bad thing. As humans it's important for us to have preferences, we have to be able to make decisions and we use bias (stereotypes) to do so. In the stone age, when we heard a roar we assumed (stereotyped) that roar was a predator. If we hadn't had that bias, we might think "I should be open minded and not assume that roar is bad, hey I'll go check it out." Dead caveman. It's perfectly natural for us to be biased. The kicker is that we shouldn't use our biases to be rude or mean to one another, because after all, we're not cavemen anymore.

It's hard to say.

I think, that generally a preference for one system over another, may color your opinion of one game versus another.  For example, would I enjoy infamous more than prototype if I was biased towards the PS3?  That might not be a good example as I think infamous has been considered by most to be the better game, but do you see the possible effect?

Fair enough; I agree that as long as the bias does not color your every waking thought regarding, whatever it is your biased against, that evil is too strong of a word.