We all know fanboyism exists, and everyone has a favorite console or handheld. And probably most of us have a console or brand we don't care for as well. However, shouldn't your personal opinion be left best to yourself IF you work at a store like Gamestop, and are talking to people that are buying games on the system you DON'T like?

Last night I went to Gamestop and I was the only customer. There were 3 employees working and 2 asked if I wanted help. I asked what they had heard good things about for Wii & 360 (though I avidly read reviews and forums, I still ask opinions from store staff). 2 of the 3 guys started laughing as soon as I mentioned Wii, and sarcastically said "Oh, GAMES for the Wii, High School Musical, Dancing With The Stars (laughing), Looney Tunes are out. You even get a microphone with HSM." I replied by telling him I wasn't looking for games for my kids, but myself. They asked why I was even looking at Wii. I told them Wii finally had more good games coming out. RE, Galaxy, Ghost Squad, are coming, I knew GHIII was out, and Manhunt though I had not heard great things about MH this time around and wondered what they thought. They asked me why I thought MH was out and I held up the box from the display. They had no idea it was out. They told me the best new game out was Ratchet & Clank, period. I told them it had extremely good reviews, but I was only interested in Wii & 360 choices (they never mention a 360 title my entire time in the store) as I had not yet taken the PS3 plunge.

I continued to browse 360 & DS titles for a few minutes, decided to pick up BWII, and went to the register. They rang me up, I asked them what day Lego SW would be in next week,  and confirm the date for MOH:Heroes. They told me MOH was already out and it "blew". The third employee broke the silence and corrected the two PS3Fanboys and told them the correct release date for new MOH and that it had a great buzz and was 32 player mulitplayer online. He also said he hoped Lego SW had a lightsaber one on one (even if it was in a minigame format) and I told him I thought we had to wait for April to get that as it should be, but I know there is some light saber wagglin' in LSW3 to tide us over.

Hey I have no problem with fanboys supporting thier system of choice, but then 1 of the other guys said "that's a cool idea if you can get passed the fact SWFU will look like garbage on the Wii". So I decided to see how bad the  Sony fanboyism/ Wii Bashing was going to get. I asked "How is Zack & Wiki selling?" to the really negative guy. His reply? "What is that?" I told him what it was, and he didn't know what "point and click" was or if it was out. I again picked it up and showed it to him. He sneered at the cutesy cover art. The one positive guy said it had a really big buzz and rattled off a bunch of older P&C Sierra titles, and the negative guy responded with "You guys must be really old, I have no idea what any of that is".  The positive guy told him, "Now those were games" and his response was "Sounds gay". 

I kept smiling and thought I would just make him mad now (especially because he had just called me and the other GS employee old). I asked him the release date for Monster Hunter 3 on the Wii (knowing there was no rease date yet). He and the other (not so rude) Sony fanboy looked at me like I was crazy. I told him Capcom switched to the Wii over a month ago. Again he responded "That's so gay, that's really gay, it BELONGS on Sony" I told him my first Final Fantasy game was on Nintendo, they switched to Sony because they saw room to make a great profit. Just like SE was coming out with a WiiWare FF title, because there is a market for them to make money from it.

He asked where I was hearing this stuff, he worked at GS and never heard anything so ridiculous. I asked him if he had the internet, he did. And if he heard MGS4 had been delayed, he hadn't. The positive guy at the store must read a lot as well, because he mentioned reading rumours that it delayed as it was going to come out on 360 as well (which I think is just wishful thinking AT BEST at this point).  The PS3Fanboy looked visibly upset and I told him I thought MGS4 would stay exclusive just like GT5 (at least for now). I told HIM thanks for my purchase and to have a good night. 

So here's my question. Shouldn't Fanboyism of this level be kept to yourself if you are helping a customer who is not looking at your system of choice. This guy was never going out of his way to be rude to me (except with the age thing), just going WAY out his way to diss the Wii. And avoided all mention of the 360. This kind of stuff can't be good for Wii or 360 software sales, and actually make me irked at Sony, as this guy had the arrogance I associate with them. (Yes, I DO know this is not Sony's fault, I have a massive PS2 library, there's just nothing that has made me interested in dropping at least $400 for a ps3 yet).

Shouldn't he have looked at his release sheet, and SOLD me Wii360 titles I might be interested in? He could have told me about the Orange Box, he would know that even if he ignores 360 like he seemed be ignoring Wii. I have to say, Iam not surprised at anything, but GS is paying this guy to drive off business. Crazy.

They sound like they were just some punk teenagers - I think the ages of 15-17 are predisposed to be very fanboyish, in general (no offense to anyone here).

Never heard of old "point and click" and it "sounds gay"? Give me a break....

lol, thats hilarious. Just proves though, that no matter where u go, there will always be some kind of bias with consoles, even to stupid extents.

Actually 1 looked to be about 19, the rudest guy mid 20's, the "old" guy looked to be about 29 or 30. And even if they were just punk teenagers, the attitude (and I'll use their words in my quote!) 'blows'.

It's a store, I'm spending money, sell me what I want and help me find it! Period. Or go make the same money elsewhere and make me a hamburger (without attitude) ;).

They were very unprofessional. If someone said to me that point and click adventure games are gay, things would get ugly.

Your at a large chain of stores. They hire whoever applies. And morons have to work too. It's not like Gamestop is expecting their part time employees to study gaming or take sensitivity training.

A friend of mine once went into Blockbuster and asked an employee if they had any really, really bad movies (sort of like Beast of the Yucca Flats, Egah, Robot Monster, etc..) The employee's response: "I thought Return of the king really sucked"

And that's why I do my game shopping at Microplay. Every time I've been there, it's either the store owner or his wife working. They both really know games and like talking about them.

PS3fanboys = pwned again

Mid 20s? From your story it sounds like some of the youngest Sony fanboys here (you know who). I just can't stand people with such an immature attitude, if it was me there I would call his manager.

Just proves that extreme fanboyism comes from ignorance.

@stof: It didnt seem those guys were really uninformed though. They just had a quite "selective" perception. Maybe reading SDF and thinkings its for real?

Wow, nerd wars... Seriously...

Seriously, i probably would have called the manager and get the guy scolded. Stof, you're right that an employee doesn't have to know exactly what's going on in the business, but i would expect him to keep his mouth shut and act in a polite manner, not act like the punk mentioned in this thread.

Huh, one would think that a guy at the age of around 20-25 years would be above the "sounds gay" level..