Fanboys=pathetic

Some of you may think I\'m a Nintendo/Sega fanboy, but that isn\'t true. I may have a soft spot for both of them, since they were around during gaming\'s golden period (SNES/Megadrive), but I most certainly don\'t hate Microsoft or Sony....the PS2 has some wonderful games, many from Sony\'s in house studios, and X-Box has Halo, it\'s sequel, and lots of fun PC-style games.

But, what I really can\'t understand, is how certain people on all messageboards, including this one, hate certain consoles, and are manic fans of others....just becuase you don\'t own a console, doesn\'t make it crap, and if you hate a company, at least have a valid reason to really hate them. Sorry to pick out an individual, but Rastalant\'s signature ("terrorizing nintendo fanboys 24/7") is a great example of pure, pathetic, fanboyism...what reason does he have to hate Nintendo "fanboys"? Why does he feel the need to "terrorize" them? It\'s just an example...and then, there\'s the hatred towards the X-Box, which is even more pathetic...mm, I don\'t think you count, since you actually own one and have experience of it (plus, your X-box comments are light-hearted and generally funny;) ) but certain people automatically dissmiss any X-box screenshots...just "coz they r frm da X-box, which sux"....

The truth of the matter, is that ALL THREE NEXT-GEN CONSOLES ARE GREAT. Accept it. All three offer something unique, something great, and something special to offer. If someone pointlessly trahses anther console, I have noticed that they often don\'t even own it, and simply hate it becuase they own the other two consoles out there.  What is the point? Try before you dissmiss.
   I own a PS2, Dreamcast, and a Gamecube, and I would most certainly like an X-Box if I could afford it...but I\'m not going to start judging an X-Box, becuase..*gasp*...I don\'t have one!

Now, I\'m probably gonna get flamed for this thread, especially by people who haven\'t bothered trying to understand what I have said....but please let\'s get one thing straight: I\'m not racist, and enjoy all consoles equally.

Thankyou.

This reminds me of something that happened to me a couple of days ago.  I was on a Nintendo board, and some rabid fan of Nintendo was just tearing on the XBox and no one on the board seemed to object and I chose to give him a taste of his own medecine.  The guy actually messaged me over AIM and asked me what the big deal was about him ripping on Sony and MS and I explained to him that it just didn\'t make any sense to rip on some company or some logo, there was just no point.

He admitted to me that he was pissed off about the whole gaming industry as a whole and I explained something to him that I wish more people would understand.  If Sony, Microsoft, Sega, or Nintendo wants to go third party, will anyone who is a fan of them really care what console it\'s on so long as the games are fun?  Of course, the answer to that is no.  Why care what system Gran Turismo, Metal Gear, Final Fantasy, Zelda, mario, Halo, and Panzer Dragoon are on so long as the games are still as good as you would have ever dreamed?  No one would care what logo is on the controller so long as they get their dose of gaming goodness and that\'s really all it comes down to.

Enjoy your games because truthfully, the logo that appears before you play won\'t matter as much as what you are actually playing in the machine.  

Yes, but all the posts in the world aren\'t going to change a fanboy\'s mind.

I\'m sure that any true gamer would love to own each console, but most people can\'t afford to support all next-generation systems.  For that reason, many of them feel compelled to justify their purchase by praising the console(s) they own and ignorantly dismissing (or trolling) against the others.  It\'s sad that it happens, but some people are just stupid like that.

Originally posted by Watchdog
Yes, but all the posts in the world aren\'t going to change a fanboy\'s mind.

No, that isn\'t ture.

Let me tell you: I used to be a mad Sony fanboy, if you remember, when I first joined these forums. But then, one day, I went a bit odd, and bought a second hand Dreamcast for £30. That really opened my eyes, and since I remembered I used to enjoy the SNES and N64, I thought I might as well try the Gamecube, in spite of all the things I thought about it...and, surprisingly enough for me, I really enjoyed maby of it\'s games...

However, I\'m not sure some of the members on this forum (hint::thepimp: ) would be so open minded about other consoles...

would someone gimme a summary of the 1st post in this thread?

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I bought a PS2 to play the exclusives. I would never want to play Gran Turismo on another console, because it would just feel odd. I have learned to like the controller and so many other things about it that I wouldn\'t want to change. Guess the same could be said of the Dreamcast and Sega aswell. Sega went 3rd party and guess what, if I was a Sega fan, I wouldn\'t like the idea of having to get 3 consoles just to get all of their games. I would prefer to just have one console (DC) and be able to play them all. So yes, infact, to me it does matter on which console the games are - in my case, I chose the PS2 for a reason.

/just my 2 cents...

So the fact that you play GT with a PS2 controller and that you are used to that, would be an odd adjustment on lets say, the Gamecube controller?  I can\'t understand that.  I just don\'t see what difference it would make so long as the game was as good if not better as it would be on the PS2 and the same for me would go with every other game.

Originally posted by mm
would someone gimme a summary of the 1st post in this thread?

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Sorry.

But it does have some breaks...it\'s hardly un-readable!:)

btw- I agree Ryu...I found it very easy to transfer from the PS2\'s pad to the Gamecube\'s....I don\'t really understand your point, Seven..I for one, wouldn\'t mind playing Mario on a Playstation2, or Grand Turismo on a Gamecube..it would make no difference to me.

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The whole \'I can\'t use controller A  - for some odd reason\' is complete bull. Otherwise there would be thousands of people who never upgraded from the SNES, because they couldn\'t adjust to the control pad.

I will agree with Seven on, the fact that I hated when Sega went third party, because that meant I had to buy each console released just to enjoy all the games. It also meant a downgrade in quality of the games , in my opinion. Now that Sega doesn\'t have one platform to focus on their games seem to be lacking something .  So, in that sense, it does matter.

Just my thoughts on that.

On another note, one of the beautiful things about owning all the next-gen consoles like I do, is the fact I can bag on one and have a valid reason for it. I bag on the Xbox plenty now\'a\'days, but as people will remember I was one of the few around here that pushed it   , before launch. Now that it is out and it is dissapointment after dissapointment, save one game (Munch). I did the same with the PS2 , until some actual great games started to come out for it.

Bought PS2 so I could play the games I knew was coming out for it (MGS2, FFX, GT3 were the biggest names back then). PS2 has more then enough has lived up to my hopes and gives me more than enough good games to play.
I don’t need a 2nd machine really, but I’m planning on getting a Cube so I can enjoy SMS.

And Im trying to save up for a new PC

I own all 3, I miss out on nothing.  Good for me.

All three Hurricane? Really? Last I counted.. there were 4 next gen consoles out. Ok, so one of em isn\'t being sold anymore.. but it\'s still a 128 machine and is still included in this generation\'s hardware.

I would never want to play Gran Turismo on another console, because it would just feel odd. - seven

While I agree that exclusives are a good thing which help flesh out an identity for the console that they\'re on.. I do agree with Ryu moreso. As long as the games are fun.. who cares what system they\'re on? Granted, I wouldn\'t wanna see Metroid on the PS2, Ico on the Xbox, or Halo on the NGC... I would always purchase a game for the company it\'s made for first and foremost. But when push comes to shove.. it\'s the games and only the games which I\'m truely interested in. While it\'s weird seeing Sonic on the GBA.. it\'s still my favorite game for the system.. and having it on Nintnedo hardware dosen\'t detract from my enjoyment of the game at all. (Unless I\'m not playing it under a 12,000 CandlePower spotlight that is. )

As for anyone bytching about controllers.. you do realize that they sell adaptors for each next gen console.. so if you really want you CAN use the exact same PS2 controller on all the next gen machines. Unless I absolutely HAVE to use the DC pad (Shenmue.. Seaman.. playin against buddies who don\'t like the DC pad) I always use my DualShock2 on the DC.

Really, it\'s not that big of a deal.

Oh, and BTW: Fanboyism is nothing more than digital penis envy.

Oh, and BTW: Fanboyism is nothing more than digital penis envy.

That\'s a great way of putting it.

I might make that my signature, if you don\'t mind!

Go for it.