Nintendo Fanboyism

I am so sick of hearing Nintendo fanboys here. Yes this is a Zelda forum, but does everyone really have to be so bias for Nintendo. I constantly hear Nintendo nuthuggers here. They do not provide a reason why they think Nintendo is "teh pwn", but they constantly bash Sony and Microsoft when they are doing much better than Nintendo. Why they hell does everyone have to act like Nintendo is the gaming king? News flash! Sony has dethroned Nintendo a while back. PlayStation 2 is king right now. Now Nintendo fanboys know this so they attack the Sony fanboys constantly. "All they care about is hookers, violence, sex! GTA is bad!" I hear things like this from Nintendo fanboys constantly. You know what? GTA isn't PS2's only game. What about Final Fantasy X, Onimusha, Devil May Cry, Sly Cooper, Jak and Daxter, Metal Gear Solid, Tekken, Legacy of Kain, Zone Of The Enders, Dragon Warrior, Dynasty Warriors, Dark Cloud, Kingdom Hearts, Ico, Xenosaga, dot Hack, Shadow Hearts, etc. PlayStation 2 may not be full of killer apps, but neither is GameCube. PlayStation 2 and GameCube both have great variety of games that range in all genres and are targeted to a large range of ages. Personally, I think PS2 has a much larger variety of quality games than GameCube, but I am not so blinded by fanboyism that I can't admit that PS2 has some terrible games. However, what console doesn't have its share of bad games? GameCube has plenty. Xbox has plenty. PlayStation 2 has plenty. Now, I can understand why people do not like Xbox because the games are mostly targeted to adults and their is not a large variety of quality games that span out in all genres like GameCube or PS2, but that doesn't make Xbox fans graphics whores. Some people just perfer more mature games. Although, Xbox is not my favorite console, the online play is breathtaking. I don't think there are any other online games that will give you the Halo 2 LIVE experience.

So why is it that Nintendo fanboys constantly bash both Sony and Microsoft? Is Nintendo much better? Console sales tell me they are infact the worst. That's right, sales do not concern the gamer, but the quality of Nintendo games lately, have they been up to par with PlayStation 2's? Has there been a killer app like Halo?

Discuss.


EDIT: The reason I made this thread is because I used to post (a lot) on the Team-Xbox forums (biggest Xbox forum on the net), and you never hear the fanboys bash Nintendo or Sony. Infact, they bash Xbox 360 more than anything. However, here, I always hear Microsoft and Sony bashing. I haven't really posted on a big PlayStation form yet, so I am not sure if they bash Nintendo or Microsoft, but I doubt the do considering "their console" is currently on the top of the food chain.

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Back to sanity, you ask the question of why do Nintendo fanboys also bash Microsoft and Sony? Well, why do Sony fanboys bash Nintendo and Microsoft? Why do Microsoft fanboys bash Nintendo and Sony? You know why?

Because they're all idiots!

same reason they complain when a game is delayed... they have nothing better to do with their lives but to devote it to the one system they find the best...

meh, i'm feeling extra pessimistic recently...

Honestly. I really don't care about the systems. I care about the games that are on the systems. That's what makes the system so great! Gamecube doesn't have nearly the ammount of games that the PS2 has. Usually, the more games on a system, the more likely that system will have better games. I care about the games...not the systems. Why would someone just choose one system to love and cherish forever, and moke other systems? The whole ordeal seems lame to begin with in the first place...I like all the systems equally. Don't get me wrong, I like Gamecube as much as the next guy. It's just whatever system happens to have a good game, I get that game. There's no point in favoring one system or company, and sticking to them for the rest of your life...

Originally Posted by Mirren

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Back to sanity, you ask the question of why do Nintendo fanboys also bash Microsoft and Sony? Well, why do Sony fanboys bash Nintendo and Microsoft? Why do Microsoft fanboys bash Nintendo and Sony? You know why?

Because they're all idiots!

Heh. The reason I made this thread is because I used to post (a lot) on the Team-Xbox forums (biggest Xbox forum on the net), and you never hear the fanboys bash Nintendo or Sony. Infact, they bash Xbox 360 more than anything. However, here, I always hear Microsoft and Sony bashing.

Interestingly enough, it seems like an "anti-nintendo" dude appeared. While I do perfer Nintendo more than say, PS2 and Xbox, I like GTA and several other games that appeared on X-box and PS2. As for reasons why people perfer Nintendo more than Sony or Microsoft, my guess is that Nintendo has been with us ever since many of us were born. Let's face it, Nintendo did change the way how games were played back then.

Besides, why go for X-box just for this online experience when you can do this kind of thing 100x better on a good PC? Since X-box is similar to a PC (in a certain way anyway), a real desktop personal computer is a better long-term investment.

Anyway, I haven't heard much about Nintendo fans bashing Sony or X-box. Most of the time, I saw them explaining why they didn't like these two companies. Perhaps you just need to pay more attention to what they are saying.

Originally posted by Fossil
Heh. The reason I made this thread is because I used to post (a lot) on the Team-Xbox forums (biggest Xbox forum on the net), and you never hear the fanboys bash Nintendo or Sony. Infact, they bash Xbox 360 more than anything. However, here, I always hear Microsoft and Sony bashing.

So wait, you get the idea that Nintendo fans are evil because some bash Sony and Microsoft, and because you never see Microsoft fans bash Sony or Nintendo on one forum, that they're angels...?

Dude, it's one forum. It doesn't matter how big it is, it's one of a bazillion that can be found on the web. No one can say with a straight face and stable jugular that the major video game companys' fanboys don't bash the others. There's blatent disrespect for every gaming console.

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Also, you have to remember that this place has been invaded by a legion of pre-teens just starting puberty

I assume that this thread was inspired by this:

Why do you buy Nintendo and not Playstation?

Was I right? Yes, I was. Well, that's a rarity here. Most people who bash Microsoft and Sony are obnoxious fanboys, but in the minority. Personally, I dislike the Xbox... well, because from what I see, it has no redeeming factors. But the only reason I haven't bought a Playstation is because I don't have enough money, and my parents wouldn't buy it for me.

Personally, I've seen about five people here blindly bash Microsoft and Sony. Generalizations are bad.

Originally Posted by Lone Wolf

Interestingly enough, it seems like an "anti-nintendo" dude appeared. While I do perfer Nintendo more than say, PS2 and Xbox, I like GTA and several other games that appeared on X-box and PS2. As for reasons why people perfer Nintendo more than Sony or Microsoft, my guess is that Nintendo has been with us ever since many of us were born. Let's face it, Nintendo did change the way how games were played back then.

Besides, why go for X-box just for this online experience when you can do this kind of thing 100x better on a good PC? Since X-box is similar to a PC (in a certain way anyway), a real desktop personal computer is a better long-term investment.

Anyway, I haven't heard much about Nintendo fans bashing Sony or X-box. Most of the time, I saw them explaining why they didn't like these two companies. Perhaps you just need to pay more attention to what they are saying.

I am anti-fanboyism, not anti-Nintendo.

*coughs*

Originally Posted by GabiLink64

I Hate XBOX!!!!
it's so copied, bill gates just wants money, not joy of the players

Originally Posted by Lone Wolf

Sony and Microsoft are rip-offs.

How so? E-reader, GBA ports of SNES/NES games, and GBA Connectivity anyone?

Originally Posted by Tetra`s Tracker

Another reason why the DS is better than the PSP.

Trolling...

Originally Posted by SearanoX

The fact that the XBox 360 is coming so close to outselling the GameCube in Japan is actually kind of sad. Sad for Nintendo, that is.

Obvious Microsoft-bash.

I read carefully. There are more comments more comments. There are just the most recent ones I have read.
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Originally Posted by Mirren

So wait, you get the idea that Nintendo fans are evil because some bash Sony and Microsoft, and because you never see Microsoft fans bash Sony or Nintendo on one forum, that they're angels...?

Dude, it's one forum. It doesn't matter how big it is, it's one of a bazillion that can be found on the web. No one can say with a straight face and stable jugular that the major video game companys' fanboys don't bash the others. There's blatent disrespect for every gaming console.

I find all fanboys to be evil. Heh heh. But seriously, I have joined many Nintendo forums since I do perfer a number Nintendo games, and every Nintenbdo forum I join, I see a lot of Sony and Microsoft bashers. Look at the official Nintendo forums. Look at Nintendo Power! I know it is propaganda, but there was a NP issue that I read years back with an artical called "Why GameCube Knocks Sony's and Microsoft's socks off" and it was just blindlessly bashing PS2 and Xbox. Sorry, I don't have scans.

Originally Posted by Mirren

Also, you have to remember that this place has been invaded by a legion of pre-teens just starting puberty

Oh so true.

Originally Posted by Fossil

Although, Xbox is not my favorite console, the online play is breathtaking. I don't think there are any other online games that will give you the Halo 2 LIVE experience.

I really disagree with that. The only breathtaking thing with Live is how many total idiots you can squeeze into one gaming session, and Live sets the record by a longshot.

I must admit I used to be a Nintendo fanboy. Most of it was pure annoyance at the other consoles; I thought Halo was overrated, and Playstation simply annoyed me with its Japanese-esque games, most of which are totally not my style. As of today I own a copy of the Xbox and the Gamecube, and I am still not liking the Playstation consoles. Not that I hate them, I'm just saying they don't appeal to me at all. I still think Halo is sort of overrated, but it's fun.

Fanboyism can be really foolish and ignorant, when voiced. You hear people bash GTA, wanting to bash the PS2, basically. However, GTA is available for Xbox and PC as well. They can't realize this, being blinded and all.

Anyway, bashing something doesn't make you a fanboy. You say SearanoX bashed Microsoft, but anyone could simply see that what he said is true. It is sad for Nintendo.

I was posting at the official Halo 2 forums for months and months a year ago or so, and they treated Nintendo basically as if it wasn't in the competition. They called Playstation players something weight-related, cannot remember that good.

I am having regrets on making this thread the way I did. I should have just made it about fanboyism in general.

Originally Posted by Fossil

How so? E-reader, GBA ports of SNES/NES games, and GBA Connectivity anyone?

Why not? Aside from the fact that all new consoles that just come out not too long ago are expensive, but $400+ dollars for a skeleton package of 360 and costing even more with every necessary (possibly) feature included with 360 in a premium package is just way too much (somewhere around $500, maybe even $600 with the tax included). They can't expect that all gamers are rich enough to buy the system.

Then again, I guess they could in a way, since they are aiming for mature people instead of younger gamers.

As for those ports of SNES/NES games, GBA Connectivity, none of these I will ever need because I find them pointless, so using these as arguments to me, aren't going to work.. But 360's system itself is expensive and is needed to play the games, so that proves my point.
PS3 itself, I will assume it will be expensive considering how PS2 came out with the price tag of around $400, $500 when it first appeared.

Meaning smart people were able to see through the little trick that you put, being only Nintendo fans are the ones that bash.

I think the true meaning of a fanboy, I mean right down to the core, is hating the other systems without actually playing them in any way. I'm a big Nintendo fan but I'm not that bad, though I doubt anyone is, and everything about this subject is so overly dramatic. Usually with leet to describe what the other people say.

Why does everyone care about what gaming company is best? Video games are video games. Playstation and Nintendo are just companies who put out different game systems. Of course there will be some things that are shown to be better on one system than the other, but its not the games that make the system. People say PS2 is better than GC because of GTA. The games are just games that are made specifically for PS2 or GC. Its like saying Lamborghini is better than Ferrari b/c of the Diablo.

Actually, I am seriously considering on buying PS3 this time. Nintendo Revolution has intriguing controllers, but I am starting to have doubts about the controller feature's usability and stability. Swinging it around while interacting with the television screen seems rather still... a prototype. In addition, I want to aim for more game choices this time around.

So, am I bashing Sony and Microsoft because I don't fully agree with what they have done or how they manage their sales and so on? Nah.

I hate microsoft for no reason other then my long standing dispise of bill gates man I hat that guy so much.But thats beside the point.

They bash the rival companys because they belive theres is better even when they have no reason to plain and simple and that is there choice even if it is a stupid one.