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ziffhasnoaim/password Snifit                   Since: 06-07-06 Last post: 6518 days Last view: 6518 days |
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| This thread is the big question...why?
Why are some people so mentally retarded about certain consoles? I don't understand their connection to a company that would piss on their grandmother's grave if it meant they could make some money...Why are fanboys so rabid? |
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Sukasa Birdo Not quite as active as before. Xkeeper supporter Xk > ||bass I IP Banned myself! Twice!   Since: 11-17-05 From: Somewhere over there Last post: 6328 days Last view: 6327 days |
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| You tell me...
Some people need something to believe in, or like their respective console, and are assholes who can't accept other peopl's view. |
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Kingpin Since: 11-21-05 From: Amarillo, TX Last post: 6333 days Last view: 6327 days |
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| It all boils down to stupidity. Someone can think one console is better than another without being a fanboy. Usually, if someone only owns Nintendo consoles, then they will be a Nintendo Fanboy. Not because they have legitimate reasons for disliking the other consoles, but because they haven't even given the other consoles a chance. Sorta sounds like racism doesn't it? | |||
witeasprinwow Since: 12-29-05 Last post: 6436 days Last view: 6436 days |
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| Because the kids at school make fun of them, so they take out their anger on the internet.
...Probably not, but I wouldn't be surprised if most of these kids were hated in real life. My best guess is that a lot of them are idiots who think they are smart, and as such they feel the need to "enlighten" everyone else as to the "truth" about video games. |
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Imajin Bot Local Moderator Currently affected by 'No syndrome' ---!!!  Since: 12-05-05 From: Camineet, Palm Last post: 6327 days Last view: 6327 days |
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Originally posted by Kario I take that as an insult- you're nearly calling me a racist because I don't shell out hundreds of dollars for game systems I don't have too much interest in? |
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Sukasa Birdo Not quite as active as before. Xkeeper supporter Xk > ||bass I IP Banned myself! Twice! Since: 11-17-05 From: Somewhere over there Last post: 6328 days Last view: 6327 days |
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| Hey, I own only nintendo consoles... but I'm not a fanboy.
I know that nintendo got beat by Sony/Microsoft last generation. I'l admit that. but, I like nintendo, the price is good, and I like the games on the console. why shell out hundreds for a PS# or XBOX 360 when I can get what I like to play for much less? I've also played other consoles... and still don't feel like buying them. |
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witeasprinwow Since: 12-29-05 Last post: 6436 days Last view: 6436 days |
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| I'd also like to add that people take video games WAY too seriously.
Any comparison of console discrimination to real discrimination just baffles me. |
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Doritokiller Mole Since: 06-15-06 From: California Last post: 6470 days Last view: 6332 days |
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| I always thought that a fanboy was just a huge fan... But not some asshole who won't give anything a chance. I'll look it up on Wikipedia... | |||
Cynthia Uh-huh. Since: 11-17-05 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Last post: 6327 days Last view: 6327 days |
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| Hm... Little Billy has a PS2. Little Billy likes his PS2 and a few of his friends come over to play with him now and then. One day, Little Billy says that he has a PS2 and some kid says that he has an Xbox and it's so much better than Billy's PS2. Billy gets pissed and starts to hate the Xbox because it can't be better than the system he's played for years now.
That's a good way to look at some of the 13-14 year old fanboys. There's a difference between being a fanatic and a fanboy - a fanatic loves a system or a developer, a fanboy wants to prove that it's the best. |
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Xeo Belmont Wiiiiiiiiiiiiin  Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6327 days Last view: 6326 days |
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| As I've always said, in my opinion each console has their ups and downs.
The current / past generation: Xbox - Great Xbox Live service, and some great First-Party titles: Halo, Ninja Gaiden, etc. PS2 - Biggest amount of 3rd Party support. Gamecube - Great party games and first party franchises. I own them all. So, this next generation I am looking forward to ... 360 (well I already have one) ... the Wii ... and the PS3. And I'll probably eventually own them all. It's not the consoles, and for gods sake its not the damn companies, its the GAMES that I'm interested in (please, don't be a smartass and say "but the companies make the games" you know what I'm talking about here. "Microsoft sucks all they want is moneyyyyyyyyyy!" blabber crap like that. Do you really give a shit? Should I?). Pardon the french, and /end short rant. |
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Kingpin Since: 11-21-05 From: Amarillo, TX Last post: 6333 days Last view: 6327 days |
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Originally posted by ImajinOriginally posted by Kario If you took it like that, you completely misunderstood my post. |
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witeasprinwow Since: 12-29-05 Last post: 6436 days Last view: 6436 days |
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Originally posted by Racer Xeo What I am amazed at is the number of people who whine about Microsoft being in it for the money, who somehow believe that Nintendo and Sony aren't. |
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Sukasa Birdo Not quite as active as before. Xkeeper supporter Xk > ||bass I IP Banned myself! Twice! Since: 11-17-05 From: Somewhere over there Last post: 6328 days Last view: 6327 days |
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| One could argue that nintendo is partly in it to make games, based on comments they've made in the apst... I'll go looking for htose ocmments to back my point up... the truth is (IMO) that all companies are in it slightly for the money. they need to maintain their bottom line, after all. If they don't, then they go bankrupt. simple as that. | |||
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Xeo Belmont Wiiiiiiiiiiiiin Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6327 days Last view: 6326 days |
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| Well obviously all companies are going to be in it for the money, because if they weren't they could possibly be out of a job. You can throw out the EA, Microsoft, whatever jokes all you want (even I do at times), but truth be told its not like every company, producer, and developer out there are 'not' in it for the money, they all are in some way.
Although its been awhile since I've seen this here, I just can't stand it when people say something like "I'm not buying it because its Microsoft. They suck". Thats just stupid and annoying. |
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neotransotaku Sledge Brother Liberated from school...until MLK day  Since: 11-17-05 From: In Hearst Field Annex... Last post: 6329 days Last view: 6327 days |
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| Consoles don't survive if there is no one to program them. This is what happened to Atari in the early 80's. There were plenty of consoles at the time but because shitty games were being produced up the wazoo, retailers gave up on video games, which crashed the video game market, which ultimately killed Atari's console business.
As long as video game makers see they can still make money on the console they program on, they will continue to program on it. It takes a bad decision on a console to make video game companies jump ship (i.e. Nintendo's fall in the mid-90's). Of course, the consumer also has a role in how well a console will do, this is why Dreamcast and Saturn were flops in the U.S. and not in Japan. If console were really important factor, then one would just buy the console and no games  . But I believe most logical people buy a video game console because they like the games the could play on it. |
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ziffhasnoaim/password Snifit Since: 06-07-06 Last post: 6518 days Last view: 6518 days |
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Originally posted by Sukasa + A company is in it 100% for the money. Otherwise Nintendo would be a NFP organization dispensing games and first party titles merrily upon all the glowing faces of developers. Also "Some people need something to believe in, or like their respective console, and are assholes who can't accept other peopl's view." Isn't that why most people worship God, Shiva, or the Invisible Pink Unicorn or something? |
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HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828 Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 6327 days Last view: 6327 days |
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Originally posted by ziffhasnoaim/password That's not entirely true. Money is most important, but a good corporation might make some small sacrifices to make people happy. Hell, if you're not making people happy, you're not going to make much money. People don't like to buy from companies they don't like, that's why I don't buy Sony products anymore.  |
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neotransotaku Sledge Brother Liberated from school...until MLK day Since: 11-17-05 From: In Hearst Field Annex... Last post: 6329 days Last view: 6327 days |
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Originally posted by HyperMackerelI'd like to see examples in the video game industry... Originally posted by HyperMackerelThat statement is legit iff you were not satisfied by the products produced by the company when you used their services. Otherwise, it is bigotry to diss a company whose services you've never used. But I recall you had a playstation, did you not? so it is okay coming from you. |
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Shadic The Adventure of Link Perfect Member Since: 11-18-05 From: Olympia, Washington Last post: 6333 days Last view: 6329 days |
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Originally posted by neotransotaku Actually, people stopped buying them first. They don't want 25 different versions of Pong in different colors for $20 each, they wanted something new. Originally posted by neotransotakuOriginally posted by HyperMackerelThat statement is legit iff you were not satisfied by the products produced by the company when you used their services. Otherwise, it is bigotry to diss a company whose services you've never used. But I recall you had a playstation, did you not? so it is okay coming from you. Some people, (Me, and a friend of mine) dislike Sony because of the Rootkit thing that they tried to pull off. While it's an entirely different section of the company (Well, for now, give it 10 years..) they sheer fact that this had to have been approved by some higher-ups just pisses me off. The same can be said for Microsoft with Windows and such, but Nintendo doesn't really have anything to bias them off of, other than the fact that they are a pure gaming company. And anybody who saids that the XBox was made to get Microsoft money is stupid, they lost a lot of cash on those things. It was a stepping stone, they needed to get into the industry. |
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Sukasa Birdo Not quite as active as before. Xkeeper supporter Xk > ||bass I IP Banned myself! Twice! Since: 11-17-05 From: Somewhere over there Last post: 6328 days Last view: 6327 days |
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| The XBOX wasn't made to get get, they lose cash with every sale of a unit...
and I don't buy SONY because I dn't trust their product quailty. my friend has a PS2... it failed (couldn't read disks). I don't buy XBOX because I don't see a good reason to. I also dislike SONY because of the rootkit fiasco. I like Nintendo because I can trust that their products will work, they have the games I like, and the price is pretty low, to boot. I also like nintendo, because instead of making a bigger controller, they went for something new. Now, look at the Wii's controller and it's possibilities. That's just another reaosnm I prefer Nintendo - innovation above and beyond SONY and Micorsoft. |
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