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November 9, 2008 by RawmeatCowboy
Filed Under: Wii
It seems that the true fanboy articles come out to play on the weekend! Personally, I would never put together an article like this. I'm not out to bash Sony, Microsoft, or anyone else...when it comes to the games market. I do happen to like Nintendo the best, but I own both competing consoles! Still, I can't help but enjoy the article below. It's good for a chuckle, and gives you an idea of the die-hard passion that people have for gaming, companies, and characters.
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"7. Better Fans"
Really?! I hate to admit it, but I regularly see childish complaining, unreasonable demands, and a smug sense of entitlement from certain Nintendo fans... certainly more than from PS3 fans. And particularly from some people who post on this site.
They seem to think that so many companies owe them particular games, or that the realities of business and the videogame industry don't apply to anything Nintendo-related.
I don't know, maybe I see this because I hang out at Go Nintendo and not some Sony-centric site.
My response:
EDIT:
If you're one of the lucky ones who have a Wii in their own home, you get to say phrases like, "Want to play with my Wii?" to your friends. You can tell your significant other "I'm going to play with my Wii." Let's face it, there's many more great jokes that can be made about the Wii's name. While this may be a seemingly absurd reason to say that one system is better than another, absurdity adds to the entertainment level of a system that is already immensely entertaining on its own.
LOL.
Fanboyism to the max.
I also kind of agree with the "Innovation, Derivation" topic, is that bad? (I agree with the point but I don't think there's something bad in derivating, though).
and for the record....the NeoGeo was over $600
Arrogence
Small Supply of PS3s at launch
Price
Sony would still probably be leading the console salecharts today if they had not messed up on launch.
The PS3 is an amazing machine and SONY should be proud of it. If I didn't have a PC already connected to my LCD, this would be the 2nd choice for a media PC. The system is very compatible with PC peripherals, Codecs and Linux OS. That being said, the consoles wars are about software, not hardware, if you don't have the software, the hardware is doomed. Because the PS3 is SOOO expensive, not too many people bought and in return, not too many exclusives were made for the system.
If SONY would have opted for a standard DVD format for the system, the PS3 could be dominating right now or be in 2nd place, I wouldn't have one since I bought it mainly as a Blu-Ray player, but I'm sure many others would have.
PS3 have only a handful (count: 4 or 5) that are even mildly interesting.
Price is, but isn't a factor. It is based on the no games fact, but $400 for something awesome is...well, awesome.
and Blu-Ray is a kick in the head, the movies cost WAY more than standard DVD and being honest, i can't bring myself to shell out $30 for a dumb movie like Spider man only so i can play it on ONE system, and God forbid that ONE system breaks. If i save money, and buy standard, i can play that DVD ANYWHERE i like. but when sony is trying to remake new formats and they just throw crap to a wall and hope something finally sticks, one is bound to. now only if UMD were more suck-cessful.
What's wrong with it? Simple. This article's existence.
I also don't like to have my screen filled with the most realistic blood the other machines can generate but rather lush enviroments only Nintendo can make. Example: Super Mario Sunshine/Galaxy.
And honestly, having something called Sackboy for a mascot (was supposed to be that right?) rather than Rayman, Mario and Sonic? Please, I'm laughing my pants of with such a ridiculous name!
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