28th February 2010, 8:24 PM
What's funny is that I didn't hate the other systems at first. Nintendo's systems were my favorites, though I had played very little of Playstation to judge it, and I still liked the Sega Genesis just fine. However, once I got involved in the online world, it was taboo to mention a rival system on any site. For example, if I ever brought up Nintendo in a Sonic the Hedgehog chat room, people would go ballistic and I thought it was stupid (I still do). The reverse was also true; I could not talk about Sega in the World of Nintendo chat room without people blowing a gasket.
I don't know why, but at some point, I got caught up in the system wars and, out of sheer bias and ignorance of the competition, aligned myself with Nintendo and against Sony and, to a lesser extent because I believed them to be a non-existent threat, Sega. I eventually grew out of it and am now willing to give any system a try. I'm still a Nintendo fanboy primarily and I don't need people like Shia Ladouche telling me that I'm not a real gamer for it (though I honestly don't give a shit what they think). Still, there are quite a few non-Nintendo games that I love, in particular the Final Fantasy games for the original Playstation. I also like the 2D Sonic games for the Genesis. I'm willing to try anything on my brother's 360 that looks good and I wouldn't mind owning a PS3 someday.
I don't know why, but at some point, I got caught up in the system wars and, out of sheer bias and ignorance of the competition, aligned myself with Nintendo and against Sony and, to a lesser extent because I believed them to be a non-existent threat, Sega. I eventually grew out of it and am now willing to give any system a try. I'm still a Nintendo fanboy primarily and I don't need people like Shia Ladouche telling me that I'm not a real gamer for it (though I honestly don't give a shit what they think). Still, there are quite a few non-Nintendo games that I love, in particular the Final Fantasy games for the original Playstation. I also like the 2D Sonic games for the Genesis. I'm willing to try anything on my brother's 360 that looks good and I wouldn't mind owning a PS3 someday.