An Open Letter to Fanboys

[lazyfatbum]

Nobody is saying that! What they're saying is do not judge a game by the console it's on, judge the game by it's own merits.

But I should be excited by all sequels? I should never expect a certain company to produce a certain quality game? You're saying it's wrong for me to hate a company or hate a game?

I do see your point though but then that destroys the entire scope of the conversation as Nintendo develops games and hardware. While Sony and MS develop games internaly they are far and few between and usually nothing to write home about. That isn't opinion; Most if not all SCEA or MS developed games, even if good in premise, are loaded with flaws be it gameplay mechanics or just quality in coding. These aren't my words, it's IGN's, EGM's, etc. who consistently rate Sony and MS internally developed games at below average scores with the occasional gem (God of War) that still isn't up to par with say Capcom, Square or Nintendo.

Sony and MS get a + 1 for their effort but it's still a borderline useless operation. When you think hardware and software developer the only thing that comes to mind that doesn't make you wince is Nintendo. Taking that, you shouldn't produce a mentality of "We should judge games based on the game's alone and not which platform it's on." Companies know this and that's why they bid for exclusives or internally develop.

It's obvious that being a out-right fanboy is stupid but being an anti-fanboy is just as dumb. Of course you will always play one side, of course you will always pray for the home team and hope the visiting team loses, it's called having a sense of identity and having fun with how you enjoy your hobby. Ultimately what games you play are the direct result of what system you own and regardless of personal opinion no one on earth has the money AND time to play every current gen game on every current gen system on the market; It's a rediculous notion. If you take game playing seriously as a hobby you have to apply your time and money to one current gen system, anything else is just taking a break from your main console and game of choice. trying to blanket the entire current gen spectrum you would end up playing dozens of games a month and never fully enjoying any of them. Does that make sense?

In this hobby, you have to settle in to one console and of course because of that everyone thinks they picked the 'right console' to grab hold of and this eventually leads to debates and arguments over which console which is the best based on dozens of varying factors when all it comes down to is that Nintendo is the best - always will be and everything else is dog shit.

*dances*