Why do gamers dump on systems? Xbox 360, Sony PS3 & Nintendo Wii
Filed under: Gaming, Nintendo Wii, Sony Playstation 3, Xbox 360 | By: Daniel
Posted on: July 23, 2008 | 47 Comments
We see it all the time, whenever some news is reported on Product Reviews, N4G, Digg, Game Trailers and other sites; gamers have to run each games console down.
Why do some gamers have to dump on systems? The Xbox 360 has its advantages over the Sony PS3 and also the other way round; the Nintendo Wii makes up in gameplay what it lacks in graphics.
We can understand why some people will hate a certain system, I personally had RROD on my Xbox 360 and although that was a downer, you cannot knock how good Microsoft’s software, in game chat and other cool features are.
Why do you think we see gamers compelled to run down another games system that they may have not even owned?
Just looking at a post yesterday about a guy called Chris who CLAIMED to have worked on the first Xbox 360 prototype and has now switched to the Sony PS3, while this is a rumor about why RROD may have happened, the comments were taken over by console bashing.
It’s getting much more common today for this type of console bashing to happen between gamers, lets try and keep things more clean from now on. Have you had enough of people just running down consoles for the fun of it?
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Omen, your earlier comments were proven to be factually incorrect – and now you have returned with more ramblings.
PEOPLE LIKE YOU ARE THE PROBLEM (I cannot emphasise that enough) with your blinkered views. No doubt you spout your nonsense all over the internet, spamming message boards and youtube. Surely your time could be spent more constructively. I recommend you get a hobby.
Why are so called fanboys (I’m looking at you, Omen) so emotionally involved with what is essentially a piece of metal and plastic?
I will never understand why people defend their console brand as if it were a member of their family. The reality is Microsoft and Sony are multi-billion dollar corporations whose executives and directors couldn’t care less about the gaming consumer.
Thank you MeanMrMustard! OMEN obviously takes his ps3 to bed with him!!
And you are quite right. If for one minute Sony or Microsoft think that their console is no longer making money because few people want it then you can be sure that they will stop manufacturing them, not even thinking twice about loyal fanboys, and they will start on something else - because to them it’s an investment that needs to make them money.
Look at SEGA and Atari. they dropped the hardware and went into software publishing, for these reasons!
fagsss get a room^^^ they cant handle the truth.
Oh sweeeeeeet irony!!!
i personally own a 360 (Since launch) and also have a wii - the wii never (NEVER) gets played whereas the xbox is on constantly!!!
i dont like sony - contrllers too small, games arent too great )not bad some are quite good but yet to have one make me wanna own a ps3 for)
again this isnt anything but my6 own opinion -
i dont bother getting into stupid childish flame wars about which consoel is better - yeh the RROD issue sucks but (and its a BIG but) MS DO pay to pick it up, repair, and send it bacvk (mine was within two weeks!)
again im not tryin to start a lame war… - just my opinion..
everyuone shoyuld just be happy with what they have - if they (like me) prefer on console over the other then fine be like that - this has been going on since SEGA VS NINTENDO - Mario VS Sonic etc etc - it will never end!
i only actually commented here to point out the irony of THIS SITE saying that the Falame wars need to end etc etc - when THIS SITE is from what i have seen in my workday wanderings is THE BIGGEST perpitrator of flame bait…
considering 90percent of the google news articles for Product-Reviews are usually along the lines of “Sam Houser says PS3 is better then 360″ or “Sony Exec says they have already WON the console war!” followed by oodles of comments made by people saying stuff like - PS3 FTW!!!
irony.
oh yeah i forgot! - 360 FTW!!!!
(see - annoying isnt it?)
-peace
I want to start this buy saying I own a PS3. And I like it. Alot. But the only reason I bought it was when I went to but a console to play GTA4, Woolworths had run out of XBoxes. To me, the console is just the equipment you need to play the game. I couldn’t give a toss about all this fanboy nonsense. Slagging puople off purely because they own a different console.
Both systems have awesome games. Both systems have really impressive hardware. But what counts are the games and the experience you have playing them. I recently clocked MGS4, and I have to say that it was one of the best gaming experiences I’ve ever had. Well worth me getting the PS3.
But would I still like to own a X box 360. Yes I would. Because of games like Fable 2 (I played the original on my old X box) Halo 3 and Gears of War. But untill then I’m happy with my purchase and will continue to be so.
man this thread is still going, sweet
Gammers bash consoles they don’t buy and/or they don’t even know because they don’t want to admit the truth. And the truth is they payed a lot of money for a gaming platform, and now they want to play a certain game, and in order to do that they must buy another gaming platform… And that hurts! (in wallet, mostly)
Why are there so many platforms?
Why are there exclusive games?
Why don’t all games are made for PC?
The answer? PROFITS, PROFITS, PROFITS!!!
They want to force people to spend twice (or more) the money they usually would have to! They are reinventing the PC (todays consoles are getting more and more like the PCs, copying their abilities) and the manufacturers are al happy, as if its a great deal…
Why don’t Microsoft, instead of making an XBOX and foring people to buy it, makes just the game dedicated OS and allows it to be installed on a regular PC?
Why don’t the others do the same?
Why do people buy these platforms, anyway?!?!?!?!