Two words... fanboys (yeah, I know, technically it's one but it's a compound word so we'll cheat a little). The gaming community is littered with them and I don't believe it'll be getting better any time soon, especially with this year being the year of big sequels. Actually, I'm going to take that back. This DECADE has been the decade of sequels thus far. It seems like every big title coming out these days is a direct sequel, prequel, re-release, or just plain and simple: something that has been done before. I'm convinced that God was pissed off by a couple gamers, and in retaliation, took away all the creativity of the developers as some secret master plan. Just looking at almost all of the big games at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) we had Mass Effect 2, Assassin's Creed 2, Halo 3: ODST, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Left 4 Dead 2, Final Fantasy XIII, Metal Gear Solid: Rising, and many more I'm sure. These are only the one's that made it into Microsoft's press conference (oh yeah, and this is JUST the games for the 360. Did I mention that?). Before I let you know exactly how I feel though I'm going to say that not all fanboys are bad. In fact, most of them aren't. I, myself, am a huge Nintendo fanboy. I will buy every one of their systems till the day either they die or I do (bets anyone?). The one's that have given us the bad name are the extremist fanboys that either think without saying, argue just to argue, or are really just that ignorant. So keep in mind that for the remainder of this post, I will be referring to these "extremist" fanboys.
This has resulted in a fanboy community that you have to see to believe. Go ahead and watch Adam Sessler's response to his review of Killzone 2 on G4 to get an idea or just to get a good laugh (there's a link to it at the end of this post for sake of time and effort). The comments left by the message board users (a.k.a. fanboys) are a little insane to say the least. WARNING: I am about to be extremely bias so turn away if you do not agree... and away we go. The ONLY reason the fanboys of Killzone 2 are so upset by G4's review of the game, and the ONLY reason they left comments as nasty as they did is because they are PS3 fanboys. For some reason they feel a need to be at war with the 360, and no offense, but the 360 is leaving them in the dust and this makes them very mad indeed. Potential doesn't make a system (which PS3 has more of, in case you didn't know), how you use that potential is what matters. Accept the fact that you're a little behind! Don't get all mopey and complain about every little thing you don't like or agree with. This isn't just for Killzone fanboys either, this is a general statement to all. What do you get out of bashing something that's in your favor?! On the other side of the 360 vs PS3 fiasco is the 360 fanboys who complain about every good game that isn't on their system. Sorry for the rude wake up call boys and girls, but you can't win them all and I'm going to go ahead and say you SHOULDN'T win them all. I don't even own a PS3 but I think every system should have there own big exclusive titles because that's what keeps every console developing company afloat and keeps variety in the genre and thus keeps the gamers happy. So I guess if you want to complain until you really hate how the industry works, then you can just ignore my advice.
Just some closing remarks to clear up any thoughts you may have about me after that rant: I do not hate all fanboys, PS3, Killzone 2 (so please don't kill me Killzone 2 fans). All I'm saying is that extremist fanboys need to consider what they are saying, why they are saying it, and what will come out of it BEFORE you actually open your mouth. I also realize that some people may like PS3 more than the 360 and good for them, honestly. There are some great aspects about the system that some may prefer over the 360. When I said that the PS3 was behind, I was taking an objective stance and considering all aspects of both systems, and I just feel that the 360 is ahead.
Link: http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/692992/Sesslers-Soapbox-Killzone-Mailbag.html#commentpost
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I'll admit that I'm a fangirl for some games and anime and whatnot but seriously some fans go way overboard. To bash a game simply because its not for Xbox or PS3 is insane to say the least. I tend to agree with you on basically your whole post. Simply put some fanboys and girls are crazy.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know what a fanboy was before today, I haven't herd the term in use until I went over the reviews and I totally missed the movie. But now I'm much more educated on what a fanboy is and why they are.
ReplyDeleteEveryone's a fanboy about something. But I think you got down and dug out the main point - Don't be an idiot. Also, your post made me all warm and fuzzy inside.
ReplyDeleteSomething about how PS3 fanboys are clinging to whatever makes the initial 600-800 dollars they blew seem worthwhile.