fanboys: is there a need for them?

[lukemdizzle]

fanboys will always exist, Its best just to ignore them

 

[ProfessorLayton]

Man your post was a jumbled mess.

Really there's no need for fanboys. Why can't we just enjoy all the consoles, right? They all have their advantages and faults, so no need to hate.

 

[Xpwn3ntial]

There's a difference between a fan and a fanboy. Fans are good and serve a purpose, fanboys are just useless.

While I do acknowledge the difference between fan and fanboy, as I am a fan, what is the boundary? You know, what purpose? I feel like I'm losing it.

I suppose the definition/boundary varies from person to person, but my idea of a fan is someone who enjoys and supports something and possibly offers input on how to improve it, while a fanboy has more of an addiction to that something and is rabid in his defense of said something, while not really being objective or open to other ideas at all.

That makes me feel so much better.

 

[Aardvark]

Every generation of consoles is a war. It's a bloody battlefield, littered with carcasses. The winner is the side who rakes up the most violent, bloodthirsty, evil, sadistic army of Fanboys they can. They are the vanguard, the shock troops, the grunts and the artillery. They are the foot soldiers of each corporation, destroying all in their path, leading to console domination. They fight on the interwebs, in the chatrooms, the forums and on the blogs, each one chanting for their console of choice.

You have to pick a side. If you have multiple console preferences, then you're nothing more than a filthy traitor to the cause. You should be put to death. Tied to a pole with HDMI cables and have Xboxes launched at you until you're little more than a bloody smear.

 

[-Drifter-]

Fanboys are scum. As far as I'm concerned, fanboys do nothing but create stereotypes and engender hatred. You buy a console based on what you are looking for. Just because one console has that does not mean it's perfect, and just because another doesn't hardly means it's worthless.

 

[Spaghetti]

To be honest, there will always be fanboys, no matter how annoying they are. I stay out of the console wars because I have my own reasons for buying console A over console B. It's normaly a timing thing, I just end up getting the best console that is out at the time when I feel it's time to go next-gen. Plus I've only played the Wii and 360, not the PS3, so my opinion won't count for much
Personaly, I like the PC over all consoles but that's kind a useless point in a console debate.

 

[Berethond]

What I've noticed with all generations of consoles (i.e NES,Genesis,PS3,360, Sega CD, etc.), you have these idiots who think one console will dominate all of them, when really each system is good in its own respects, and of course there will be technical problems with all of them. I feel that the Wii is a good casual gaming platform, PS3 with the 6-axis motion sensitive controller is good for racers, and I only own a 360, but I'm not a fanboy because I've played Wii and PD3 over at a friend's house a few times, but I like using the 360 for shooters, because I rarely need to look at controls because I have this abillity to just automatically know what do. I want to know what you think each system is best at, and why, without adding fanboy opinons.

I fixed it for you.

See how much easier it is to read?

...no...it still hurts.
Ahem.
Periods are your friend!
<color=white>Unless you're a woman or have a girlfriend.
I think the only "need" that is fulfilled by fanboys is that of a company.
If they can get a bunch of rabid supporters, they are much more secure financially.
The rest of society, however, has absolutely no use for them.
Because burning people is not an approved method of energy generation.

On second thought, I should have fixed those run-ons...