In Another Castle: Fanboy-ism

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tmujir955

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This is a thoughtful post, yet it seems biased in favor of the PS3.
SavingPrincess said:
  • Them: "What the hell would you get a PS3 for?
    Me: "I really want to play Heavy Rain."
    Them: "Whatever, that games dumb..."
    Me: "It's not even out yet, how can you say that?"
    Them: "I can just tell; if they thought it was going to be good, they'd release it for 360 too."
    Me: "It was published by Sony's in house team."
    Them: "Yeah see? If it were good, they'd have gone with a 3rd-party publisher so they could release it cross-platform."
    Me: "I really liked Shadow of the Colossus; that was published by SCE."
    Them: "Whatever, that game looked boring."
    Me: "So you never played it?
    Them: "No, I had an Xbox."
    Me: "Would you have played it if it came out on Xbox too?"
    Them: "I think so, probably, I'd have given it a shot..."
    Me: "But you just said it looked dumb?"
    Them: "Yeah, but if they made it for Xbox, that means that more people wanted to play it, so it might have been good."
It would be quite nice if you added an example of PS3 fanboyism. I'm not a fanboy of either, seeing as I own neither console, just giving you a way to make your post even less biased and more factual.
 

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CustomMagnum said:
wooty said:
I will admit that I am a bit of a fanboy when it comes to certain things, but would never get into heated argument over them, I would defend it as much as I can but never delve into the depths of going rabidly mad just because I own it.

Had an argument with a friend a few weeks ago about Heavy Rain myself. I said that it looked quite good, but couldn't decide whether to get that or save for FFXIII, his response perplexed me. COnvo was along these lines:-

Him- Get FF instead of heavy rain, heavy rain is shit
Me- How's it shit?
Him- Its on PS3
Me- FF is also on PS3, does that mean its shit?
Him- No, its on 360 too, so its gonna be good

I smacked him upside the head after that remark
Now, having no idea about your economic status I'm going to just give my opinion.

Get both of them. Preferably this second if you can managed it /jk.

Seriously though, Heavy Rain is awesome, but if you can really only afford one you might want to try renting Heavy Rain then. Did two playthroughs in about a week. Not that it's really something against the game, and considering the type of game it is you really shouldn't expect the same as FFXIII.

It's still ridiculously awesome though.
I am definately going to get it, about to sell MW2 to a sucker, err friend to raise some funds. Shouldnt be long now I hope
 

The Austin

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So your saying that I am a fanboy because I noticed that all of those games were for the PS3?

That, really, really, pisses me off. If I were to actually express what I wanted say right now, I would be banned.
But I'll give you a hint. It starts with "F" and ends with "uck you"

So I leave you with this:

Don't call me a fanboy just because you think you have a major in psychology.

And don't say that the only reason that I have an 360 is because I'm too poor to buy both consoles.

Thanks.
 

SavingPrincess

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tmujir955 said:
This is a thoughtful post, yet it seems biased in favor of the PS3.
It would be quite nice if you added an example of PS3 fanboyism. I'm not a fanboy of either, seeing as I own neither console, just giving you a way to make your post even less biased and more factual.
Sorry mate, all I did was quote a conversation that I had. I don't feel that this article is biased, but can't argue that might seem that way to you.

I supposed that because the conversation centered around my decision to buy a PS3, you might see it as preference, but I also bought a 360 in the same week. I also stated a few times that I really want a Wii as well.
 

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The Austin said:
So your saying that I am a fanboy because I noticed that all of those games were for the PS3?

That, really, really, pisses me off. If I were to actually express what I wanted say right now, I would be banned.
But I'll give you a hint. It starts with "F" and ends with "uck you"

So I leave you with this:

Don't call me a fanboy just because you think you have a major in psychology.

And don't say that the only reason that I have an 360 is because I'm too poor to buy both consoles.

Thanks.
Wow... uh... hmm... alright. Might want to read a bit more. Two of those titles were PS3 and the, three were 360 and one was cross-platform.

I really can't tell if you're joking... probably because I don't have a major in psychology; but I'm pretty sure I didn't call you poor. I'm not really sure why you're angry to be honest... but well... have at it I suppose.

You can say anything you want to me my friend... I don't really get offended by people I don't know (and rarely by those I do). I just ask that you actually do more than read every fourth word of the post you get upset over, as to minimalize confusion and help you not look as though you don't know what you're talking about.
 

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I must be one of the few x-box owners that does'nt own any Halo game past the original, why? Because they're not that good, I'm not being a troll here, they're just not and this fanboy crusade tomake them the 'best game evor' is just silly, why? They're all the bloody same! I played the rest at a friends when he got them and there were just Halo with better graphics, a duel wield system and upped graphics, beyond that they are'nt inative they're just your bog standard FPS fair.
 

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Now, if only you could stop PC Elitism.

Good job. But I hesitate to call Blue Dragon a "AAA". Combat system, graphics, and music are great. But the story is as generic as they come.
 

The Austin

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SavingPrincess said:
The Austin said:
So your saying that I am a fanboy because I noticed that all of those games were for the PS3?

That, really, really, pisses me off. If I were to actually express what I wanted say right now, I would be banned.
But I'll give you a hint. It starts with "F" and ends with "uck you"

So I leave you with this:

Don't call me a fanboy just because you think you have a major in psychology.

And don't say that the only reason that I have an 360 is because I'm too poor to buy both consoles.

Thanks.
Wow... uh... hmm... alright. Might want to read a bit more. Two of those titles were PS3 and the, three were 360 and one was cross-platform.

I really can't tell if you're joking... probably because I don't have a major in psychology; but I'm pretty sure I didn't call you poor. I'm not really sure why you're angry to be honest... but well... have at it I suppose.

You can say anything you want to me my friend... I don't really get offended by people I don't know (and rarely by those I do). I just ask that you actually do more than read every fourth word of the post you get upset over, as to minimalize confusion and help you not look as though you don't know what you're talking about.
I am.

Chillax! :D

(And did you know that you spelled "minimize" like "minimalize"?)
 

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" Every sound is being pushed out at 48khz and above,"
Wait... have I misunderstood something now? Isn't sound quality messured in kbps? Khz is frequency (pitch of the tone), 48khz is way above what a human can hear (20hz-20khz), I might be mistaken *shrug*


I like to think of myself as quite open when it comes to consoles, there are games on all consoles I'd like to try (even though I only own a crappy PC), though I'd probably take a Xbox or a PS over a Wii even though I really want to try titles such as Okami and No More Heroes.
 

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The only fanboi ism I notice a lot is both ms and sony defenders in every thread that remotely mentions the wii: "wii is crap, the only reason nintendo is living in a fortress made out of bricks of money is they sell to grandmas and every game is an elf bowling remake"
 

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Onyx Oblivion said:
Now, if only you could stop PC Elitism.

Good job. But I hesitate to call MGS4 or Blue Dragon AAA titles.
I'll work on the PC elitism thing stat. I'd say Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is 'AAA', it's got a Metacritic of 94%, was the best selling game of June '08 in the US, sold nearly 500,000 copies it's first four days in Japan with weekly Japanese PS3 sales up nearly 700% on the game's release week. I believe up until now it's the best selling PS3 exclusive title to date.

Blue Dragon is more of a personal 'AAA' for me (as well as a Japanese 'AAA' if you go by Famitsu ratings). It's made by Hironobu Sakaguchi with Akira Toriyama doing the character designs and Noubo Uematsu doing the music. If you judge by the last time that team got together and made a game, it's about as 'AAA' as Chrono Trigger was.

Edit: You totally ninja'd me.
 

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The Austin said:
I am.

Chillax! :D

(And did you know that you spelled "minimize" like "minimalize"?)
You're a veritable Andy Kaufman sir, kudos; and yes, minimalize is a word... means to "make minimal."
 

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tmujir955 said:
This is a thoughtful post, yet it seems biased in favor of the PS3.
SavingPrincess said:
  • Them: "What the hell would you get a PS3 for?
    Me: "I really want to play Heavy Rain."
    Them: "Whatever, that games dumb..."
    Me: "It's not even out yet, how can you say that?"
    Them: "I can just tell; if they thought it was going to be good, they'd release it for 360 too."
    Me: "It was published by Sony's in house team."
    Them: "Yeah see? If it were good, they'd have gone with a 3rd-party publisher so they could release it cross-platform."
    Me: "I really liked Shadow of the Colossus; that was published by SCE."
    Them: "Whatever, that game looked boring."
    Me: "So you never played it?
    Them: "No, I had an Xbox."
    Me: "Would you have played it if it came out on Xbox too?"
    Them: "I think so, probably, I'd have given it a shot..."
    Me: "But you just said it looked dumb?"
    Them: "Yeah, but if they made it for Xbox, that means that more people wanted to play it, so it might have been good."
It would be quite nice if you added an example of PS3 fanboyism. I'm not a fanboy of either, seeing as I own neither console, just giving you a way to make your post even less biased and more factual.
Er... Why? PS3 fanboyism is everywhere, hell just talk to some idiot on youtube and you've got fanboyism for everything from a brand of toothpaste to a particular airline. Also, I don't see how it is in any way biased.
 

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rembrandtqeinstein said:
and every game is an elf bowling remake"
What the hell is elf bowling? And why did it get a remake?
SavingPrincess said:
Onyx Oblivion said:
Now, if only you could stop PC Elitism.

Good job. But I hesitate to call MGS4 or Blue Dragon AAA titles.
I'll work on the PC elitism thing stat. I'd say Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is 'AAA', snip

Blue Dragon stuff snipped...
it's about as 'AAA' as Chrono Trigger was.
I edited my post. MGS4 is indeed AAA, just not to me.

Anyway...I've always been more of a Chrono Cross kinda guy. I didn't even get to the end of Trigger. I got to, I believe it was the first fight against Magus. If there are multiples, I never kept playing. This was on the PS1 port with the HORRID loading times, though. I bought the DS version, but never got around to playing it.
 

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The Austin said:
So your saying that I am a fanboy because I noticed that all of those games were for the PS3?

That, really, really, pisses me off. If I were to actually express what I wanted say right now, I would be banned.
But I'll give you a hint. It starts with "F" and ends with "uck you"

So I leave you with this:

Don't call me a fanboy just because you think you have a major in psychology.

And don't say that the only reason that I have an 360 is because I'm too poor to buy both consoles.

Thanks.
Well done for adding nothing to the discussion. The OP quite clearly states "you [b/] might [/b] suffer from.. fanboy-ism". Why not explain why you are not a fanboy as that post makes you look like one.

OT: out of the current generation consoles I only own a 360. Before that I had a Gamecube and before that a PSone. Generally my choices have been made by a mixture of financial factors and the games I wanted to play. More than ever before i have wished I had a PS3 as well as there are some awesome titles out at the moment. My main issue with fanboy attitude is what you hit upon, the utter disregard for other titles/consoles/opinions. Also the way that any slight critisism is seen as an attack. I actually don't have much of a problem with people loving a single brand as long as they don't act in the way you have described and still maintain a balanced view of content.
 

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Onyx Oblivion said:
rembrandtqeinstein said:
and every game is an elf bowling remake"
What the hell is elf bowling? And why did it get a remake?
SavingPrincess said:
Onyx Oblivion said:
Now, if only you could stop PC Elitism.

Good job. But I hesitate to call MGS4 or Blue Dragon AAA titles.
I'll work on the PC elitism thing stat. I'd say Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is 'AAA', snip

Blue Dragon stuff snipped...
it's about as 'AAA' as Chrono Trigger was.
I edited my post. MGS4 is indeed AAA, just not to me.

Anyway...I've always been more of a Chrono Cross kinda guy. I didn't even get to the end of Trigger. I got to, I believe it was the first fight against Magus. If there are multiples, I never kept playing. This was on the PS1 port with the HORRID loading times, though. I bought the DS version, but never got around to playing it.
Yeah, the PS1 version of Trigger was crap, with the loading times. The DS version is much better.

Except for the new "Lost Sanctum" subquest. That sucks.
 

Onyx Oblivion

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CustomMagnum said:
Onyx Oblivion said:
rembrandtqeinstein said:
and every game is an elf bowling remake"
What the hell is elf bowling? And why did it get a remake?
SavingPrincess said:
Onyx Oblivion said:
Now, if only you could stop PC Elitism.

Good job. But I hesitate to call MGS4 or Blue Dragon AAA titles.
I'll work on the PC elitism thing stat. I'd say Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is 'AAA', snip

Blue Dragon stuff snipped...
it's about as 'AAA' as Chrono Trigger was.
I edited my post. MGS4 is indeed AAA, just not to me.

Anyway...I've always been more of a Chrono Cross kinda guy. I didn't even get to the end of Trigger. I got to, I believe it was the first fight against Magus. If there are multiples, I never kept playing. This was on the PS1 port with the HORRID loading times, though. I bought the DS version, but never got around to playing it.
Yeah, the PS1 version of Trigger was crap, with the loading times. The DS version is much better.

Except for the new "Lost Sanctum" subquest. That sucks.
Even so...I still like Cross sooooooooo much better. So many more characters, better deeper combat, a really cool twist in the middle.
 

The Austin

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SavingPrincess said:
The Austin said:
I am.

Chillax! :D

(And did you know that you spelled "minimize" like "minimalize"?)
You're a veritable Andy Kaufman sir, kudos; and yes, minimalize is a word... means to "make minimal."
Oh. I thought the word was "Minimize".

Sorry about the misunderstanding, I admit the joke was a bit hard to decipher.