Gonna try my best to honest, respectful and fair when talking about this subject, mainly by not naming names. This is something that's always bothered me, especially during E3, but it's better to talk about it now that we're further removed from it.
Some people have a particular affinity for certain systems, whether it's because it's the company they grew up with, maybe the only system they could afford or maybe they just like them that much.
It get it. It's nice to cheer for your pick, see them succeed, congratulate each milestone, dispel negative narratives. Basically, let people celebrate what they like and have fun. This is not a "no fun allowed" suggestion.
With that said, some of you take it a BIT far.
This entails, multiple, redundant threads validating of your system. Which that in of itself isn't that bad, but in addition to that there's, lashing out at people that don't feel as passionately about the system, asking people to leave threads because they're not as positive as you are, accusing people of being "doom and gloom" about a system at the slightest criticism, insisting reviewers have it out for your system (and all other review thread paranoias for that matter), the general mindset that people hate on your system for shits and giggles.
No one enjoys watching something they like get bashed, I get it, but maybe, don't take it so personally. I think it's fair to say some people are trolling and trying to get a rise out of fans, but when there are legit instances of someone going "it'd be nice if X got more games" followed by someone else going "can you guys take this negativity out of this thread", you're too attached.
Can we honestly talk about though? I know it's obvious who I'm talking about, but they're the group of the moment, this happens every single gen. And in general, I just want know what that's about? Has this always been a thing?
Some people have a particular affinity for certain systems, whether it's because it's the company they grew up with, maybe the only system they could afford or maybe they just like them that much.
It get it. It's nice to cheer for your pick, see them succeed, congratulate each milestone, dispel negative narratives. Basically, let people celebrate what they like and have fun. This is not a "no fun allowed" suggestion.
With that said, some of you take it a BIT far.
This entails, multiple, redundant threads validating of your system. Which that in of itself isn't that bad, but in addition to that there's, lashing out at people that don't feel as passionately about the system, asking people to leave threads because they're not as positive as you are, accusing people of being "doom and gloom" about a system at the slightest criticism, insisting reviewers have it out for your system (and all other review thread paranoias for that matter), the general mindset that people hate on your system for shits and giggles.
No one enjoys watching something they like get bashed, I get it, but maybe, don't take it so personally. I think it's fair to say some people are trolling and trying to get a rise out of fans, but when there are legit instances of someone going "it'd be nice if X got more games" followed by someone else going "can you guys take this negativity out of this thread", you're too attached.
Can we honestly talk about though? I know it's obvious who I'm talking about, but they're the group of the moment, this happens every single gen. And in general, I just want know what that's about? Has this always been a thing?
