Much like Apple, Nintendo has long had a cult of fans who will mindlessly buy and defend their every move simply because it's Nintendo.
When the Switch was first launched the cult was weakened due to the screwup that was the Wii U. Now that the Switch has been a smash hit the cult is as strong as ever.
I don't say this to bash Nintendo. Among the console makers they seem to be the least woke (although their US division is certainly woke) and they make some great games. Some of their fans just take it too far.
I haven't been keeping up with gaming news much, but I heard a lot of chatter about Gran Turismo 7, because I am a bit of a stickler for a good racing sim.
After watching the trailer and checking out a few news stories, I discovered that the game's main campaign mode will require a constant internet connection.
Did the Sony PS5 owners recoil in disgust for having to be online at all times to play through the campaign? Nope. If you check some of the usual places they're complacent enough to say "Well, they want to stop cheaters, so I guess it's fine."
Fanboys for any megacorp are pretty disgusting individuals. But then again, it's part of a larger symptom of indoctrinated compulsory consumerism, where people feel they need to subject themselves to the corporatocracy.
When a hot new superhero movie is coming out, everyone's all "OMG The feels! This is my childhood!" and in the offseason when marketing has died down they have no interest whatsoever.
Internet forums are pretty much the perfect environment for bots.
Marketing bots. Political bots. Bots from people who are bored and want to screw with people.
Not everyone is bots but there's a lot of them for anything with money behind it.
My theory to the first point goes back to why I totally quit any and all non-political gaming communities back in 2019. The us vs. them mentality. Everything is an absolute. Worship the ground that Sony, Nintendo, PCs, or Xbox walks on, hate the others, or you are the enemy. I put it on the changing narrative in politics and everything else. During the Trump presidency so much of that mindset picked up in politics and it's trickled down to everything else. Perhaps because the kids are raised on it.
I for one enjoy discussion, but with that comes criticism. Even games I love are subject to criticism. Why the hell would I be offended if you didn't like the music in Nier for example?. Just because that's my favorite music in a game doesn't mean that it's more than an opinion. Certain games, Breath of the Wild, Dark Souls, the Last of Us you just cannot criticize for any reason. That's the mindset and I got sick of it.
To your second part, Skyward Sword HD is $60? Really? I can't say I'm surprised to be honest. I'm also not sure I'd buy it for that. I've got WW and TP HD versions I think total on both was around $60. Used market though. I mean I guess if their product warrants the cost and if it doesn't no one will buy it and they drop the price. I very rarely spend more than $20 on a game, because I very rarely have to.
Worship the ground that Sony, Nintendo, PCs, or Xbox walks on, hate the others, or you are the enemy. I put it on the changing narrative in politics and everything else.
Fanboy mentality has been around for 20+ years. This is one of those rare topics where I don't think the mainstream proliferation or political agendas has made much of a difference... It was fucked from the beginning, or at least the point in time where a console becomes strong enough - or there is recent precedence - for brand identity to start overruling anything else.
I bumbled up a response a little bit on second thought with multiple whines lumped together. Yeah, you're right the fanboyism isn't new at all. What I started to notice differently was the game discussion became the same way. You couldn't discuss games anymore because no one could have any nuance, you either had to love the games that were universally loved, hate those that were hated, or piss off. I with with option 3.
Oh yeah I remember hearing about that. I've never had any Amiibo. Don't have a Switch either so outside of keeping a small list of Switch games I want that I can't play anywhere else I haven't paid a ton of attention. Best way to do Nintendo IMO is wait until the next one comes out then buy up everyone's discards.
Probably because the core Nintendo audience are soy-faced consoomers who want to blame the toxicity of the fanbase on imaginary right-wingers or entitled gamers, even though the only complaining I ever see are woke idiots doing the Scrimblo Brimblo shit.
Hell, the Space Buns fiasco from last year came from a virulent lefty.
Yeah, that's the space buns thing. Someone posted a screenshot of her Animal Crossing villager sitting in her house and highlighted the hair (calling them space buns because they look like Princess Leia's hairstyle), and some black lefty got mad at her for appropriating afro puffs on a white character.
I’ve honestly never met a Nintendo person in real life. PC, Xbox, PS, even mobile. The only reason I know Nintendo makes stuff is from the internet. It’s honestly weird
Much like Apple, Nintendo has long had a cult of fans who will mindlessly buy and defend their every move simply because it's Nintendo.
When the Switch was first launched the cult was weakened due to the screwup that was the Wii U. Now that the Switch has been a smash hit the cult is as strong as ever.
I don't say this to bash Nintendo. Among the console makers they seem to be the least woke (although their US division is certainly woke) and they make some great games. Some of their fans just take it too far.
That same logic applies to Sony as well.
I haven't been keeping up with gaming news much, but I heard a lot of chatter about Gran Turismo 7, because I am a bit of a stickler for a good racing sim.
After watching the trailer and checking out a few news stories, I discovered that the game's main campaign mode will require a constant internet connection.
Did the Sony PS5 owners recoil in disgust for having to be online at all times to play through the campaign? Nope. If you check some of the usual places they're complacent enough to say "Well, they want to stop cheaters, so I guess it's fine."
Fanboys for any megacorp are pretty disgusting individuals. But then again, it's part of a larger symptom of indoctrinated compulsory consumerism, where people feel they need to subject themselves to the corporatocracy.
Internet forums are pretty much the perfect environment for bots.
Marketing bots. Political bots. Bots from people who are bored and want to screw with people.
Not everyone is bots but there's a lot of them for anything with money behind it.
Forums are also heavily moderated to punish dissenters these days. Tranny janitors + bots make for an awful community experience.
My theory to the first point goes back to why I totally quit any and all non-political gaming communities back in 2019. The us vs. them mentality. Everything is an absolute. Worship the ground that Sony, Nintendo, PCs, or Xbox walks on, hate the others, or you are the enemy. I put it on the changing narrative in politics and everything else. During the Trump presidency so much of that mindset picked up in politics and it's trickled down to everything else. Perhaps because the kids are raised on it.
I for one enjoy discussion, but with that comes criticism. Even games I love are subject to criticism. Why the hell would I be offended if you didn't like the music in Nier for example?. Just because that's my favorite music in a game doesn't mean that it's more than an opinion. Certain games, Breath of the Wild, Dark Souls, the Last of Us you just cannot criticize for any reason. That's the mindset and I got sick of it.
To your second part, Skyward Sword HD is $60? Really? I can't say I'm surprised to be honest. I'm also not sure I'd buy it for that. I've got WW and TP HD versions I think total on both was around $60. Used market though. I mean I guess if their product warrants the cost and if it doesn't no one will buy it and they drop the price. I very rarely spend more than $20 on a game, because I very rarely have to.
Fanboy mentality has been around for 20+ years. This is one of those rare topics where I don't think the mainstream proliferation or political agendas has made much of a difference... It was fucked from the beginning, or at least the point in time where a console becomes strong enough - or there is recent precedence - for brand identity to start overruling anything else.
I bumbled up a response a little bit on second thought with multiple whines lumped together. Yeah, you're right the fanboyism isn't new at all. What I started to notice differently was the game discussion became the same way. You couldn't discuss games anymore because no one could have any nuance, you either had to love the games that were universally loved, hate those that were hated, or piss off. I with with option 3.
Oh yeah I remember hearing about that. I've never had any Amiibo. Don't have a Switch either so outside of keeping a small list of Switch games I want that I can't play anywhere else I haven't paid a ton of attention. Best way to do Nintendo IMO is wait until the next one comes out then buy up everyone's discards.
Probably because the core Nintendo audience are soy-faced consoomers who want to blame the toxicity of the fanbase on imaginary right-wingers or entitled gamers, even though the only complaining I ever see are woke idiots doing the Scrimblo Brimblo shit.
Hell, the Space Buns fiasco from last year came from a virulent lefty.
Yeah, that's the space buns thing. Someone posted a screenshot of her Animal Crossing villager sitting in her house and highlighted the hair (calling them space buns because they look like Princess Leia's hairstyle), and some black lefty got mad at her for appropriating afro puffs on a white character.
I’ve honestly never met a Nintendo person in real life. PC, Xbox, PS, even mobile. The only reason I know Nintendo makes stuff is from the internet. It’s honestly weird
Because most Nintendo fan's are fetuses.