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.
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.