PS3 fanboys are the worst[Editor's Note: We're not just a (rad) news site - - we also publish opinions/editorials from our community & employees like this one, though be aware it may not jive with the opinions of Destructoid as a whole, or how our moms raised us. Want to post your own article in response? Publish it now on our community blogs.]Are you ever at a party or similar social gathering, and your group of friends is joined by that one guy?
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Nobody likes him, but everybody seems to know who he is. Somebody invited him, but not one of your friends will own up to it.
He's obnoxious, he's annoying, he's oblivious to the sour atmosphere he inspires, and the worst part of it is .. That's pretty much how I feel about Sony fanboys. You see, Sony fanboys are the worst ones.
Don't get me wrong - - Nintendo fanboys, Microsoft fanboys and PC fanboys each have their irritating quirks and infuriating mannerisms, but the Sony fans truly are the worst of a bad lot. In a barrel full of rotten apples, they are the most putrid, festering, blackened pools of mulch at the bottom. Everybody knows this, but like that one "friend" at the party who everybody is too polite to shun, nobody has dared to tell Sony fanboys that they are truly the pariahs of society and need to stop hanging out with the rest of us. Fortunately, that's why I'm here. Read on as I present my case, and tell Sony fanboys to get the Hell out of our party.
Rational people who read my work will understand that I criticize Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo with no real preference or "bias." If one of those publishers screws up, I give them the verbal dressing down they deserve. All three of the major platform holders have, at one time or another, been criticized by yours truly. In fact, if you're keeping score, you'll notice that I'm probably more spiteful to Microsoft, since I find their actions the most shameless and despicable, while with Sony it's more frustration and pity.
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However, if you listen to the regular crop of Sony loyalists that sometimes invade Destructoid's comment section, you'd think that I was Sony's worst enemy, driven by an unquenchable thirst for the destruction of the Play. Station brand and everybody associated with it. I have often asked myself: Why is it that criticisms of Nintendo and Microsoft do not get met with such hostility? Why do I get called "biased" against Nintendo and Microsoft far less than I do with Sony? There is only one answer: The Sony Defense Force is by far the most aggressive, the most obnoxious and, of course, the most defensive. Let's look at some evidence. Third- party exclusivity has been one of the big battlegrounds of this generation.
As exclusives outside of first and second party studios become more rare, such elusive gems as Metal Gear Solid and Mass Effect have become more precious than water in a desert. Naturally, the arguments over who has the best exclusives and which games are going multiplatform has been a hot- button issue among gamers. So, what happens when a previously exclusive game goes multiplatform? Well, if you're a real gamer who gives a shit about a quality game series, you'll be happy that the game is going to be enjoyed by a potentially wider audience. If you're a Sony fanboy, however, you'll form a petition and get incredibly upset like a little bitch. Devil May Cry 4 is a perfect example. Originally a PS3 exclusive, Capcom made the wise decision to put the game on the XBox 3. Sony loyalists famously boycotted the game and launched a petition, begging Capcom not to betray them.
One fan asked the publisher directly, "What are you thinking, Capcom?" The petition still exists, with 1. According to the petition, the PS3 fans "Feel very left out in [Capcom's] decision to make Devil May Cry 4 a Multi- Platform title, and hereby agree to boycott your sale of Capcom affiliated games." Yes, somehow Sony fans felt "left out," as if they somehow weren't getting the game as well. This seems to be a running issue with PS3 fanboys, that if a game goes multiplatform, they somehow act as if they're not going to be able to play it, and many of them choose not to, demonstrating just how much they actually care about playing videogames. To them, this whole thing is a melodrama about loyalty and trust and having publishers bend to their every whim. Similar issues happened when Square Enix sensationally revealed that Final Fantasy XIII was going multiplatform.
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In fact, there's a petition still running for that too, though with significantly fewer signatures. When FF XIII was announced for Xbox 3. Sony fanboys declaring Square Enix "traitors" and vowing never to play the game. Never mind being happy that a classic RPG series was potentially going to increase its fanbase, these so- called gamers were more concerned about having an exclusive to brag about online. It's never about gaming with fanboys, it's always about petty point- scoring. This is true of all fanboys to a degree, not just Sony ones, but so far I've seen very few examples of 3. Wii loyalists being quite so pathetic as to petition and boycott and whine and cry over a multiplatform game. I did a search and failed to find a petition about Bio.
Shock, Castle Crashers, Lost Planet and Dead Rising. Four previously exclusive games, all headed or heading to the Play. Station 3. If such petitions exist, they clearly didn't gain much ground. Simply put? Xbox 3. I've certainly seen 3. Wii fans upset because a game ISN'T coming to their system, but I'm yet to see much evidence of them screaming because a game IS coming to their system and simply happens to be going to another one as well.
In fact, the only evidence I can see of Xbox 3. Tales of Vesperia. Even then, however, the circumstances are different. First of all, the petition came from Japan, where many gamers bought a 3. Tales, and then felt screwed over when it was announced for PS3, a system they possibly had before they bought a 3. I dare say that many of these people weren't Microsoft fans in the slightest, and were simply angry that they'd wasted money.
Secondly, the PS3 version of Vesperia is going to be far superior, which is a clear slap in the face. That's not to say that the petition isn't dumb (if you get screwed by Namco Bandai, that's your own fault), but it fails to be quite as sad as a plea to keep Devil May Cry 4 PS3- exclusive. The Sony fanboys are always the ones at the heart of controversy. Killzone 2 is another fine example. Do you ever remember a 3.
I certainly don't. Killzone 2, however, was thoroughly colored by the furor that surrounded its reviews. Sony loyalists famously raged over one site's 8/1. Positive reviews were criticized just as much as negative ones by the Sony Defense Force, with some fans claiming they could "hear" the bias in Adam Sessler's voice when he gave the game a good video review. Things got so bad that Sessler actually raged against the fans in an edition of Sessler's Soapbox. It doesn't matter whether or not the fanboys have played, or even like, the games in question. If the game's exclusive to the PS3, you WILL give it a high score or you shall live to see the wrath of enraged Sony fans.
The sad thing is, and I don't think the PS3 loyalists realize this, their rage and anger and need to start fights effectively ruin the reputations of the games themselves. As explained, Killzone 2 was completely upstaged by the controversy surrounding it, controversy that developer Guerrilla had itself done nothing to earn. I dread to think how Killzone 2's developers actually felt to see their game become associated with public displays of stupidity and subjected to merciless mockery within the gaming community simply because an insane rabble reduced all discussion of their game to sheer absurdity. For a more home- grown example, let's look at the notorious Prototype versus in. FAMOUS debate. This debate was not about which game was better. Sure, that's how it started, but it somehow managed to turn into yet another battlefield of the console war, through some serious leaps in logic instigated by the Sony crowd.
Apparently, if you like Prototype more than in. FAMOUS, you like the Xbox 3.
PS3. Never mind that out of the two games, only ONE of them is an exclusive title. Our joke article, How Prototype is blatantly better than in. FAMOUS, was accused of Xbox 3. Those making such accusations never stopped to consider that Prototype is on the PS3 as well. They simply perceived an attack on their precious PS3 exclusive and jumped to the only conclusion they understand - - ZOMG BIAS! Yet more evidence comes in the form of three features I wrote over the course of several weeks. Each piece was a criticism of one of the big three platform holders.
There is an article about Sony needing to STFU, an article about Nintendo of America needing to STFU and, perhaps the most damning, an article about Microsoft ruining fun for everybody. Can you guess which article sparked the most outrage? No, it wasn't the more damning of the three articles. It was the most reasonable one, the one that supported the PS3 quite heavily and went to great lengths to explain the difference between liking a system while disliking a corporation.
In fact, this particular article got people so riled up it inspired Sony fansite Play. Station Lifestyle to respond to the article and dress it down in a the manner you'd expect from a site named after a particular brand. As a matter of fact, that Play. Station Lifestyle article is not the only fan site to ever respond to my work. PSX Extreme and PSU are among other Sony- oriented blogs that have felt the need to accuse me of "bias" or question me for questioning the unquestionable Sony.
So far I am yet to see a Microsoft fan site pull a similar stunt. It simply doesn't seem to happen, does it?
So, what is it about Sony fanboys that makes them more obnoxious? Perhaps it's the way they were raised. Let's face it, most fanboys, no matter their preference, are predominantly teenagers who have had mommy and daddy buy them a games console.