As more or the less the only child growing up in a neighborhood where I had no friends but a tv screen, I was spoiled. Utterly, unarguably, spoiled. As such, I got whatever the hell I wanted, and what I wanted was video games. I got every system I wanted, every Christmas, without fail.
Being brought up like that, I had no idea what a fanboy was. As I was always that bastard that had every system anyway, games were games to me. I came up without a lick of brand loyalty.
Which is why, when it came to a time (about two years ago) where I had to make a choice, I went with Wii first, then Xbox 360. Why? Did I want to play Mario, or Halo? Nope. Couldn't give a damn about either. I wasn't spending 600 dollars on a video game system, simple as that.
Flash two years later. I've been working at Gamestop for two years by now, and if there's anything I've been taught by Gamestop, it's that 1. fanboys continue the exist and 2. there's little point.
Every time a major release comes out, we get at least five copies in the next week. Just goes to show someone always doesn't care about these things. I read through the new release list as I work, and it's often I get surprised by how few exclusive games there actually are. I mean, when Final Fantasy 13 was announced for 360, a bomb might've been dropped on the internet. It's almsot sad; as the systems in this generation get older, they start to get almost identical in library, which is really what the gamer should be worrying about anyway.
Muddling the issue further is the fact that PS3's and 360's cost more or less the same now. I know damn sure that PS3's only 300 bucks now I'll get it. There's all of maybe...3 exclusives I want to play, but hell, I'm still spoiled at heart.
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I'm slightly jealous that you were able to get all those systems, but at least your not crazy. What I mean is that you look at the systems logically (price)and you don't bash one system because you have a different one. It must have been a sad awakening when you realized that fanboys exist and that they will coninue to do so probably until the end of the world.
ReplyDeleteI'm also worried about identical libraries across systems. While it could be seen in a positive way, i.e., greater access to AAA games, there's also a negative side, that being the potential decrease in diverse gaming experiences. Some of the most interesting games I've played on PS3 and Xbox were available via PSN and XBLA, games such as PixelJunk Eden, Flower, Shadow Complex and Braid. Perhaps gaming diversity will be available online and nowhere else in the near future.
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