The War Between Consoles Continues...

I knew that fanboys/girls are people that favor one videgame company’s consoles and games over another, such as Sony’s Playstation 3 and Microsoft’s Xbox 360. What I didn’t know is that they throw common sense out the window when arguing with each other. Reading comments on reviews of Killzone 2 was appalling. Some people were accusing reviewers of being biased toward Sony or Microsoft, and even went as far as accusing them of being bribed to lean one way or another. For me, this really takes the term “fanboy/girl” to a whole new level.

The people writing these comments spoke highly of their favored company, and insulted anyone who didn’t agree with them- for no apparent reason. If the reviews of Killzone 2 weren’t a perfect score, Sony fanboys and fangirls would insult the reviewer’s credibility. Likewise, if the game did have a perfect score, you would have Microsoft fanboys/girls claiming that the reviewers were “paid off” by Sony. To my amusement, Adam Sessler from X-play read some of the comments the show received after their review of Killzone 2. One angry fanboy commented that even though X-play gave Killzone 2 a perfect score, the tone in Adam’s voice made clear that he didn’t believe the game deserved the score; obviously a subliminal message.

There was a lot of heated (and ridiculously stupid) debate over the reviews of Killzone 2, but one stood out in particular. The review “Killzone 2: The Edge Verdict,” gave the game a mediocre score of 7/10. Other reviewers pointed out that Edge purposely rated the game low to start controversy and bring traffic to their site, which is exactly what happened. There were people commenting like crazy in an all out war against each other. It’s things like this that make us look bad as a community.

As for fanboys/girls, companies like Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo probably aren’t bothered by them. The fanboys or fangirls will buy just about all of the major games that are exclusive to their company’s console. The quality of the actual game doesn't matter. All that matters is that there is a logo on the box. It is this concept that I have a hard time understanding. What is it that makes fanboys/girls exist? Why do they blindly follow these companies? Just because Sony made it doesn’t mean it is better than something Microsoft made. There are pros and cons to every videogame or console which can be debated intelligently. Unless you are a fanboy, then you just whine and cry when someone says something mean about your precious console, and then point out how much of a dumb-dumb head they are. So there!