"The console wars is so stupid. Just like high school." |
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Hey, don't get me wrong. The SDF was fun and all, but there's an end of the day to worry about, and a heavy weight to get off this gamer's chest. Richard wrote this little essay at Aeropause called "10 Ways That The Console Wars Remind Me of High School," and I'm tempted to give him an A (or at least a B+), as I nod at each of his ten points.I especially loved his #2 point, Peer Pressure, and #3, Cliques. Yeah, each console has its die-hard adherents that's out to crush the competition. We see them here, too (Even I'm guilty, at times, of these). And I also liked #1, Bullies. "It's almost like each console maker (Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo) is the bully in some twisted bully Olympics where they compete to see who can make each other cry first."
But #4 takes the cake - it reflects my own sentiments in this. "You Can't Wait 'Till It's Over." Just like graduation day, Richard - and many of us here at QJ - just want the remaining consoles released and in public hands to settle once and for all which ones we'll buy, or which ones we'll like. I recall writing somewhere that economics was about the market making the buy-sell decisions. Same thing with gaming, I guess.
End-of-the-day? Richard makes the implicit point that the console wars - whether waged at the corporate level or at the fan level - is becoming counterproductive. Yeah, I'm guilty, too - I laughed like hell over the SDF site and the "This is waiting" parodies. But you know what? I personally am glad that each company's pushing the limits of gaming their own way, even if it's an effort to push out the competition. But I think there comes a point when competition becomes too competitive, that bashing becomes hurtful, and the console wars become stupid.
Let's just get the consoles out and judge them by their respective - and well-deserved - merits. Geez, didn't anyone watch High School Musical?
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http://previews.teamxbox.com/xbox-360/1466/HalfLife-2/p1/
CONFIRMATION THAT HL2 FOR 360 WILL INCLUDE HL2, EP1, EP2, PORTAL, AND TF2. CRAZYYYY
Love the picture
Half life sucks
I DONT CARE!!!!!!!!!!
wheres the PS3 stuff???
....that people should give a damn about, its the quality of games that will appear on each console. i couldnt care if the console was made by Lego, if it has good games and does the things i want, ill buy it.
All this "console wars" and "fanboy" stuff is completely stupid and childish, but i guess it wont stop some of you wasting your life talking about it
HS was fun... College was (is) better.
You must have been lonely... Too much video games maybe???
yeah too many video games and not enough ***** for that guy