Is it Ever Too Late to be a Fan?

I recently finished the Mass Effect games and really liked them. I was talking to someone about it and they said I was too late to be a fan. Like the only way I could really be a fan of a game is if I played it at launch.

I mean, if this was true, there would be no "true fans" of older games eventually. Anyway, I don't think this is true, but I'm wondering if anybody thinks the same way.

I played ME1 two years after it initially came out on the PC... And still became a fan. 

You can never stop being a fan of anything - no matter how old that something might be. But, the older something is, the more likely there probably won't be fans like you to interact with. 

ME2was when being a fan was in vogue. now days all the hipsters are still crying over the ending to ME3... So this is probably what he meant by it's too late to be a fan, I dunno..

I'm playing through Mass Effect 3 for the first time right now, actually, but that doesn't make me any less of a fan.

That's a load of bull.  You like it, you're a fan.

That's kind of silly, those games are still pretty recent.  Also there are plenty of gaming communities out there that focus primarily on games much older than that.

ZING !

I'm happy to see people don't think the same way he does.

Speaking of Deus Ex, that is the other trilogy I am playing. :D

Ahhh man!  Here i thought I was a big fan of Metal Gear Solid.   Sorry Kojima!  I am a poser! :cry:

Of course, silly, you're a human, not a fan

Sorry to say, but your friend is an idiot if he thinks that. That's like saying you can't be a Bob Marley fan because he's dead. :?

Better yet, your friend can't be a fan of computer games if he wasn't around when Pong was released... follows the same logic.

Even if that were true, don't worry, EA won't stop milking that franchise, ME4 is coming sooner or later

Sorry to say, but your friend is an idiot if he thinks that. That's like saying you can't be a Bob Marley fan because he's dead. :?

 

Better yet, your friend can't be a fan of computer games if he wasn't around when Pong was released... follows the same logic.

geitenvla

My thoughts exactly.

Yes of course it is. For example, it's too late to be a fan of PC gaming because it died in 1999.SKaREO

Maybe with MP games. You may find out a certain MP game is really fun only to find out there's like literally zero active servers. Other than that, no it's never too late.

I played ME1 two years after it initially came out on the PC... And still became a fan. 

You can never stop being a fan of anything - no matter how old that something might be. But, the older something is, the more likely there probably won't be fans like you to interact with. 

The_Capitalist