Brand loyalty is RIDICULOUS!!

And SW is the obvious choice for posting this statement.

Yeah F*ck gaming companies, even though they provide us with on of the best forms of entertainment around.

All the companies want is your cash. If they could anyone of those companies would strong-arm the industry. (like Nintendo already did)Tony-Baxter

To be fair to Nintendo though, they have still maintained their brand promise: More mario and zelda games.

The nintendo brand-loyal zombies sure love some mario and zelda, and nintendo (despite chasing the casuals) has maintained that.

Playstation

Al day every day

Live for Playstation

Die for Playstation

All hail the savior Kaz Hirai

The wonderful and loving God

[QUOTE="Tony-Baxter"]All the companies want is your cash. If they could anyone of those companies would strong-arm the industry. (like Nintendo already did)RR360DD

To be fair to Nintendo though, they have still maintained their brand promise: More mario and zelda games.

The nintendo brand-loyal zombies sure love some mario and zelda, and nintendo (despite chasing the casuals) has maintained that.

Playstation

Allday every day

Live for Playstation

Die for Playstation

All hail the savior Kaz Hirai

The wonderful and loving God

n00bproof

I shed a few tears reading this.

Playstation

Al day every day

Live for Playstation

Die for Playstation

All hail the savior Kaz Hirai

The wonderful and loving God

n00bproof

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[QUOTE="Tony-Baxter"]All the companies want is your cash. If they could anyone of those companies would strong-arm the industry. (like Nintendo already did)inb4uall

To be fair to Nintendo though, they have still maintained their brand promise: More mario and zelda games.

The nintendo brand-loyal zombies sure love some mario and zelda, and nintendo (despite chasing the casuals) has maintained that.

Microsoft promised the best online console, and that they delivered.

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To be fair to Nintendo though, they have still maintained their brand promise: More mario and zelda games.

The nintendo brand-loyal zombies sure love some mario and zelda, and nintendo (despite chasing the casuals) has maintained that.

RR360DD

Microsoft promised the best online console, and that they delivered.

wii has friend codes but at least its free! LOL and party chat lol what a stupid idea If you wan to talk to someone that isn't in the same game as you they have this revolutionay new thing called a phone. its even got blue tooth hands free bro!

Nintendo was my childhood. They can have my children and wife if they want.

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[QUOTE="inb4uall"] M$ on the other hand promised core games and they have have done the same as ninty and chsed after the casuals with kinect leaving only rehashed vesions of Forza and Halo for their lemming zombie fans.

inb4uall

Microsoft promised the best online console, and that they delivered.

wii has friend codes but at least its free! LOL and party chat lol what a stupid idea If you wan to talk to someone that isn't in the same game as you they have this revolutionay new thing called a phone. its even got blue tooth hands free bro!

Yeah dude you're barking up the wrong tree. Thats your opinion on value, something which i couldn't give a flying fuk about.

Im talking about quality online service here, price is irrelevant. PSN being free does not make it the better service.

And LOL I think ill stick to just chatting to my group of friends while we play different games over XBL instead of calling them all up on the phone and speaking to them one at a time. You're a fuking idiot.

I like the brand my PC is which is a MUTT.:lol: What a mongrel of a device. But, I wouldn't have it any other way.

I've never really been 'brand loyal', but I do like that it gives companies an incentive to produce products worth being loyal for.

It should be important for companies to maintain their reputation, and have a consistency and meet certain quality standards. It shouldn't just be something meaningless you pay extra for, it should be about trust.

Really...

Playstation

Al day every day

Live for Playstation

Die for Playstation

All hail the savior Kaz Hirai

The wonderful and loving God

n00bproof

Yeah but companies are and have used "brand loyalty" as a crutch for selling products since the early days of consumerism.

/BAck in the 1920's ...."Want to buy some wheat?" *slaps consumer on back and grins ear to ear* "Your welcome back anytime, Joe!"

. . . It is like Pavlovianconditioning. Companies still do that stuff.

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[QUOTE="RR360DD"]

Microsoft promised the best online console, and that they delivered.

RR360DD

wii has friend codes but at least its free! LOL and party chat lol what a stupid idea If you wan to talk to someone that isn't in the same game as you they have this revolutionay new thing called a phone. its even got blue tooth hands free bro!

Yeah dude you're barking up the wrong tree. Thats your opinion on value, something which i couldn't give a flying fuk about.

Im talking about quality online service here, price is irrelevant. PSN being free does not make it the better service.

And LOL I think ill stick to just chatting to my group of friends while we play different games over XBL instead of calling them all up on the phone and speaking to them one at a time. You're a fuking idiot.

Depends. Being "loyal" to a developer that consistently puts their fans first and puts out quality game after quality game after quality game is really not that ridiculous.

Of course, there's a difference between being a "loyal fan" and being a blind fanboy. Fanboys are never really fans because they have lost the ability to criticize the things they love.

[QUOTE="Tony-Baxter"]All the companies want is your cash. If they could anyone of those companies would strong-arm the industry. (like Nintendo already did)RR360DD

To be fair to Nintendo though, they have still maintained their brand promise: More mario and zelda games.

The nintendo brand-loyal zombies sure love some mario and zelda, and nintendo (despite chasing the casuals) has maintained that.

I've seen some people who seriously believe Nintendo and Sony just make games for the fans and not for their money. :lol: It's amazing how blind people can be.tagyhag

I do not think that forums like SW really help doing away with the fanboymentality.

Someone (anyone, really) could get overly excited about a Nintendo reveal and post the news here on SW and *boom* get bombarded with libelous slander. Than that person kind of withdraws further out of reality and into this weird intrenet shell. Pretty soon he/she wonders "Maybe I do only like Nintendo and all these other people are just haters." Seriously, I am so happy I actually got a games system to pry me into actual,first hand gaming culture, because that actually disciplined me to not be part of the whole "forum lurking, caring what strangers online think of me" addiction.:)

It would be better if people were not so reactionary and thought of the consequences before posting things on line that might get their feelings hurt (or post stuff with the intent of hurting other peoples feelings). Use your damn head, people.

I am preaching. I know.Feels good. :)

I really like Nintendo, especially Mario games, since i grew up with a Nes and a Snes. Between the old Sega and current Sony and Microsoft, ill allways go with the console that have the games i prefer. Two gens ago it was the Playstation, last gen it was PS2 + Xbox, and this gen the 360.

Isnt System Wars based around brand loyality? People want to argue all day about which brand they are the most loayl too, even if they are a bad brand LOL

It is ridiculous. No one will admit the brand they support has any faults

All the companies want is your cash.
If they could anyone of those companies would strong-arm the industry. (like Nintendo already did)Tony-Baxter

I don't really understand what point you're trying t make here.

But I will say that on the topic of "brand loyalty" that there are two sides to that stance. If it doesn't get in the way of your appreciation for all that's available, even from the competition, then there's nothing wrong with it. I love and worship Nintendo more than any other gaming company in existence. But I own all platforms and a PC and support them regularly. Not to mention that I even prefer the PS3 to the Wii. Yet I still love Nintendo more. I am "loyal" to them. When it clouds one's ability to see what else is out there and are great gaming experiences, that's when in it becomes an issue and tends to create narrow-minded, pompous, stuck up and EXTREMELY uneducated fanboys.

IMO of course.

Nintendo was my childhood. They can have my children and wife if they want.

Eponique

Brand loyalty is important for companies. They need a loyal fanbase they can always turn to when they are in the sh*tter. It's as bad as music artist fans like Gaga's lil monsters or Team Breezy lmao... But they need it for exposure and word of mouth.

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To be fair to Nintendo though, they have still maintained their brand promise: More mario and zelda games.

The nintendo brand-loyal zombies sure love some mario and zelda, and nintendo (despite chasing the casuals) has maintained that.

RR360DD

Microsoft promised the best online console, and that they delivered.

Sure, if you likeads shoved down you're thoats

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[QUOTE="RR360DD"]

To be fair to Nintendo though, they have still maintained their brand promise: More mario and zelda games.

The nintendo brand-loyal zombies sure love some mario and zelda, and nintendo (despite chasing the casuals) has maintained that.

RR360DD

Microsoft promised the best online console, and that they delivered.

I'm only a PC loyalist, but in all honesty there's nothing bad about that at all.

You're a fan of something you built and customized with your own two hands, and a little bit of your own blood too (sometimes those cases can be sharp!).

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[QUOTE="inb4uall"] M$ on the other hand promised core games and they have have done the same as ninty and chsed after the casuals with kinect leaving only rehashed vesions of Forza and Halo for their lemming zombie fans.

shadiezz2012

Microsoft promised the best online console, and that they delivered.

Exactly.

IT already has 80% ( or more ) of the features of XBL & its free.

If someone offered you a deal of 100 cookies for $60 ( XBL ) or 80 cookies for free ( PSN ), what would be the better deal?

Nintendo was my childhood. They can have my children and wife if they want.

Eponique

I just like games.

I just like games.

aknbad23

You and me both, brother. I'm pretty sure most of the people on SW don't even like games.

Hey, i thought in another thread you said you were a girl..how does that work... unless... -or do I have you confused with someone else..?Midnightshade29

Naw I'm a manly man.

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Don't blow my cover! :o

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Ferrari > Porsche

Pepsi > Coke

Makers Mark > Jack Daniels

There, I said it. :twisted: :P

These is nothing wrong with brand loyalty. However being so blindly obsessed that you hate another brand just because it is competition to your favorite brand..now that's just nuts.

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[QUOTE="inb4uall"] M$ on the other hand promised core games and they have have done the same as ninty and chsed after the casuals with kinect leaving only rehashed vesions of Forza and Halo for their lemming zombie fans.

inb4uall

Microsoft promised the best online console, and that they delivered.

wii has friend codes but at least its free! LOL and party chat lol what a stupid idea If you wan to talk to someone that isn't in the same game as you they have this revolutionay new thing called a phone. its even got blue tooth hands free bro!

You never had a 360.

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[QUOTE="RR360DD"]

Microsoft promised the best online console, and that they delivered.

brennanhuff

wii has friend codes but at least its free! LOL and party chat lol what a stupid idea If you wan to talk to someone that isn't in the same game as you they have this revolutionay new thing called a phone. its even got blue tooth hands free bro!

You never had a 360.

I don't care if these companies care for me or not, the point is that I own a PS3, the superior gaming console.