The Nintendo fanbase

All the fanboy groups are equally ridiculous (and dumb)... but I think with the release and reaction to the Wii the "term" Sheep fits more comfortably than any of them.

I remember during the last generation the Nintendo fanboys did not care about quantity in the least, only the shining quality of a handful of stellar games. They'd say "So what?" to the PS2's huge catalog of good games and follow it up with "Show me a single game as great as Prime, these games are the hardest of the hardcore". Now that they've got the sales and [are about to have] subsequent quantity without the quality it's no longer about having the few stand-out hardcore, stellar titles... it's only about the public's perception of "fun," getting spots on the local news, "getting in shape," and playing with Grandpa. Casual games are "in" now I guess. Last generation they would post screen after screen of Prime and Resident Evil 4 touting the incredible visuals (and at the time they had them in spades,) despite the fact that the [arguably poorly designed] GameCube controller was often very clunky to use. Now graphics no longer matter, at all.... it's all about gameplay (and what is gameplay you ask? It's all about the well-designed controller, of course.) Last generation it was "Sales? Who the Hell cares about sales, I don't work for Nintendo," yet now it's "HEY! Hey you, look at these sales numbers." As soon as the Wii sold out the Nintendo fanbase was more than happy to do the same.

"Sheep" is a very fitting term for that group.... because through rain or shine, thick or thin, they dutifully follow their corporate sheppards.

I'm part of the nintendo fanbase. Heck, I love many of Nintendo's games, not all, but a select few of them. I cared about sales back then, since I knew poor sales would hinder 3rd party development, however, they wouldn't get sales without good 3rd party games, and 3rd parties wouldn't develop without good sales...

Visuals were great on the Cube, easilly comparable to the Xbox oftentimes, with Prime being my favorite game last gen (along with MGS2), and a great looking one at that. I still love the look of the Original Prime even to this day...

Now, I'm still a Nintendo fan, still concerned with sales, still a bit upset over the lack of graphics horsepower, but don't mind it as much (partially due to the fact that I'm still in the beginning stages of learning 3d game engine coding (though technically, you can always say you're in the beginning stages as new things are possible each day...)) as long as the game is truly fun to play... But I'm most upset when the games look below Gamecube levels. Sonic and the Secret Rings so far was the only game that I felt was 'good enough' for the Wii so far as it used quite a lot of effects, 'high res' textures and shader effects on large portions of the environment that the Cube couldn't do easily, and it was a fun game.

To think that Sonic Team delivered the technically best game on the Wii so far is plain bizzaro...

But I digress...

Your description of Sheep doesn't apply to me, or many others. I don't follow one corporation, that's plain dumb. I couldn't live with just Microsoft in the PC world, I must have my linux as well, since Windows can't do everything I want as efficiently as I need. Similarly, I can't choose only one console manufacturer since one will have things that the other doesn't, and I want a bit of both...

Unfortuantly, money is an object. PC is my first priority, as it's the most important to me for my everyday life, and gaming is a good addition... The Wii I chose because of a few games I know I would have to play. And I'm planning to get a 360 in the very near future (I heard of a lot of the problems early on and decided to wait till the problems subside), probably when the 65nm chips are used. PS3's still pricey, so that will have to wait a bit...

Ok. Here's a story about cows. Last gen, when someone mentioned graphics, they would have said "Who cares about graphics." Now they cows are "Check out these GT screens!" Wow. Hypocrisy in System Wars? I never would have guessed that one.:roll: Lemmings are really the only consistent group in terms of what they use for ownage. It's always shooters and graphics (mainly).nintendofreak_2

That because their strong points haven't changed a bit from last gen. ;) It's alljust fanboys with nothing better to do.

Well last-gen Sony fans talked about sales, and now they say they dont matter. Only the games do.

Same thing.

The only thing 'hardcore' about them is their loyalty to Nintendo. But at least its real loyalty, most people with PS2s switch over to the 360 and are not looking back once.Nerkcon