I've never really understood the whole "system wars" thing. I know why some people choose to support one console over another, but I've never understood why they would get into insane arguments about which console is better, especially on message boards. It's fine to talk to your buddies about why you like console A more than console B, but spending countless hours trading insults with someone you've never met because they happen to own a different console? That's taking the whole "loyalty" thing to the extreme.

Or at least that was the extreme.

Last week, Capcom announced that Devil May Cry 4, which was once a PlayStation 3 exclusive, will be heading to the Xbox 360 as well as the PS3. Now, more people can play the game, and Capcom can make more money. Everybody wins, right?

Not everybody.

PlayStation 3 fanboys were all sorts of upset. Why? They lost some precious ammo in the "Our system has X number of exclusive games" argument. But that's just fanboys being fanboys; here's where it gets nutty. For reasons that I have yet to understand, some people were so upset by this announcement that they organized an online petition to whine about it. More than 11,000 nutjobs signed their names to the following:

We (The people that have signed this petition) feel very left out in your decision to make Devil May Cry 4 a Multi-Platform title, and hereby agree to boycott your sale of Capcom affiliated games. This is due to your decision to turn your back on your most faithful gaming company. For years we have enjoyed games, we have reaped the benefits of your committment [sic] to Sony. We find it absolutely demoralizing for not only the gamers, but also Sony itself. We want you to know that will not, and should not stand for your actions, and therefore withold [sic] our option of buying your product.

Let's take a look at why this is insane, one sentence at a time:

We (The people that have signed this petition) feel very left out in your decision to make Devil May Cry 4 a Multi-Platform title, and hereby agree to boycott your sale of Capcom affiliated games

First of all, thanks for clarifying who "we" is. I'm sure Capcom never could have figured out that "we" refers to the people that signed the petition. Second, you shouldn't feel left out. You don't work for Capcom, and chances are pretty good that none of you own Capcom stock. Capcom doesn't need to run their business decisions by you. As for the boycott? You're idiots.

This is due to your decision to turn your back on your most faithful gaming company.

No, this is due to "you" (the people that signed this petition) having way too much time on your hands. I'd comment about the "most faithful gaming company" part, but to be honest, I can't even hazard a guess as to what that really means.

For years we have enjoyed games, we have reaped the benefits of your committment to Sony.

I've got good news for you: You'll continue to enjoy games AND you'll still get to do so while playing a Sony console. Your ability to enjoy Devil May Cry 4 on the PS3 is not affected IN ANY WAY. I'm going to let you in on a little secret about Capcom's "committment" to Sony. Resident Evil 4 was on the GameCube first; Lost Planet and Dead Rising were Xbox 360 exclusives; Phoenix Wright is only available on the Nintendo DS; the list goes on and on. This "committment" is all in your minds.

We find it absolutely demoralizing for not only the gamers, but also Sony itself.

Gamers, at least ones with common sense, aren't demoralized at all. See, more people get to play the game now. Gamers like playing games. You're probably right, though; Sony's most likely a bit bummed out about the news.

We want you to know that will not, and should not stand for your actions, and therefore withold [sic] our option of buying your product.

I'll ignore the omitted "we" that renders the first half of this sentence meaningless. Let me get this straight. Because Capcom is now releasing the game on another system in addition to the PlayStation 3, you won't buy the game, even though it's still coming out on the PlayStation 3? Capcom should leave money on the table? That's a good idea! Maybe they'll take such a loss on DMC 4 that they'll never make another Devil May Cry game! Wouldn't it be great if people lost jobs because the game underperformed? That would be sweet!

Capcom's Christian Svensson was the lucky person tapped with responding to this nonsense. He said, "We are certainly moved that people are so passionate about our products that they would go to such extremes. At the same time we feel that allowing more people access to our content pleases far more people than it displeases (after all, we're not denying DMC4 to anyone that was already going to get it). It really is the best decision for the company and for consumers." As you can see, Christian was much more diplomatic than I was. Sadly, he's got to tread lightly around these zealots or else they might start a petition to have him fired for being insensitive to their very sensitive feelings. Fortunately for me, I'm free to tell them just how I feel.