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Depends on the situation. Should a fanboy be angry because of Mass Effect 3's ending and demand better? Maybe not, but it resulted in M3 being a better game overall. Should he sue EA? No.
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They don't help at all, though I don't think they're a main cause for a lot of samey sequels the way that video tries to portray them. Angry fans are a big problem with any format. It seems more intense with games to a gamer simply because they pay attention to game-related stories. Criticism is always welcome, but getting angry never solves anything. People (admittedly myself included) just gotta learn to step back and chill when they get angry instead of writing angry posts...
Fanboyism ruins everything. There's having an opinion and then there's having a superiority complex.
I knew some people tried to sue over the end of ME3, which is ridiculous. I understand why someone would be angry since all of the endings are virtually the same and Bioware/EA promised that the ending would differ depending on your choices. It really doesn't. There's no closure whatsoever. So I agree on why you would be upset. But it's a game. Get over it and get on with your life!
Fans don't know what they want and they usually have terrible ideas. Most don't know anything about business and they don't know anything about game making. Devs shouldn't listen to them as much.
Angry fans aren't, fanboys in general are. Fanboys at this point by definition (even if not literally the definition, it might as well be) are stupid fans. Anger is in some way part of the reasons we got:
1. an ending that isn't SO insulting people's intelligence for ME3
2. improved Diablo 3
3. apparently offline new Sim City
4. Xenoblade in America
5. a new XCOM stategy game
6. good 3D Sonic games post-Adventure 2
etc.
Though angry fanboys are stupid and awful even when they're right so...yeah...
Although I do agree with kkslider a bit too. I think it's hard to draw the line between entitlement and the developer trying to get away with screwing you over. Imo, the solution should be that gamers keep their right to be disappointed at a game but they draw a mental line which stops them from making personal attacks against developers and other mean stuff like that.
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You know, "fanboys" really are pretty terrible in all senses. Also, we need to obliterate that term altogether. It's inane.
I do want to agree with some of you in saying that these people just can't possibly be responsible for pressuring companies into repetitive games and such, but when you see certain Youtubers (whose comments sections are just like taking a nice ol' dive into a dumpster) with over one million subscribers, I think the publishers ARE being forced, to a certain degree, to listen to what these people are saying (and it's rarely anything constructive).
For instance, what the internet did to the Xbox One is horrendous ("fanboys" of all sides being responsible). Microsoft was ready to release a console that was actually innovative and, despite the rage, catered to how most people use their consoles (once and for all, admit it. Most of your consoles are always connected to the internet). Yes, you will always have that vocal minority of, "But I don't have any internet in back-country Minnesota!" (the irony is astounding, yes), but this vocal minority has slowly been warping itself into what most perceive as the actual majority. When in fact they are nowhere near it. So what we got instead was the second version of the 360 with better Kinect and social media stuff - same thing goes for PS4. And this wave of, "I'm now joining the PC Master Race!" after you just attacked Microsoft over DRM and always-online is befuddling. First of all, most PC gamers are happy with the community they have: they don't want you. And I game on a PC all the time - welcome to DRM city, people. Why the sudden change of heart toward the matter? <sigh> These "fanboys" are embodiments of illogical contradiction.
Except most publishers don't threaten to take away your games simply because your console didn't report in once a day. Innovative or not, it was an anti-consumer move. Consumers aren't going to support a practice that doesn't benefit them. Steam may have DRM, but you can play the games offline for as long as you want, last I checked. You only have to go online to download the games, then it's yours. You're also allowed to use the game on multiple PCs (even though they've made that a bit more difficult over the years). Lets not forget that whole distributors can make money on the premise that their games are "DRM-Free". Obviously people have had a negative opinion on it for years. Steam was even talked down by a lot of people when it first came out because of its DRM. It took a long time to get building before people finally gave in and started using it.
That's not even getting into how the PC market =/= the console market. Jim Sterling even made a video explaining how the PC market can get away with what id does because of conveniences and other things that consoles simply cannot do. Gimme a minute to find it: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/jimquisition/7586...
You know, "fanboys" really are pretty terrible in all senses. Also, we need to obliterate that term altogether. It's inane.
I do want to agree with some of you in saying that these people just can't possibly be responsible for pressuring companies into repetitive games and such, but when you see certain Youtubers (whose comments sections are just like taking a nice ol' dive into a dumpster) with over one million subscribers, I think the publishers ARE being forced, to a certain degree, to listen to what these people are saying (and it's rarely anything constructive).
For instance, what the internet did to the Xbox One is horrendous ("fanboys" of all sides being responsible). Microsoft was ready to release a console that was actually innovative and, despite the rage, catered to how most people use their consoles (once and for all, admit it. Most of your consoles are always connected to the internet). Yes, you will always have that vocal minority of, "But I don't have any internet in back-country Minnesota!" (the irony is astounding, yes), but this vocal minority has slowly been warping itself into what most perceive as the actual majority. When in fact they are nowhere near it. So what we got instead was the second version of the 360 with better Kinect and social media stuff - same thing goes for PS4. And this wave of, "I'm now joining the PC Master Race!" after you just attacked Microsoft over DRM and always-online is befuddling. First of all, most PC gamers are happy with the community they have: they don't want you. And I game on a PC all the time - welcome to DRM city, people. Why the sudden change of heart toward the matter? <sigh> These "fanboys" are embodiments of illogical contradiction.
So Nintendo Fanboys isn't illlogical lol dude before you talk about the others you need to look at your own community because most of these people always complain, moan, and ALWAYS come to Nintendo defense and damage control every freaking solution when something happens so sadly I hate all fanboys not just half.
Fanboys have really become more cynical over the years. I remember a time when you can still like and support a series/franchise/company/team even if they made a few missteps. Nowadays they want to punish them even if they do a spin-off of the series to add something new. Kind of makes it worse when creators give the fans what they want and they still get heat from it or less support then anticipated.
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