Topic: Why does the Wii U get so much hate?

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I see a lot of people who hate on the Wii U. Even the 3DS. It's just Nintendo in general really. Most people avoid talking about 3DS because it's successful, but I noticed when the new announcement came that everybody jumped on it and started attacking it. All people who don't play Nintendo games too. Saying it screws over 3DS owners. Yet all 3DS owners I've spoken to are excited about it. The ones upset are the ones who don't even play the system lol!

It's like, how in the world, as a rational gamer, could you get ANGRY that a better iteration is being released, one that does not affect current owners in the slightest? Games are still being made for all 3DS systems. No games are being "subtracted" from the future lineup. Only difference is, those who so desire to upgrade will see a few extra titles that otherwise would not have ran on current hardware. So current owners lose NOTHING.

Yet, people use it as an excuse to hate Nintendo, hate their hardware, and talk a bunch of childish nonsense. In their ignorance they twist the truth to make the best argument they can AGAINST the system. To make it a BAD thing that Nintendo is making improvements that do not adversely affect current owners, to make it a BAD thing that Nintendo is making games like Xenoblade possible on the go. I chalk it up to the fact that most of this immature vitriol is from children with free reign and anonymity, a dangerous combination, especially in this day and age.

Idk, there's a good number of rational gamers out there who honestly just enjoy playing fun games. But there are equally as many have a real hatred for Nintendo and the Wii U, and 3DS. It's basically just a bunch of adolescent, hive minded individuals being ignorant. I say individuals, because sometimes it's full grown men acting in such a childish manner.

The gamer who has reached true maturity doesn't have time for that type of nonsense. We've got jobs, families, lives, more important things to focus on than obsessively condemning the very thing we claim to love. I mean, gamers claim to love playing video games yet hey seem to blindly hate consoles designed to provide that very enjoyment they claim to love. They blindly hate the very thing they say they stand for.

And they always find reasons. They say Nintendo screws over their customers, that they are fascists with their hardware, that they hate them because of their evil business practices. Granted, Nintendo is far from perfect and yes, some business policies would be better gone, but seriously? You could find similar accusations against ANY platform manufacturer. One could hate Sony for buying exclusive DLC, for business practices like paying to keep games off other consoles, for charging online sub fees, online passes, $100 memory cards, abandoning Vita after just 2 years, etc. One could also hate MS for their DRM policies, for focusing on media over games, for forcing Windows 8 UI into Xbox One, for money hatting exclusives, and as we know the list could go on.

Point is, ALL platform manufacturers are just as guilty as the next. ALL have bad policies and ALL have done bad things. You can't just give a free pass to the platform of your choice, but hold the other platforms accountable as devils, these evil corporations looking to screw the consumer. We're gamers. We're supposed to do one thing- ENJOY VIDEO GAMES. But nowadays people don't care about fun games. They care about joining a tribe of a specific console, then warring against the other factions, hypocritically ignoring the wrongdoings and negative aspects of their own preferred console, while ONLY focusing on the wrongdoings and negative aspects of rival consoles.

If a person TRULY is a gamer. If a person TRULY cares about playing great video games, they're not going to nitpick reasons to hate entire console libraries. They're going to do the exact opposite of that. They're going to nitpick reasons TO like a console library. They're going to investigate and search out the best games, wherever they may be. Like an Indiana Jones of sorts. Always searching for that next big find, looking in the unlikeliest of places. That's not what we see with the majority of online fan site gamers though. They pick sides, make allegiance, and ignorance prevails. Doesn't matter how good another platform is, or what games it gets, they made their mind up to hate it a long time ago. Because they're not interested in discovering fun, new games, they're only interested in bolstering their ego, stroking themselves as they reaffirm their decision to make allegiance with their platform of choice.

They get angry when they see another console that provides a genuinely fun experience, because it threatens their ego and their security. That's why they jump on sales figures to dismiss a console. It's an easy way to use one negative aspect to correlate to another, despite the inherent logical fallacy. Such as "console has bad sales, therefore console is illegitimate" or "controller has a screen, therefore it's gimmicky, therefore console is illegitimate" or "not region free, therefore console is illegitimate". All are example of unrelated cause and effect. A console could sell poorly, have a second screen and have region lock, and still provide one of the funnest experiences out there. Those same logical pretzels could be used to conclude "no free online, therefore console is illegitimate" or "no integrated social gaming site, therefore console is illegitimate". But you won't see them use that flawed logic against their own platform.

In the end, it's just jealousy, insecurity, and hive minded bullying. Pick on the easy target to bolster your own ego. A real gamer is open-minded, and is willing to enjoy a good game wherever they might find one. If a rational minded gamer legitimately does not enjoy the types of games on Nintendo platforms (and I think very few wouldn't, if they bought a Wii U and some of the games available and actually gave it a try, I'm fairly confident most would enjoy it, it's just a question of to what extent), they would simply not pay the console any mind. Normal people don't focus their attention on something that doesn't interest them.

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EDIT: And as for the normal gamers that don't HATE Wii U but aren't particularly interested, as the old saying goes, "Ignorance is bliss". People get in a comfort zone and they don't like change. They've been playing PS or Xbox or PC for years, and those games ARE FUN, so they have this dismissive attitude toward anything else. They don't really look into it much because they have fun games to play and they're happy playing them. It's easier to tell themselves "eh, it doesn't have any games worth playing anyways". The same thing happens with a lot of a Nintendo fans. I tell people all the time how much I like PS4 and that it has a number of great games, but it's easier for people to tell themselves. "Eh, there's nothing good on PS4 yet" and just go about their business. Only the active gamer goes out of his way to dig a little deeper.

I also think people have been conditioned to think a gaming console MUST have western AAA games, as if those are the only viable games worth playing and that if there isn't AAA then the platform cannot provide equally fun gaming experiences. I think people focus too much on what Nintendo doesn't have, rather than focusing on what they do have. I think this is because those are the games most are familiar with, and they don't understand that Nintendo platform exclusives offer equally thrilling experiences. No, you won't get AAA on Wii U, but neither will you get Nintendo exclusives on PS4 or X1. It all boils down to reluctance to change. They know AAA, so that's what they insist on. Reluctance to branch out, to believe that there are other games in this world that can be just as fun. Not that more 3rd party games wouldn't make it better, but let's face it. If you like AAA games, unless Nintendo were getting every single One of them, you're still gonna buy another console for those anyways.