What the fuck? 11.6 million? ELEVEN MILLION, SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND BROKEN X-BOXES?

HOW WILL TIMMY EVER GET A CHRISTMAS TIME?

Timmy's dad isn't going to know how to fix the X-Box, so it's going to overheat while he plays Halo 5

I was merely asserting that 99% of 360 users are too fucking stupid to open up their console and fix it, so Microsoft will end up suffering due to their shoddy design and the stupidity of their user base.

Is that a little more clear?

The X-box is easily moddable because, surprise, it's a shitty PC from 3 years ago! Go figure that it has the highest amount of mods per capita, it's made from PC hardware and it's by Microsoft. Does Microsoft even go through any effort to stop modders, besides their threat of a lifetime ban from Live on that console?

PC is the only "hardcore" game system left. The 360 is a bunch of light bloom saturated, pixel shaded rehashes of shit from the last 5 years with identical game mechanics and no innovation. Whee, we can have a bunch of zombies to kill, too bad none of them have AI.

The 360 is the same shit as the X-box, which was just a dumbed down PC in the first place. How is that hardcore? I don't have any fanboy loyalties, I judge a system solely on the merits of the games on that system. So far I've seen a total of 0 (zero) games that would justify the purchase of the 360. I could get a bunch of button mashing combo games like 99 nights, a brainless, AI-less button mash fest in Dead Rising, some laughably bad FPS games, or some ports of PC games that I could run in higher resolution and at higher FPS (not to mention being able to actually play the games with infinitely superior controls) on my PC, like FEAR. It simply has nothing to do with being a fanboy, it has to do with fun games. Every time I look at a 360 game, I see simplified game mechanics in favor of graphics jerk-off sessions, with no innovation or draw.

If you're curious about why I hate the 360 so much, I'll explain. The 360 is a direct threat to quality PC titles, because companies know that releasing a no-effort game that a million dipshits will buy on the 360 instead of actually making a fun game that took effort to create is more lucrative. Gaming is no longer even remotely an art, it is at its core a business. Every new game I play is just a huge grindfest of unlockable content, or a rehash of the same shit from the past 5 years, or both if you're extra lucky. The worst part is, people think that shit like that is fun. How is grinding to unlock shit fun? How is getting a stupid ass achievement in a game fun? It's not. It's text on your screen fueling your desire to complete goals, while the game slowly doles out bits and pieces of itself to artificially extend gameplay time so they can brag about how long the game is on the back of the box. Plain and simple, it just seems like either the devs of today's day and age have NO fucking clue what constitutes a fun video game, or they're just lazy and uncreative losers who have no right to be making games.

Thanks to the ease of programming for consoles due to universal system specs, increased marketability and install base of consoles, and lower price than PC's, corporations that churn out the same shit year after year have no reason not to just go for the gusto releasing as much garbage as they can for the 360 in a huge cash-in. The best a PC gamer can hope for now, instead of exclusive PC titles that are actually promising, is cross-platform games. Cross-platform titles only serve to further weaken the already dwindling support in the belief that the PC is superior to consoles as a gaming platform, in the worst way possible. Any cross-platform game is dumbed down to the lowest common denominator, the console, so a cross-platform game will almost always suffer most on PC. Cross-platform games are one of the many factors that are slowly but surely killing the PC's chance at getting a good game that fully takes advantage of the superior controls, graphics, and modability of games.

If you can't understand why I dislike a console that tries to replace a PC, but does a piss-poor job if it, and if you describe that as fanboyism, then don't even bother talking to me. I used to like consoles before they fucked over the opportunity for me to have fun games on MY system of choice. The only games that are considered marketable for PC now are pay-to-play games like WoW, and that's just depressing. I may as well be swiping my credit card to slash at enemies.

If nothing else, I know for a fact PC will always have home-made free shit, and mods. Those alone have been enough to sustain like half of my PC gaming for a long time. The Wii could be a good platform for this in the future, but I don't think it'll compete with the PC in any way.

Black Zarak wrote:

Well, see the point here Murdar is not that you think PCs are better than Xbox, it's that while you are allowed to have any opinion you want, that doesn't necessarily give you the right to say "anybody who owns an Xbox is a fucking idiot because Xbox is teh suk, LOLZZZ!!!!11"

My reactions aren't always correct, but can you blame me for being slightly angry at people who willingly contribute to the stuff I mentioned in my post earlier? I suppose it's more Microsoft's fault than anyone's, but the 360 really is a selfish console towards PC gaming. I understand that not everyone who buys one has it out for PC gaming.