One has to stop and look at the average gamer to see that we are no longer in a world of enjoyment and playful spirits but are in an age of spitefulness and critics. Nothing is up to par and everything has a fault, not to mention everything should be on the one console the owner has. Although if a game is exclusive to a system the gamer has it is by default the only true game that has come out. Multiplat games are viewed with flip flop opinions and one needs to point out how one version is obviously superior than the other.
If a game is announced with heated anticipation on a console not owned by the gamer it is now a garbage series that no one ever liked in the first place. Companies that made amazing games their whole history are now considered porr and sloppy if they no longer favor a certain brand name more than the others. Also, many of the long time gamers must make themselves superior to newer gamers by segregation of hardcore and casual completely forgetting their roots of the gaming nature. Much like the consoles and handhelds these spiteful ones get side tracked with what video games are... nothing other than entertainment with video and tactile responses. Nothing about watching movies, going on the internet, listening to music, watching trailers, making a profile, and the many other features found within a console are but distractions of what a gaming console is about, which is simply playing video games.
Broken down in the easiest way there is very little between PS3 and the Wii when it comes down to playing and enjoying a game. The only difference in this generation are these "gamers" who want to feel like they should be treated special for playing a generation before and while doing so forget the very nature of enjoyment. Telling a developer how a game should be made and what's wrong with it, how it's not hardcore, how it's not good enough for you, and trying specially hard to disregard a game because it's on a system you don't own is the quickest way to loss the perspective of gaming. It's not a sport, it's not a democracy, it's not a way of life, but it's simply a form of entertainment or distraction for your everyday life.
The way these long time gamers are quickly becoming jaded in the realm of video games makes one wonder how much longer companies can or will put up with it. We'll get one more generation without a doubt but with everyone desperately trying to find any and all faults within a console/game/developer it's only a matter of time till they (the makers of them) will wash their hands from us and completely go in a different direction with said products. It is foolish not to think they won't. So I know it's been said before 'Play games not consoles' but to go even further we must just play the games. Going into a game thinking 'I must find anything wrong with this so I don't have to like it' is not a way to play games. Try just playing a game once in awhile you may find you actually like it. Lets go beyond 'Play games not consoles' and now 'Play games not critique' after all this is all about enjoyment and nothing about social standards.
The PlayStation 5 was the best-selling console in the US for January 2026 in terms of units sold and dollar sales, according to figures from Circana (formerly The NPD Group). Circana includes the dates for the four-week period of January 4 to 31.
Well congrats to them. As far as the Switch 2 is concerned.. it should be obvious by now that it is priced too high!
God of War remakes will feature a "new fighting system," says Kratos voice actor Chris Judge, hinting at major changes.
i doubt it will be like the recent titles. the original trilogy had a lot of vertically in the combat. it won't be exactly 1:1 like the old games, but it won't mirror the new over the shoulder style.
I welcome that change, if it is the exact same system, we can just play the original.
Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software data for Japan for the week of February 9, 2026 to February 15, 2026.
Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties was the highest selling new release of the week, opening at 58,171 units on PlayStation 5, 19,845 units on PlayStation 4, and 15,988 units on Switch 2 for an opening week total of 94,004 retail copies sold.
stem from FANBOYs.
it just occurred to me that fanboys are not new. I especially remember the SNES vs Sega GENESIS fanboys.
The PS2 sorta bridged the gap a bit, but now things are in full swing again.
Good article. I hope people can once again begin to appreciate games on their own merit, and have FUN!
I'm sad that this is starting to be true... even for me. I used to remember always have fun no matter what game I played. I played an rpg called Guardian Crusade without even checking for reviews. As I got older I checked the scores and it got a 7.1 on Gamespot which was a fairly decent score way back in the days. If that was me today I would've never even think about playing that game. It could also be an age thing and the fact that i'm paying for my own games now but I missed the good ol' days when I just used to shop for a game blind and based my purchase by looking at the case and say "Hey, this looks like it could be fun".
Well put man. I've said it before and I'll say it again, nothing is ever "good enough" in the online era. Everything has to be either the greatest thing since sliced bread or the worst bloody thing since the holocaust. Nobody seems capable of taking anything at face value anymore or just enjoying a game/movie/song/book for what it is. Entertainment, pure and simple.
Who cares if the latest Halo game or James Bond movie or Metallica CD didn't turn the world upside down and change it's respective medium for all history? Did it keep a few people entertained for a few hours? That's all these things are really meant for in the end.
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