Nintendo 3DS: Sony Doesn’t Believe Glasses Free 3D Works Well, May Include It On PlayStation Vita 2

The fact that you took the time to reply to my previous comment shows that you wanted me to read your reply. And by reading your reply, you are making your opinions known to me. This means you want me to care about your opinions, and consequently, your feelings.

Well kind sir, I’d like you to know that I DO care about your opinions. I may not agree with them, but I do respect them, and I respect you as a human being for having them and wanting them to be known. It means you’re human, and that’s a good thing.

Thank you for taking the time to reply, even though there was no way to have known that I would’ve replied to it, or even took the time to read it. But fortunately for you, I did take the time to read it, and I am taking even more time to reply to it.

Like you, I too love Nintendo games. I believe Nintendo has the best first party games out of any other company on the planet. If there’s one thing that Nintendo understands best, it’s how to ‘engineer’ fun. Nintendo is fantastic at making genuinely FUN titles. :)

Yes, I do believe you are being a hypocrite. “Go to a debate forum if you want to share your feelings,” eh? Could you perchance point me in the direction of a video game only debate forum? …yeah, I didn’t think so. That’s because they don’t exist. That’s what the comments on video game articles and blogs are for. :) You are a hypocrite indeed, as you tell me to go somewhere else to share my feelings — and thus, my opinions — while you yourself have just shared your feelings and opinions to me.

But I think that’s okay. Being a hypocrite proves you’re human and you have feelings and thus flaws as well. Flaws make us human. It would be impossible for an artificial intelligence, for example, to be hypocritical, as it would go against their previous programming. Why am I telling you this? No reason. Maybe because it’s past 5:00am here and I have nothing better to do with my time than you write out a long, elaborate reply, ultimately saying a lot about nothing.

I apologize if you were expecting something else. I did not mean to waste your time. If you feel that you no longer wish to read, you may stop now. :)

…still here? Cool. I guess I’ll continue on then:

I too do not care about 3D. I don’t believe it truly adds anything to the gameplay experience except a slight depth perception. It’s neat eye candy at first, but the ‘shiny’ wears off pretty quickly. I did not buy the 3DS on Day Zero for $250 plus tax and an extra $40 plus tax for Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition just to experience 3D. No, that was not it’s selling point to me. The 3DS’ main selling point to me was Nintendo’s future first party games, which have always been well worth the price of admission on pretty much every single Nintendo console ever. Even the Virtual Boy, of all things, had a few pretty awesome first party games. My favorite was Virtual Boy Wario Land, which you can read more about here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Boy_Wario_Land

I don’t believe in console wars. There is no such thing as the “best” system. Each system has its pros and its cons, regardless of what various fanboys all over the ‘net will have you believe. I own them all because there are games on all of them that appeal to me as a gamer. To limit yourself to just one and only company — deliberately — just seems like a really ignorant thing to do. By the way, I am not speaking to you directly with that statement, Sullivan, just gamers in general. It seems people like to take sides and stick with that no matter what. They miss out on soooo many great games when they do that — some real gems. I think all the systems ever made (sans the Phillip CDi) have something great to offer…if people are willing to take the time to look, of course.

Most folks don’t care though. I pity them. I feel sad for them. They’re only hurting themselves by forcefully prohibiting themselves to enjoy great exclusive titles. Now, I can understand if someone is not fortunate enough to have the means or resources to purchase every new system that comes out. That’s fine, as it’s not their fault. But for those that can — for those that have no excuse not to — it is sad. They align themselves to a company, as though that company cares for them…well, they don’t. No company truly “cares” about its customers — at least, not in the human sense of the word. They may care if people start to leave and buy more stuff from other companies, but they don’t care about the customers, just the customers’ money. Microsoft acts in this way, Sony act in this way, and yes, even Nintendo act in this way. Old men in suits drive the actions of every company, and everything any company does is for the sake of future profit margins.

And this is fine. Of course, it is to be expected. This is a capitalist society after all, and they have every right to try to do whatever it takes (as long as its within the law) to earn as much money as possible. But the reason I bring this up in the first place is because some people get really attached to a company — any company. I mean, REALLY attached. Like, they have some kind of emotional interest and feel it is their duty to protect and serve this company no matter what. This, my friend, is how “fanboys” are born. People who are unable to think or act through reason, and think and act on emotions instead.

Emotions do not a good debate make.

Debates are best waged using objective resources, not subjective ones. Fanboys however are genuinely unable to tell the difference between the two. It is sad…and it is why I pity them.

I like to think of myself as the bringer of neutrality on the ‘net. I play Devil’s Advocate, regardless of where I am. I do this in the off-chance that maybe — just maybe — someone will open their eyes to the error of their ways, and simply live and let live. I want people to realize that their opinions are just that — opinions. When it comes to subjective arguments, there is no ‘truth’, there is no ‘real answer’. All fanboys are right and all fanboys are wrong simultaneously. Only those who do not pick sides…only those who follow the ways of neutrality…only those who can put their emotions aside for a moment and look at things objective…only they are truly right. Why? Simple: they are the only ones truly enjoying themselves.

They don’t let petty emotions over a company get in the way of their gaming fun. Fanboys are unafraid to try anything new. Fanboys will fight tooth and nail to ‘prove’ that the company they bought a product from is the best in every way, ignoring the fact that there is no “best, one-size-fits-all” video game system. Every system has games that you can only play on that system. Every system has different input methods and technologies and ways to play. Every system has great games from talented artists and developers.

I am the harbinger of neutrality. When someone has shown themselves as a fanboy, unable to listen to reason, following only nostalgic attachments and misinformation, I try to shed light on the error of their ways by showing them that, hey, these other companies — whom you foster so much hate for, merely because they exist and ‘compete’ with your favorite company — they have good games too. They have fun experiences too. They have neat tech too. YOU CAN ENJOY THEM TOO. :D

Please don’t shut yourself off from the rest of the gaming world simply because you hold one company so near and dear. You don’t have to do that. You don’t have to “prove your loyalty” with that company by buying only THEIR products. Choice exists because it’s a good thing. It fosters creativity. It fosters ingenuity. It fosters innovations and revolutions too.

Some fanboys wish all the other companies but their favorite would just “die” and go away. What they don’t realize is if that happened, it would ruin the games industry in a way they could never possibly imagine. Competition NEEDS to exist. If you let any single one company gain a monopoly over the others, it would surely cause a crash of epic proportions. The world of gaming would be cast into unfathomable darkness from which only indies could save us.

I may dislike a company for a lot of things, like their business practices of paten trolling (Microsoft and Apple), blatant copypasta (Sony and Gameloft), and rehashing the same IP’s into oblivion (Nintendo and Activision), but you know what? Despite all their flaws, I can still find reasons to enjoy the games from all of the above (sans Apple, as they don’t actually make their own games (yet) but rely solely on 3rd parties).

The point is, all this hatred for various companies is unfounded and merely gives the fanboys who spread all this hatred “tunnel vision” of the industry. Seeing what everything one company does as “The Hands of God Crafting Yet Another Masterpiece” and everything the rest do as “BULL SH*T, GTFO,” is most certainly NOT a good thing. It’s a terrible plague upon this industry and that mindset needs to go away if we are ever to hope gaming evolves as a medium and become more than just “toys” in the eyes of the general public.

I believe in never letting one company gain all the power. This is one of the lesser reasons why I buy from all of them. I don’t buy from just one, and as such, my money gets spread around to various companies, and no company becomes too powerful through my funds. Balance is key to maintaining a healthy industry with competition that breeds bigger and better ideas and technology.

Ahh, I believe I’ve been writing for an hour now. I suppose I can just leave it at that for today. If anyone actually read this far, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. I hope by some chance that you gained an enlightenment in some way — any way, really. Or at the very least, it has given you food for thought. Thinking is good. Thinking fosters intelligence, and intelligence is what separates us from the many other animals that inhabit this big blue marble of ours we call Earth.

Remember kids: don’t be a gnat — be a human!

Make consoles fun, not console wars!

We may have are differences, but on the inside, we all have one thing in common: we are GAMERS.

United we Conquer. Divided we’re Fragged.

Robert B. Healy III
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