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Not me. Im a proud Nintendo Junkie. Playstation is ok. XBOX CAN BURN!!!!

I figured I would take this opportunity to vent my frustration at fanboys of Nintendo, and the company itself. It's more than about just video games, it's about criticizing how a company runs it's business, and the culture surrounding the fanbase.

Please don't chime in with "wrong forum" and the like, seeing as it isn't just about the fact that it's a video game company. If you do, I will just take it as a passive-aggressive way of trying to dismiss my point without addressing it.

Company: They make rehashes of their same tired franchises with little new to enjoy for those who aren't "hardcore fans", they haven't made a new character/franchise in forever (sans Pikmin, though I could care less), and they constantly put out poorly designed consoles that focus on "retro gaming" rather than anything state of the art. Their controllers are uncomfortable and cheaply made, their third party support hasn't been passable since the SNES, and they frequently repackage the same tired products over and over as a filler for an actual new item to market against their competiton.

Overall, they pretty much fail as a company seeing as they consistently neglect what the industry and the consumer demands, and their sales reflect that. The Gameboy is the main thing keeping them afloat, and I doubt that will last forever since they will eventually run out of ways to repackage it and sell it for exorbitant prices. On top of that, their "image" they keep trying to keep up about being "innovative" is just plain delusional and wrong. If they are innovative at anything, it's marketing, because somehow everyone is still buying their crap.

While I do enjoy the occasional Metroid or Yoshi game, I refuse to: pay the several hundred dollar price mark for their future consoles just to play the 5-6 decent first party games (ie. rehash Zelda, Smash Bros., Mario Kart, etc.), or the occassional third-party game that's on all the other consoles, or buy their crappy retro shirts and accessories just to prove I'm "old skool" (thereby proving I was a "gamer" before it was cool), or generally encourage Nintendo that they can keep running their business the way they do. They need to get with the damn times and start producing quality stuff, with variety and depth or they can dry up and die with the dinosaurs (who are way more pleasant to be around).

On fanboys/girls: Single-handedly the most annoying sub-culture in the video game realm, and the most difficult to discuss things with. They typically will not admit big N's faults, and blindly chirp the mantra "omg N is best. tey old skool", while getting uber defensive any time the idea of them needing to change some things is mentioned. Commonly associated with the self-riteous "retro gamer", they cling to past successes that are no indication of the companies current standpoint in the industry. Purchase of Nintendo merchandise provides emotional reinforcement and gives them the aura that they are better than others because "they love Nintendo, and they are in it for the games". Truly the industry's greatest marketing whores, they pay full price for next-gen rehashes of franchises that have been around since the late 80's, sporting little difference in gameplay or story.

If it weren't for the fact that most N fans out there are aggressive, irrational, and impossible to talk to without offending them, it wouldn't be as big of a deal. But that, coupled with the holier-than-thou attitude makes them damn near intolerable.