Why do you participate in the console war?

Okay, so earlier this week I decided to purchase an xbox 360 slim from off of Amazon.com. I had previously been a PS3 only user for quite sometime. However, I was missing out on some games that I wanted to play such as Alan Wake and Left 4 Dead 2. I was also really surprised and intrigued by the Gears 3 Beta. I had alot of disposable cash so I thought why not?

After getting my 360 I immediately added 25+ friends I knew in real life. Just like that, I was connected and proceeded to suck myself into the xbox live. It's not a rip off like people say it is. The cross in game chat made it more fun to talk to my friends. I really loved Mass Effect 2 for the PS3 so I got the first Mass Effect and then Mass Effect 2 for the xbox. It feels better having played both games and I have a full understanding of what is going on within the story.

After a while, I went on youtube to release a bulletin let people know I had gotten a 360 so I could get their gamer tag. Instead of actually getting gamer tags my channel got flooded with statements such as "why did you get the ****box 360"? Also comments like "Halo is gay", RROD, and "xbox live is a ripoff". Not even an hour later people are debating about what console is better. It was pathetic, but something stood with me as these debates were going on.

The console war is pointless, repetitive, and unneccessary for consumers. It's good for the companies because it's advertising in a way. My beef with it though is that I wonder why people bother getting in these debates? Gaming is about fun for us consumers right? A preference is a preference but at the end of the day, we want to get lost in a world we never seen before. We want to bond with friends and have good laugh. We want to explore other people's imaginations.

The world is already divided enough. There are more serious issues globabally that affects our everyday lives such as religon, politics, race, gender, and status. The media already has their way of stretching the truth and slanting their stories to cause arguements. Why feed into that? Why let something as fun as gaming get in the way of your potential for enjoyment?

I finally sent a personal message to one of the main participants in the flame war on my channel. I asked him, " Why do you bother engaging in these pointless arguements?" " It's just an opinion." In his own words he said, " Because I'm bored and I like seeing people get butthurt over my comments "