So, yeah. I'm saying it's pretty dumb. (Gaming)

by Vortech , A Fourth Wheel, Friday, February 12, 2016, 19:52 (3210 days ago) @ cheapLEY

Like many things people get mad about this is not about what they are talking about it is about the sub-text and fear that underlies it all. A lot of people made the mistake of conflating console choice with personal identity or tribal affiliation. They have been Defending Xbox for so long that anything that weakens it "competitively" (or really, even just removes a point of differentiation) is a big problem.

They were out there fighting the fight for Microsoft and now they are having the ground under them eroded by business decisions that don't align with their campaign against the 2-front war of PlayStation and PC. They had these things that were "Only on XBOX" — it said so right there on the trailer. But now, here they are giving this thing that was only theirs (loyal soldier that they were) to the people who had been judging them.

And even that is not really what's happening. They picked XBONE, even though the zeitgeist said PS4 was the Gamer's Choice™. They Picked XBONE, even thought the PC Master Race told them it was where the casual and skill-less played. They are afraid that maybe they picked wrong and now they are all alone with their mistake - a soldier left behind when the army pulled out.

The girl they liked just kissed their bully; Their friend picked the jock instead of them in the kickball draft; some third childhood Scène à faire trauma where someone is emotionally hurt by someone else acting rationally instead of guarding their feelings.