Now here's a topic I've been wanting to let out for a while and talk about what might be my biggest gripe with the gaming industry. Fanboys and platform wars. Now it's okay if you have a favorite company, platform, game series, genre or whatever and have simple preferences because I'm sure everyone does.

However I don't like when someone goes arrogant and act like their preferred platform or company is perfect. I also hate how people bash on a company without talking about positives. Here are example quotes, "Nintendo just makes kiddie games, gimmicks, and underpowered hardware", "Sony makes overpriced systems and bad controllers", "Microsoft just has Red Ring of Death, and Doritos and Mountain Dew ads", "Mobile and browser games are for casuals", and "PC Master Race, Yeah!". Each company and platform offers a unique experience, all have benefits and drawbacks and neither are perfect.

I also hate how games like Indie games, Nintendo games, kid friendly games, and mobile games get bashed because they are not Triple A games. What exactly defines a Triple A game? A high budget 3D open world game with mature realistic themes. I mean an indie game can be just as fun. It just blows my mind.

Now I want to talk about the PC as a gaming platform because this one really gets to me. Now I'm not boycotting the PC platform I just want to talk about it's advantages and disadvantages to consoles because PC is not perfect. Now it's common sense that if a multiplatform 3D game comes out on consoles and PC the PC version is always going to be superior that is if you have the right specs. And it's easier to mod PC games if that's what you're into. But an advantage consoles have over PC are some console exclusives. And yes PC's have exclusives too but consoles have unique exclusives such as the Mario series, JRPGs, and other japanese developed games. Most PC games are western developed games while most japanese developed games are only on consoles and handhelds because surprise, PC gaming isn't that popular in Japan. And most of my favorite games are only on consoles and handhelds like the Mario series, Pokémon, Kingdom Hearts, Animal Crossing, Super Smash Bros., and more. I know some will bring up "Those games suck", well okay that's your opinion, or even "Why don't you just use emulators", I like to play a game on the platform it was intended for because it's authentic and sometimes emulated games will perform worse than on the system it was on even on a high end PC because it's not really the specs that plague games from emulating well it's because some systems have unique architectures and interfaces that are hard to replicate on PC through emulation. N64 emulation still has lots of problems and some games are glitchier that what they should be. "It's just a bad rom", I tried several roms of a certain game like Pokémon Snap for instance and it's pretty much unplayable on emulators. And I also don't like how people will bring up,"There's a clone of that game you can play instead." I don't think clone games would ever replace that games they copied. Now I use the PC for exclusives too such as Rollercoaster Tycoon, Pokémon TCG Online, and point and click adventure games. But I also use it for Internet, work, and video editing, I mean PC's have more useful features than just games. Again I'm not bashing PC gaming, I just want to state why it's not perfect and what problems I have with it.

Saying PC Master Race is like saying Chinese Master Race because China is the most populated country in the world and they manufacture most of our products, but they have problems like degraded environment or One child policy I think.

That being said there is no master race. PC is not the master race, Mobile is not the master race, Xbox is not the master race, Playstation is not the master race, Nintendo is not the master race, Sega is not the master race. All of them have unique benefits, experiences and their drawbacks. What's wrong with diversity and variety?

I mean come on... THEY ARE JUST GAMES FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!!

Just play whatever makes you happy and let everyone have their preferences to platforms, games, etc. Just don't treat a certain company, platform, game or whatever like a religion. For those who don't care what they play on, and just enjoy any kind of games they like, and are happy for people with different gaming preferences than you, I envy you. Much like how I was happy for the brony fandom before I even joined it.

So that's all I wanted to say and thank you if you read this and understood.