Not only are these rabid supporters making obnoxious spectacles of themselves, but they are missing out on hordes of great games because they simply refuse to go outside of their boxes. For instance, Metal Gear Solid 4, while not everyone’s cup of tea, was a solid effort from Kojima, and some 360 loyalists will vehemently refuse to play it unless it gets ported to their favorite system. In all seriousness, these kinds of people will give no other reason other than the fact that they just don’t like Sony.

It’s a fact of life that favorites are going to be chosen. Let’s just face it: it really does come down to personal choice. With that said, in choosing, which console is actually the best? It’s impossible to decide. Unless you want to go by specs and features, you absolutely cannot come out and proclaim the Wii to be the overall champ of the current-gen consoles. It’s such an infantile way of thinking to declare that one system is somehow the winner of the console wars that gamers have been waging for years now. Yet, for some reason, it’s prevalent amongst gaming society as we know it.

Gaming consoles are a lot like food. There are a ton of different varieties that come in different styles, shapes, and sizes. There are different "flavors," if you will. It’s okay to choose one that you like to eat often, but are you really going to live off a steady diet of chocolate cake and macaroni and cheese for the rest of your life? It wouldn’t hurt you to try some exotic foods every now and then.

There is an astronomical amount of games out there. Why limit yourself to just one type, or just one way to play them? More importantly, why would you bash others just because they enjoy playing something different than you? One of the most cherished ideals about being a gamer, for me, is the fact that no matter what we play or how good we are at it, we all should feel like a family. We all share this passion, so why not support each other in doing so? I suppose that due to the nature of the gamer to be competitive, this is a rut that we will dig ourselves out of over time, but only with patience and understanding.

For now, I will be content with the cessation of threats of violence when publicizing the fact that I enjoy all of my consoles equally, and do not back one company over the other. You know why? They’re just games. Let’s all remember that, and get along, for goodness’ sake.