Your ability to flatter yourself must be great fun at parties.

“If you have a problem with me but not them it means you are either (A) one of them or (B) a hypocrite.”

As I have said, many comments are valid and lucid, or at least attempt to convey valid and lucid points. There aren’t that many that deserve to be called pointless tirades. And no, trying to deflect the issue to make me look bad doesn’t work. Those people, even if they made a tirade, are not pretending to be above making a tirade. YOU, on the other hand, appear to be, by taking on a holier-than-thou attitude and implying that you are calling out these people for a smackdown and reckoning. Whining about whiners doesn’t magically make you a saint. It just makes you yet another whiner, who just happens to be whining about whiners. And a hypocrite, as well.

“Boycotting Nintendo b/c they didnt build their system to your every whim is boycotting b/c you are self entitled. ”

Yes, we should all purchase things that don’t meet our requirements and expectations, because… because of what, exactly? Because Dean Winchester said so? Consumers have every right to decide for themselves whether a product is something they want to pay for. If they decide region-locking isn’t something they are comfortable with despite the other specs, they have every right to choose not to buy it. That’s self-entitlement? You object to people not purchasing the WII U because it has small memory capacity. You object to people not purchasing the WII U because it is region-locked. Are you going to object to people not purchasing the WII U because it is not backwards-compatible with Gamecube games next?

“Choosing to not purchase something and calling for others to join your “revolution” b/c the company that makes said product and made no promises to the contrary, follows an industry standard and deprives you of something you feel entitled to IS SELF ENTITLEMENT. ”

Nintendo is free to make whatever console they want. Consumers are free to complain and not buy it. That’s the way capitalism works. Are consumers free to call on others to not buy it? That’s more ‘iffy’, but you’ll find that it is in their rights to do so. YOU don’t have to listen and agree, of course. But calling them ‘self-entitled’ is remarkably self-entitled. Companies make money by giving consumers what they want. Consumers reward companies or punish them. That’s the way the world works. ‘Industry standards’ mean nothing, since it is these same companies that set said standards in the first place. They can change the standards at any time. Sony already did. The PS and PS2 were region-locked, but the PS3 is not. The PC is region-free, and X360 is partly so. PSP and Vita are region-free. Nintendo DS is also region-free but the 3DS is not. So what is the current ‘industry standard’ here?

If it is self-entitlement for consumers to refuse to purchase a product that does not meet their expectations, then it is also self-entitlement on the part of the company for releasing a product that is more controllable by them at the expense of consumer expectation and satisfaction. Consumer demand is one of the main drivers for innovation and advancements in the consumer electronics industry. Many comments have pointed out that region-locking in this day and age is passe, and if boycotts force Nintendo to enter the new age ( I doubt it will), that’s just another form of innovation and evolution for Nintendo. The question you should ask yourself is: Why is it not acceptable to you for someone who is not satisfied with a product to call on others not to purchase it, but acceptable to you for someone who is satisfied with the product to call on other to purchase it?

“How you can argue the contrary is beyond me. I know you dont like my comments b/c they strike a cord with you but please…if you are going to try and dismantle my points, do so one the basis of the ENTIRE point instead of a small piece of it.”

The problem is that your ENTIRE point (about people who complain being nothing more than self-entitled whiners) does not hold much water. People are different. They have different experiences and motives in complaining, and, yes, there are trolls and self-entitled brats out there, but Gematsu thankfully has a lower percentage of those due to their rules and policing. Your personal and combative comments are contributing to the cesspool, as you term it, and if you really care about making Gematsu less of one, you should rethink your comments before posting. Yes, this advice applies to everyone else as well, including myself. As for why I responded to you specifically, I disagree strongly with your idea that those who express their dissatisfaction with Nintendo’s region-locking policy are ‘self-entitled’.

What you are doing is trying to be the ‘hero’ here, the guy who knows more about things than anyone else, who is able to make judgements that are above and beyond the abilities of the unwashed masses due to his insight and unbiasedness. Sorry to disappoint you, but you’re not. You may have points, but your combative and aggressive comments can make you seem like a douchebag more than a hero. How do I know this? Because I used to be ‘that guy’. I know what it’s like. Even today, I’m still a work in progress. It’s like battling addiction or alcoholism. I try not to be a dick, but sometimes I relapse. Right here, right now, I take a deep breath and look at some pictures of Anya Zenkova to calm down, and I choose not to respond to your flamebaiting and implied insults. I edited this message before posting it to remove the more inflammatory parts I typed. I hope that I can, and I hope that you can, help to make Gematsu more pleasant, in spite of the presence of other people with opinions we do not agree with.