 Hey everyone welcome back to Nintendo Prime and look today I there's some news and some other stuff that I might get to later there really wasn't a big enough bevy of stories this morning to worry about a prime news so instead what I wanted to focus on at least for this video is something I hate talking about unfortunately I feel like it's a conversation that needs to be had consistently we've had this conversation in videos in the past and we're about to go over it again maybe because of Steam Deck existing maybe that's maybe that's something that feels like the current catalyst anyways you know we had a big debate over the last day or so breakout on our discord server between a particular user who really enjoys the Steam Deck and you know other people who enjoy Switch and look I'm not here to sit here and tell you which platform is better I think they both have advantages and disadvantages and are going to please people in different ways my thing isn't that the comparisons can't happen and that we can't have honest conversations about it but oftentimes the conversations devolve into essentially you suck and you suck you are a sony pony you are an X bot you are a valve drone you are a nintendo drone you are a fanboy you can't see the horse before the tree or whatever that analogy is I probably butchered it I am so tired of seeing this and you figure being a nintendo channel we really wouldn't see a lot of this happening frequently within the community because most of us either if we don't own a switch we at least enjoy nintendo IP and we could sit back and just learn and enjoy all of that together but on the other hand there's this whole other spectrum to this where we are so driven so inherently driven by personal gratification and justification that we end up not realizing that we might be actually hurting others simply by opening our mouths it's a weird thing like if you bought a PlayStation 5 and you're out there trash talking to switch and trash talking xbox and trash talking pc or why what is your end goal in doing that there are really two end goals I could see and this goes for no matter what you're trashing if you're someone who does that the end goals are either two full one you're really trying to justify your purchase because you're not actually happy with it so in order to become happier with your purchase you need to put down people who play on other platforms laugh at the switch for being weak laugh at the steam deck for using linux for some ungodly reason like that's something you should laugh about laugh at xbox for oh you don't even own your games gamepad like look laugh all you want but chances are there's a high you know a high likelihood that you're doing this because you're trying to justify your own purchase to yourself by gaining justification and gratification from others likewise on the other spectrum you may rush over to places that highly praise ps5 to get more justification for your purchase by being around other people that are telling you how amazing playstation 5 is bottom line is if you really really thought the platform you were on was utterly amazing would you feel like you need to go to other people's territory and trash talk them I like in this sort of the pc versus macro like pc versus mac has been a thing for decades and it would be kind of like Linus from Linus Tech Tips who really loves PCs heading on over to say I justine who's really into Macs and trash talking Macs because of his preference for PC and he can provide a billion reasons for why he refers PC and I justine can provide a billion reasons for why she prefers Mac there would be really no point to budding heads on it because it's all down to personal preference use cases and obviously what they want to use a you know it's kind of like Android versus iPhone it's all personal preference there's no point to running over to do that unless you feel insecure about your own purchasing decisions obviously in this case Linus doesn't feel insecure about his purchasing decisions he also reviews Mac products and they rolled out a Mac channel which Linus rarely features on because he's not a Mac specialist they hired somebody who is so that's obviously really out there comparison but it's similar to us fan bases out here for these products these multi billion dollar companies don't need us defending them I don't need to run over to I don't know I'm trying to think of like a PlayStation podcast I don't know kind of funny's PlayStation podcast that they have I don't need to run over to PS I love you and start ranting in the comments about how much PlayStation 5 sucks at Xbox game bass is better and switches like so much better it's so portable it has all the exclusive IP look we're getting Zelda now you guys are just begging for scraps you're forespoken just got delayed hello like who cares who cares why do I feel like I need to justify my preferred platform by attacking because maybe you actually don't feel great about the purchase you made so you're looking for justification the other reason is much more cynical the other reason is extremely cynical the other reason reason is just unfortunately part of this world you get joy out of laughing at others expense the unfortunate reality of human nature is we like to laugh at others pain if you can walk in with a steam deck into a switch conversation and basically show a bunch of fact based information like frame rates and everything to the bad talk switch and you are probably laughing at how people who prefer switch start defending oh I don't care about this or I don't care about that or blah or whatever they're gonna say you might get a chuckle out of it because you're genuinely annoying them right even if you're not gonna change their opinion you will enjoy the fact that you are in annoying that person or that select group of people and it's just people get like this with my YouTube videos right we have people come run to my comments there's probably someone in my comments right now saying clickbait or bullshit or some other thing not because they ever watched my videos but because they get joy out of attempting to annoy me and this is why some people hate that I respond or give any attention to it because I feel like I'm just giving those people exactly what they want or most of you don't realize is honestly it took up 30 seconds of my day and I really don't give a crap once the camera's off once I walk away from the computer it's not even in my mind so it's interesting you know how people view that but it's true that those people are attention seeking and trying to get pleasure out of making other people feel worse or at least if they can't make them feel worse annoying them and they get pleasure out of that and I feel like all of this is at the core of console wars there are things that are beneficial to competition having Sony and Xbox go at each other is how we entered up with what appears to be the excellent PlayStation 5 and the excellent Xbox series X and Game Pass all this really came together and Sony now with their their new stuff they're doing with PlayStation Plus and like all of this came around from a healthy competition healthy competition can breed really good things for all consumers switch as an example is now getting some competition here from Steam Deck it's not a serious level of competition like PlayStation versus Xbox where you're both selling tens of millions of units but it is of the sort of competition that's getting the sort of pub that Nintendo has probably noticed and obviously could grow with the steam deck 2 or a steam deck 3 down the line and that's obviously going to give Nintendo a little bit of pause to at least think about how they approach future platforms because hey maybe some stuff they're doing is a good idea maybe some stuff they're doing isn't a good idea and we can learn from that as well as learning from ourselves to create a better future platform and then you know steam deck and learn from that and build but like it's healthy competition right like that's that's good for the market but the fans arguing and bitching and complaining and whining and attacking each other and calling each other names like none of that's actually healthy and I want to just put this out there that I want to really really do something that maybe we were taught as kids I don't know what your parents or your your guardians or your situation does it taught you as a kid but I was always taught a couple of things a couple a couple basic things and I don't always abide by these but I probably should more often one of them if you have nothing nice to say just don't say anything and all I think that's you know I think that's cool for kids as adults I think there are there are points to legit criticism and all that but you're not have to be mean to be critical right like that that being harsh and being critical don't have to be the exact same thing right there's plenty of people who have given me a lot of constructive criticism over my videos that did it in a very respectful manner that's not being mean so I guess there is a way to do that without be mean so maybe maybe I shouldn't take it back whatever that's what that's one thing I was taught when I was younger another thing that I was taught is think before you speak we are inherently emotional people we see something that gives us an instant emotional reaction and we go man I need to say something right now oh Nate fumbled around and and and called a thing the wrong device or called the wrong clock speeds or or said the wrong game or got a fact wrong here I need to instantly go to the comments and rage about it oh my gosh I see Nintendo switch pro in the title of a video my Lord it's time for me to go rant and rave enough of this fucking bullshit blah blah like you're not thinking before you're typing that you're giving an emotional response oh it's interesting like with the switch pro stuff is I think John from Swam away put out maybe one of the best videos on the entire thing he you know he calmly want one he doesn't excessively cover it but he calmly explained over the weekend and then a couple days ago on Saturday why it's continuing to get coverage and you know he pretty much nailed it on the head you know one obviously there's a lot of interest in new technology to you know analytic wise it just makes too much sense people are constantly seeking out and searching for that content and and in general people just like looking forward to new things they like speculating they like they like conversations they like talking about the unknown because while we could put more focus on the known there's only so much you can talk about with known quantities because we already know right like we already know let's say everything we need to know about Kirby and the Forgotten Land so let's say you want to you want to keep the conversation going about Kirby and the Forgotten Land well at this point to keep that conversation going you would have to start doing things that are outside the box like well okay let's start comparing Kirby and the Forgotten Land to something else or let's start coming up with Kirby and the Forgotten Land theories once you've gotten to your conclusion you beat the game 100% and it did whatever and you talked about hey you know maybe one time what you liked about the game what you dislike after that there really isn't much more to say because it's unknown quantity beyond hey what's this future speculation if Kirby and the Forgotten Land can impact future Kirby games so that is obviously again looking forward yet again like today before I decided to make this video I had highly debated on doing something around Breath of the Wild 2 doing some speculation pieces around Breath of the Wild 2 because Breath of the Wild 2 slaps in the algorithm and gets a lot of views and my lord no one can ever say that I don't like talking about Zelda because I have a massive Zelda background in media I clearly love talking about Zelda so it kind of just fits everything it hits on a hot button topic it hits on high search results it hits on viewers and obviously it hits on my passion so it's kind of a win win win win win but nothing I had to say was going to be newer unique and I don't want to just regurgitate stuff that I've already said before ironically I'm sitting here in this video about console wars and regurgitating some similar points I've made in the past just we have another platform in the mix however the difference is it hasn't gotten better I wouldn't feel the need to make this video if console warring had gotten better and maybe I'm a fool to think it can actually get better maybe I'm a fool to think respect is something that we can give people that we don't know maybe I'm a fool to think that we're going to somehow get rid of our narcissistic self pleasing ways and putting others down or knowing others maybe I'm a fool to think that any of this is possible but I always want to think of the best of people and the best of people I could think of is a world where just maybe we show a little kindness a little understanding a little respect and understand that some people are going to enjoy what they enjoy I kind of look at it like this you know if you're someone who as an example wants to put down switch putting those which is a very common thing on the internet let's say you're someone who wants to put down the Nintendo switch call it we call it whatever say it say it's full of shit say it's bad for the industry whatever you want to say would you in fact say that to a four-year-old playing a switch let's say you walk into a room and you see a little kid just this little tiny kid you know could talk a little bit can count but you know for the most part it is probably getting one of the first early life experiences playing video games and they're playing a Nintendo switch would you look at that child and tell them you're a piece of shit for playing that you should be playing a PlayStation 5 you should be doing this you should be doing you shut the fuck up you you know Nintendo drone of course you wouldn't say that because it's a little kid at least I hope you want me you know it's probably some sickle out there that would or for the most part people that are saying that are saying to them won't say that to a four-year-old one you know you consider them as innocent they don't know any better they're just playing whatever their parents gave them yada yada yada like there wouldn't be a lot of negative thoughts going on when you see that but yet because someone's older and you see that they're enjoying something like that we feel like now that you're older or you should know better should know you should know the switch sucks you should know it's a piece of crap you should know games and like crap you should know you should know you should and here's the thing they probably do know and they enjoy it anyways so that same respect you're gonna give some innocent little child why can't we afford that to adults who are just playing something and enjoying something that you don't so I play games every week I always play games every week because I am in at the moment three different Madden leagues sorry I play Madden I'm playing Madden since I was a kid I'm gonna play Madden probably till the day I die or if a new NFL game could take over like 2k did like 2k 5 back of the day I did play Madden 2005 or 2006 or whatever it was but I played a much more of NFL 2k 5 but the point is I'm probably gonna play till the day I die right it's probably gonna be a game I play till the day I die and almost everyone every time I bring this up and talk about it people say you Madden you this why do you play this stupid cash grab yearly release well dude I know about all the criticism I'm not unaware that it's a stupid cash grab I'm unaware of all of the things that you're saying that are completely true but you know what's also completely true I enjoy it I enjoy playing the game and none of those things being true affect my joy enough to get me to stop playing so yes every day I play at least one game of Madden takes about 40 minutes of my day I play one game of Madden and one of my leagues every day seven days a week I don't always turn my switch on every week I'm gonna turn it on a bit more lately because I'm trying to finish off Shredder's Revenge and some others but I don't always turn on my switch every week I don't always PC game every week I will play Madden on my Xbox Series S and people are gonna judge me for that and they shouldn't what I enjoy shouldn't impact what you enjoy respect each other attempt to love each other I know it can be really hard but let's respect each other and let's try to make the gaming online space especially much more friendly it's kind of weird when I go to uh some of these Madden leagues right and they find out that I'm a youtuber because I use my my main Nintendo Prime discord console like 10 or prime was how they look me up they find out I'm a youtuber what I find really interesting is some of these people that were would be trash talking switch and laughing at it uh when they see my name they look at my youtube channel and suddenly their tone changes because they see I have a following they see I might know what I'm doing they see this guy with the Nintendo followings playing Xbox switch or Xbox Madden what's going on they see that and they start to rethink their position of respect towards me and here's the problem they're giving me that respect because of all of you subscribing and watching my videos they're not giving me that respect because I did anything to earn it they're doing it because I'm I guess somewhat of a public figurehead and they respect that without even knowing me what if we could just give that level of respect to everyone they don't need you watching do not need a big social media following I mean to respect you so if you respect me cool but let's respect each other as well and if you don't respect me also cool then I don't know why you're watching this video all right guys I'll catch you guys in the next one