National Geographic Proves it's Fanboy-ism

hay - 404 days 2 hours ago

Actually there are some movies by NG on bluray so It isn't bad move to go all the way that road since customers could watch movies and play their games on the same machine.

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Mozilla89 - 404 days 2 hours ago

I have a PS3 and like to read National Geographic, I don't don't understand why its such a reach to think so.

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Amnesiac - 404 days 1 hour ago

I've had a subscription to NG since I was a kid...Nice assumption though.

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HighDefinition - 404 days ago

My god! Who ever wrote this headline is a flippin idiot.

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jcfilth - 404 days ago

NG on BD is AWESOME!!

It's not fanboy-ism, they just work with serious companies, that's all.

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ravinash - 404 days ago

If you wanted to go by stereo types, 360 are the younger crowd like students and people gaming on a budget while PS3 owners have more money to buy the more expensive console and tend to be 20 to 35+. So maybe that's the crowd they are after.
And of course Wii has the biggest number of customers and can reach the whole family.

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Kleptic - 404 days ago

yeah not sure what the joke was about NG...I have had a subscription since I was a kid also, and now get it free through work for some unknown reason (mechanical engineering, has nothing to do with NG...yet I can't get a free subscription to Popular Science, or something relevant...wtfe)

either way...I would assume it would be the 360 audience that wouldn't read NG...as most are constantly trumpeting about 'buying more games' and 'putting in more hours online'...that doesn't leave a whole lot of time for stuff like...reading...just an observation I made, thats all...

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UltimateIdiot911 - 404 days ago

I'm sorry, but your logic is flawed big time. My friends who own the PS3 are more likely to read NG than my friends who own a 360. I personally do pick up a copy of NG every now and then. The only reason why I haven't subscribe is because I'm not home half the year.

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SaiyanFury - 403 days 23 hours ago

I also own a PS3 and I enjoy reading National Geographic. I also love watching the Canadian Discovery Channel, TLC, and National Geographic channel as well. I wouldn't call them fanboys simply because they're not planning on content on the 360. Maybe it's simply their view that they wouldn't get the same exposure on the 360. Who knows, but I think it's a rather extreme reaction as they've not stated their reasons for choosing Sony and Nintendo. Maybe they want to reach out to Japan as well? Lord knows the 360 isn't such a hot potato over there. That isn't to say that it doesn't move units, but Japanese systems with a Japanese focus tend to sell better in their home territory.

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thewhoopimen - 403 days 23 hours ago

I've been reading NG since I was kid. I wouldn't have had the interest to travel to the 20-odd countries i've been to otherwise. Video footage of animals, plants, landscapes on blu-ray are the absolute best. DVD is like VHS next to it.

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ianp622 - 403 days 23 hours ago

Wow, looks like knamelis got pwned.

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ruibing - 403 days 22 hours ago

It's bad to establish these kinds of stereotypes.

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BattleAxe - 403 days 21 hours ago

Wow, a media outlet thats pro Sony.......I thought I'd never see the day. I wish other media outlets were like NG where if they have nothing good to say about the PS3, then they shouldn't even come out with reviews ect. for it.

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Jamegohanssj5 - 403 days 20 hours ago

Oh I like NG now. I expect AAA titles for the PS3.

TGSI

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kunit22c - 403 days 6 hours ago

can anyone think logicaly? Maybe they dont want to get a 360 because of rrod? hhmmm.... i seriously bet thats why, i mean if i was the owner of national geographic i wouldnt, and also they are trying to apeal KIDS not TEENS *KIDS* the 360 is ALL SHOOTER games almost ALL of them, and the ones that arnt shooters are still rated M, besides like guitar hero and what not but you could get those on wii or ps3 anyway. So yeah actually think before you talk.

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Kleptic - 404 days ago

whats the big deal?...this is a console war...the real question is simply 'what isn't a big deal?'...and that would arguably be answered with 'nothing'...

I heard two grown men arguing at best buy this weekend about the 360 and the PS3...the 360 guy seriously claimed the 360 as 'better', and that games should only be bought for the 360, because the game case is the same size as regular DVD cases...and will look better with your DVD collection...and that the smaller PS3 cases were 'gay'...no joke...although the PS3 owner did sort of spit in his face with, 'well, the PS3 cases are more appropriate with my growing BD collection'...and the 360 owner wept...

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MashedButtons - 404 days 2 hours ago

you don't even like the clever photoshop?!?

:(

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Kleptic - 404 days ago

photoshop was good...first thing I noticed...but yeah, I thought this entire thing was a joke...I didn't know NG even worked on Afrika w/ Sony...cool i guess, if you like those kinds of games...

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GlossGreen - 403 days 23 hours ago

Not really, pretty basic and unimaginative if you must know. I know, now I'm just being mean.

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Raddog - 403 days 22 hours ago

Ever heard of a game called Yaris? It was free... and it was terrible.

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MashedButtons - 404 days ago

twas simply a joke.

clearly you guys are missing the point.

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UltimateIdiot911 - 404 days ago

=/ If it's a joke, should have went to bad Joystick.

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GlossGreen - 403 days 23 hours ago

Well, there goes credibility. Also proves that Pushing Play has a very lame sense of humor. Fail, just fail.

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hay - 403 days 10 hours ago

If it's a joke, it's a lame one.

BTW, GlossGreen... No offense... But your avatar looks like green rectum.

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Ldubbz - 403 days 23 hours ago

Square-Enix has a bias? Arent they part-owned by Sony? And though I could care less about what NG's affinities are, comparing a game developer (one of the biggest i might add) to a new NG developer just doesnt seem to make sense.

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GlossGreen - 403 days 23 hours ago

Square Enix is not owned by Sony, and is in fact, a multiplatform developer. Both of you are wrong.

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Ldubbz - 403 days 23 hours ago

Sony used to own a chunk of Square, but I believe that ended with the Enix merger. And yes we know they are multiplatform. So in review I was partly incorrect...and GWAVE is always wrong...lol

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GlossGreen - 403 days 23 hours ago

nobody takes Sarcastic Gamer seriously. We know when they are trying to pull our leg. This lame attempt is not even in the same category.

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MashedButtons - 403 days 23 hours ago

Did someone piss in your cornflakes today?

We have many writers for our site... if you don't like the joke that Scurvy made here (The article is serious... but insinuating that NG is a fanboy is (pretty obviously) a joke), then maybe check out some of the articles. If you don't like them either... then bugger off.

GreenGloss has commented a pile of times, and even gone to our site to comment there. Thats a lot of work for someone who you don't like... isn't it? or is this your way of telling us you like us, like poking fun at girls in the playground?

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GlossGreen - 403 days 23 hours ago

just want you to know how worthless that post was. Thanks for reading. And to end, I've never felt the need to comment more then once or twice on an article before, but I just couldn't help myself on this one.

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MashedButtons - 403 days 23 hours ago

Well thanks for letting me know... because your commenting has led to the thread heating up... and therefore more traffic being generated.

Worthless huh?

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GlossGreen - 403 days 22 hours ago

had anything to do with me. People tend to read articles on this site, ya know, News 4 Gamers. Occasionally we get good articles, often we get bad. This one just really missed the mark. Alright, to take it down a notch from annoyed to advice. Next time for a humor article, go to Bad Joystick, sister site of N4G. You may get an audience there. Most here like to see serious pieces.

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cmrbe - 404 days ago

the x360 almost burned down their HQ lol!

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ReTarDedFisHy - 403 days 23 hours ago

I lol'd. :)

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Guitarded - 403 days 23 hours ago

That's the Cabella game that trades guns and equipment for cameras and is set in Africa. Cool but Boring. Apparently National Geographic doesn't care about selling large quantities of games. Wii only sells first party and PS3 is weak across the board. In any case, not a big loss for 360.

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cmrbe - 403 days 22 hours ago

thats exactly the kind of thinking why NG might not want it on the x360. Xbots don't care about it just like how they don't like games like Afrika. MS i am sure don't are about creating new experience like Afrika which NG cares about.

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ThatCanadianguy420 - 403 days 20 hours ago

"So do N4G contributors"

Fixed.

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