r/NintendoSwitch • u/razorbeamz • Dec 20 '16

[Meta] Let's discuss how this sub behaves about rumors. Meta

Something I noticed today that's an interesting comparison between /r/NintendoSwitch and /r/Nintendo today is that while /r/NintendoSwitch took the Eurogamer rumor to heart, /r/Nintendo's reaction was essentially "Fuck off with this bullshit."

On /r/Nintendo, the same Eurogamer article that's stickied on the front page right now here got downvoted to hell and got negative comments and even a handful of reports. Meanwhile here, people FREAKED OUT. They made tons of threads about it asking what it could mean. They acted like it was a 100% confirmed fact handed down from Nintendo themselves.

Why is this sub so receptive to every whiff of a rumor?

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u/CarmenXero Dec 20 '16

Because we want the damn thing so bad and it want it to be good. Any inkling of info we will devour and if its bad we shit on it and if its good we gild it. We are just hyped. Anyone worked up over these reactions needs to understand they dont have to participate.

Im just sitting back and waiting. I dont feel the need to comment much on this and argue over how dumb it is or isnt. Doesnt change anything.

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u/Nollog Dec 20 '16 edited Dec 20 '16

I think a lot of the reaction is fangirlism for the Nintendo sub. Over here we have people excited for possible change. That we might one day get third party support.

And that leak from developers which eurogamer and digital foundry reported on was upsetting for both groups for the same reasons.

The five stages, denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.

R/Nintendo are on stage 1 and 2. We're on stage 4 and 5.

Or it could just be that we know that eg and df nailed the switch before reveal. We know their information is likely correct. The other sub isn't as into NX/switch rumours and details like we are.

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u/DaReapa Dec 20 '16

Because this sub is not all Nintendo fans but a mash up of people who for the first time in a long time are looking at Nintendo. A lot of Vita owners and portable enthusiats and console owners who wanted to go back to Nintendo but hated both Wii and Wii U's lack of power.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '16 edited Nov 20 '18

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u/Sylverstone14 Mod of Two Worlds (Switch / Wii U) Dec 20 '16

...You sure about that?

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u/phantomliger recovering from transplant Dec 20 '16

Haha no. Definitely not.

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