That's freaking nuts! haha I hadn't even considered that companies might do that. It's brilliant really. And also quite nefarious. I hope NeoGAF finds them all!

Believe it or not the majority are just people conditioned to be pro big business and anti-consumer on principle. I mean there's entire news organizations all over the world (thanks murdoch) designed just to propagate that mindset.

Thanks for that.

I dunno, considering the blunders they've made so far...it's not out of the realm of possibility.

Unless they ARE plants.

Real plants protect us from zombies.

I agree with what you are saying that people don't have to be fanboys to defend a company, but there are some practices that gaming companies do like Always Online DRM that are really hard to defend, and there are always people who defend them. There are also those who love to just defend the companies with silly…

It's like the Zombie Apocalypse. Or really any Apocalypse. You'll still have those people who will believe everything is fine when it's raining hell-fire around. They so desperately loyal to their "idea" of reality that they refuse to admit the battle is lost. So basically.. they are stubborn.

It's not even that they are naive. I heard this metaphor about politics years ago, but it applies here. Some of us love the gaming industry like an adult loves someone. We love it, but we also want it to be good. Others love the industry like a four year old loves their mommy. To them, anyone who attacks mommy is…

I dunno man, have you seem some of the articles on Jez and Gawker when they were talking about labeling GMO's? The comments section honestly sounded like I stumbled into a DC Lobbyist convention. :/

This is about condemning the practices involved here, not about Microsoft. FANBOY! JUMP HIM!

Luke, since I've got your ear, you and other writers here must have seen all the arguing and name-calling whenever I and others voiced this same opinion.

Wow, as if their products couldn't carry their own weight.

All I read was "Beeeeeeeh"

I can't believe I never even considered the idea.

I have to believe there are plants on here...I don't want to believe that many people like this shit.

You'll find the plants are a lot more subtle than most of the apologists, who are just crazy fanboys.

I've wondered about that. Surely all the apologists here can't be simply naive and clueless, can they?

Perfectly said and something I catch hell for every time I say something similar.

Are you Sailor Moon?