jgkspsx said:
Whoa, are you for real?
Not only is that incredibly wrong on a philosophical level, how can a sane individual hate IQ?
I can see where he's coming from on this angle, actually.
How many times have you seen someone have an honest disparaging opinion of a game only to have pages of well-reasoned and justified crticism countered with a single sentence like "well, you don't own the game, so your opinion is meaningless", or seen people say "the only people who hate [this game] are those who don't own it". If this mentality wasn't prevalent in videogame discussion, you'd probably see less people obsessing over which particular games to own. The only reason why I hung onto Radiant Silvergun so long was so that when people asked me if I own the game (after complaining about it) I could honestly counter "yes, I own it, here's a picture, your argument is nullified, stfu".
Now-a-days I have much less time and money to piss away, so, I don't find myself owning games despite my low opinion of them; however, I can certainly see why some people would.