Misinformed Gamers

MHYoshimitzu

This comes up a lot in retail, but a lot of times people encounter these situations when they're not at work. Have you ever had a conversation with someone or overheard someone say something about a game that was so ridiculous you couldn't help but cringe? I had an experience in a pawn shop in Arizona (Don't ask me why I was there, I don't really even know myself). Two kids were looking at used PS2 and N64 games. One kid looks under the glass and sees a game, and asks the other kid a question.

"Hey, wanna know what the oldest Madden game is?"

The other kid replies, "Well, Nintendo started making their consoles in the 70's, so I guess around there."

"Wrong. It's Madden 64."

"Really? They had Madden games back then?"

"Yeah. It's an N64 game that has the 1964 football roster."

So grossly misinformed that you can't help but shudder. There very well may be a 1964 football roster in the game for all I know, but the context of the conversation made it seem like he had just looked at the cartridge and asked the question out of the blue.

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bernbaum

I was at a game store whilst a parent wanted to buy a SNES with Super Mario All stars for her kid. The sales guy instead recommended a Sega Mega Drive because "Sonic is like Mario, but faster".

InitialDK

MHYoshimitzu wrote:

Children LOL.

How old were they? If they were under the age of 14 I'd say that's par for the course. My friends and I spouted much bullshit back in the day. We still do but now it's intelligent bullshit.

But I know what you mean. I experience it all the time when people talk about Japanese stuff, games, comics, anime, etc. I've learned to keep my mouth shut because it's not my place to always inform someone and they just think your a douchebag anyway most of the time.

MHYoshimitzu

InitialDK wrote:

MHYoshimitzu wrote:

Children LOL.

How old were they? If they were under the age of 14 I'd say that's par for the course. My friends and I spouted much bullshit back in the day. We still do but now it's intelligent bullshit.

But I know what you mean. I experience it all the time when people talk about Japanese stuff, games, comics, anime, etc. I've learned to keep my mouth shut because it's not my place to always inform someone and they just think your a douchebag anyway most of the time.

One looked about 15, and another looked to be his little brother, around 12. It seriously surprised me when the older one said it because I thought he was old enough to know that it was absolutely untrue. I didn't want to start anything because he was also taller than me. (I'm 5'7", and he was a few inches above me.)

TM2 Rampage

MHYoshimitzu wrote:

This comes up a lot in retail, but a lot of times people encounter these situations when they're not at work. Have you ever had a conversation with someone or overheard someone say something about a game that was so ridiculous you couldn't help but cringe? I had an experience in a pawn shop in Arizona (Don't ask me why I was there, I don't really even know myself). Two kids were looking at used PS2 and N64 games. One kid looks under the glass and sees a game, and asks the other kid a question.

"Hey, wanna know what the oldest Madden game is?"

The other kid replies, "Well, Nintendo started making their consoles in the 70's, so I guess around there."

"Wrong. It's Madden 64."

"Really? They had Madden games back then?"

"Yeah. It's an N64 game that has the 1964 football roster."

So grossly misinformed that you can't help but shudder. There very well may be a 1964 football roster in the game for all I know, but the context of the conversation made it seem like he had just looked at the cartridge and asked the question out of the blue.

Holy shit. Dyamn. Am I understanding this correctly? The guy says "the 70's" is when the first Madden game came out, and then the other guy says "Madden 64," and the guy is surprised b/c he thinks that's really old. So, older than the 70's? Holy shit, did they think the Nintendo 64 has the "64" because the console came out in 1964?!

MHYoshimitzu

I really have no idea. I didn't bother to elaborate because I was already so shocked.

lazerbeard

brothers? That explains it, the older one was most likely fucking with the younger one, my brother did that to ma all the time.

Remington

lazerbeard wrote:

brothers? That explains it, the older one was most likely fucking with the younger one, my brother did that to ma all the time.

Yeah, I repeated some retarded shit because my brother said it was so.

CZroe

After all the doubt started, I assuredly told people that the Panasonic M2 absolutely would be sold because Panasonic would not have paid $2,000,000 to 3DO for it if they weren't even going to try. I was repeating EGM/GameFAN/Whatever. :v:

Bartholamue

A kid saying at a Wal Mart "more expensive games are better than cheaper ones"

maximumzero

Bartholamue wrote:

A kid saying at a Wal Mart "more expensive games are better than cheaper ones"

Well it's true. Have you played Brain Age? Or what little there is to play?

bernbaum

maximumzero wrote:

Bartholamue wrote:

A kid saying at a Wal Mart "more expensive games are better than cheaper ones"

Well it's true. Have you played Brain Age? Or what little there is to play?

There goes the last fleeting chance of me even considerring getting Brain Age.

Inquisitor

bernbaum wrote:

maximumzero wrote:

Bartholamue wrote:

A kid saying at a Wal Mart "more expensive games are better than cheaper ones"

Well it's true. Have you played Brain Age? Or what little there is to play?

There goes the last fleeting chance of me even considerring getting Brain Age.

1. I love Brain Age.

2. Katamari Damacy was not a full price game. Therefore, that theory fails. HARD.

Alpine

This coming from the EB Manager at the PS3 Launch:

"We will not ever accept trade-ins for PS3 games nor sell used games, because of the PS3's laser etching security system." etc.

[Brain Age is not meant to be an epic game you knobs, if it was 50 bucks you'd complain even more]

CZroe

Alpine wrote:

This coming from the EB Manager at the PS3 Launch:

"We will not ever accept trade-ins for PS3 games nor sell used games, because of the PS3's laser etching security system." etc.

[Brain Age is not meant to be an epic game you knobs, if it was 50 bucks you'd complain even more]

Well, there was a valid rumor that Sony was killing the second-hand games market with a very similar feature on the PS3. No, the discs were not modified, but they were uniquely locked to each console (uniquely keyed game goes in console, console checks online database to confirm first use, downloaded key goes on console, console never checks again but disc can't be sold). The feature is still there for any dev that wants to use it (MMO makers no doubt). Many PS2 games had unique signatures for online play and couldn't be played online when sold second-hand (EA) but they were usually locked to a unique ACCOUNT and not a unique console.

Predator

MHYoshimitzu wrote:

This comes up a lot in retail, but a lot of times people encounter these situations when they're not at work. Have you ever had a conversation with someone or overheard someone say something about a game that was so ridiculous you couldn't help but cringe? I had an experience in a pawn shop in Arizona (Don't ask me why I was there, I don't really even know myself). Two kids were looking at used PS2 and N64 games. One kid looks under the glass and sees a game, and asks the other kid a question.

"Hey, wanna know what the oldest Madden game is?"

The other kid replies, "Well, Nintendo started making their consoles in the 70's, so I guess around there."

"Wrong. It's Madden 64."

"Really? They had Madden games back then?"

"Yeah. It's an N64 game that has the 1964 football roster."

So grossly misinformed that you can't help but shudder. There very well may be a 1964 football roster in the game for all I know, but the context of the conversation made it seem like he had just looked at the cartridge and asked the question out of the blue.

thats not so much misinformed as it is lying.


hell, I had some guy in my art class in grade 12 try to tell me that Starcraft Ghost was already out in japan and that he'd seen screens of Diablo III and it was a first person RPG

chaossoldier

My 15 year old cousin is a trip.

I hate the Xbox 360 because it's a ripoff of the PS2

Gaming-Module

At Gamestop two weeks after the Wii launch.

Man: Do you have any of those Playstation 3's?
Man's wife: What about the Wii?
Man: I don't want that kiddy crap.
Clerk: Actually sir, the Wii isn't kiddy.
Man's wife: The kids were saying...
Man: How much is the Playstation?
Clerk: $600.
Man: Forget it. I'll just wait for the price drop next year.
Wife: ......

Such stunning ignorance. He had a pissed off look and talked in a real loud, obnoxious tone too.

Predator

yes, people are ignorant because they arent into video games as much as we are.

Karf

chaossoldier wrote:

My 15 year old cousin is a trip.

I hate the Xbox 360 because it's a ripoff of the PS2

No, he's right.

They both break.

Ba dum.. Oh, I made myself sad.

MechMantis

I had some ass tell me that there was a Metroid coming out for 64.



I believed him.



This was about 7 years ago, before I had a decent internet connection.



Oh how disappointed I was.

bernbaum

Gaming-Module wrote:

At Gamestop two weeks after the Wii launch.

Man: Do you have any of those Playstation 3's?
Man's wife: What about the Wii?
Man: I don't want that kiddy crap.
Clerk: Actually sir, the Wii isn't kiddy.
Man's wife: The kids were saying...
Man: How much is the Playstation?
Clerk: $600.
Man: Forget it. I'll just wait for the price drop next year.
Wife: ......

Such stunning ignorance. He had a pissed off look and talked in a real loud, obnoxious tone too.

Those poor children.....

maximumzero

Inquisitor wrote:

bernbaum wrote:

maximumzero wrote:

Bartholamue wrote:

A kid saying at a Wal Mart "more expensive games are better than cheaper ones"

Well it's true. Have you played Brain Age? Or what little there is to play?

There goes the last fleeting chance of me even considerring getting Brain Age.

1. I love Brain Age.

2. Katamari Damacy was not a full price game. Therefore, that theory fails. HARD.

Do I really need to use the [sarcasm] tags from now on?

Aydr

bernbaum wrote:

Gaming-Module wrote:

At Gamestop two weeks after the Wii launch.

Man: Do you have any of those Playstation 3's?
Man's wife: What about the Wii?
Man: I don't want that kiddy crap.
Clerk: Actually sir, the Wii isn't kiddy.
Man's wife: The kids were saying...
Man: How much is the Playstation?
Clerk: $600.
Man: Forget it. I'll just wait for the price drop next year.
Wife: ......

Such stunning ignorance. He had a pissed off look and talked in a real loud, obnoxious tone too.

Those poor children.....

That poor woman...

Krunch XP

Pretty much every time I go to EB, some kid in front of the counter starts to bullshit a clerk.

I've got to say, I used to bullshit a lot when I was younger, and now my life is mostly based on a immaculately woven web of compound lies, so strong that it has actually become quite successful, but these kids bullshit so fucking much.

There's a difference between a lie and bullshit. And these kids talk bullshit. Playing a lie off of my lack of knowledge, I'm cool with that. But I can't stand hearing a lie that simple doesn't make sense.


The 360 able to play PS2 games?
PSP can play mini DVDs?
Pick up a pre-order you can't actually pre-order cause the game has just been announced and is months away from going gold?

I haven't heard them all, or nearly enough to feed my cynicism, but it's insane what people will convince themselves with.

Blake T

Gaming-Module wrote:

At Gamestop two weeks after the Wii launch.

Man: Do you have any of those Playstation 3's?
Man's wife: What about the Wii?
Man: I don't want that kiddy crap.
Clerk: Actually sir, the Wii isn't kiddy.
Man's wife: The kids were saying...
Man: How much is the Playstation?
Clerk: $600.
Man: Forget it. I'll just wait for the price drop next year.
Wife: ......

Such stunning ignorance. He had a pissed off look and talked in a real loud, obnoxious tone too.

I personally like how he believed some kids as opposed to the woman he married.

hambone

A gamestop employee told me with a straight face that Jaws Unleashed got great reviews.

The other employee behind the counter turned bright red with embarassment.

Darlan

Plenty of people:
"Man, there's no need to reserve the Wii. It'll be everywhere."

chaossoldier

hambone wrote:

A gamestop employee told me with a straight face that Jaws Unleashed got great reviews.

The other employee behind the counter turned bright red with embarassment.

I think a week before the end of fall semester back in December, all of the gamestop clerks seemed to be talking about something behind the counter. When i started paying attention, apparently there was something about a huge shakeup at Sony and the PS3 being dead.

When I asked what they were talking about, I was told that Kaz Hirai was fired and replaced by a developer who was killing off production of the PS3 for focus on the PS4 and that there were huge amounts of layoffs from the PS3 dev team.

SirUltimos

chaossoldier wrote:

hambone wrote:

A gamestop employee told me with a straight face that Jaws Unleashed got great reviews.

The other employee behind the counter turned bright red with embarassment.

I think a week before the end of fall semester back in December, all of the gamestop clerks seemed to be talking about something behind the counter. When i started paying attention, apparently there was something about a huge shakeup at Sony and the PS3 being dead.

When I asked what they were talking about, I was told that Kaz Hirai was fired and replaced by a developer who was killing off production of the PS3 for focus on the PS4 and that there were huge amounts of layoffs from the PS3 dev team.

There's a joke in here somewhere about how that would have been the better decision, but I'm not gonna make it. No siree.

Steev

I was at Best Buy a few days before the Wii launched. A soccer mom was talking to an employee and asking him about the backwards compatibility. He told her that it can play "all your old Nintendo games". She asked if that included the DS games and he said yes.

SageinaRage

Darlan wrote:

Plenty of people:
"Man, there's no need to reserve the Wii. It'll be everywhere."

I didn't think that it would be everywhere at launch, but I was pretty sure you could just pick one up by the middle of FUCKING JANUARY.

CZroe

Darlan wrote:

Plenty of people:
"Man, there's no need to reserve the Wii. It'll be everywhere."

All indications pointed to general availability within a couple/few weeks.

BTP

SteevL wrote:

I was at Best Buy a few days before the Wii launched. A soccer mom was talking to an employee and asking him about the backwards compatibility. He told her that it can play "all your old Nintendo games". She asked if that included the DS games and he said yes.

Similarily, just before the PSP launch, people thinking the PSP could play DVD's.

Couscous

BTP wrote:

SteevL wrote:

I was at Best Buy a few days before the Wii launched. A soccer mom was talking to an employee and asking him about the backwards compatibility. He told her that it can play "all your old Nintendo games". She asked if that included the DS games and he said yes.

Similarily, just before the PSP launch, people thinking the PSP could play DVD's.

And PS1 games.

chaossoldier

titmouse wrote:

BTP wrote:

SteevL wrote:

I was at Best Buy a few days before the Wii launched. A soccer mom was talking to an employee and asking him about the backwards compatibility. He told her that it can play "all your old Nintendo games". She asked if that included the DS games and he said yes.

Similarily, just before the PSP launch, people thinking the PSP could play DVD's.

And PS1 games.

And PS2 games

rayofash

This thread needs more Acts of Gord.

http://www.actsofgord.com/

Read the one about the kid who tried to use an N64 cartridge with his GameBoy.

Variable

I consider actsofgord worth a read, once, but a lot of people hate it... not sure why just letting you know.

Ownage Jones

Well, without going into too much detail, when you read a widely reported rumor that you know never happened or is bullshit, but can't say anything for other reasons. Humorous, and yet annoying.

Original Rufus

Predator wrote:

yes, people are ignorant because they arent into video games as much as we are.

If I knew next to nothing about videogames, I probably wouldn't instantly extrapolate that, for instance, two completely different consoles made by two unrelated companies would play the same games. Anyone who knows anything at all about consumer electronics or, you know, business, couldn't make that kind of assumption.

I think that the fun of this thread is not so much the "OMG, how NuBish" factor, as the "holy shit, why is that man yelling at the clerk because his PS2 gives poor handjobs?" element.