Why Do Self-Proclaimed PC Gamers Hate Nintendo? 5ch Weighs In: “Ever Heard of Growing Up?”

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A thread on 5ch’s “Hardware Industry (Geha)” board asked self-proclaimed PC users why they hate Nintendo. Against voices saying “I’m just not interested, I don’t hate them,” came pushback: “Not being interested is fine, but the PC users on Geha can’t hide their hatred for Nintendo and stand out for it.” The discussion spread to debates over PC vs. console superiority, posts justifying “growing away” from Nintendo by comparing it to leaving the nest, a mocking coinage for the Switch called “SwitchU,” and even a tangent about Intel’s stock plunge and the broader semiconductor market.

What people said

1AnonymousOct 31, 2026 08:34
Makes no sense.
6AnonymousOct 31, 2026 08:39
I'm just not interested — I don't actually hate them, you know?
15AnonymousOct 31, 2026 08:55
Re: #6
Not being interested is fine, but the self-proclaimed PC users on Geha can't hide their hatred for Nintendo — they really stand out for it.
8AnonymousOct 31, 2026 08:39
Consoles are garbage to begin with.
25AnonymousOct 31, 2026 09:01
Re: #8
Feeling superior enough to look down on everyone else just because you own a PC is a sickness.
Plenty of Switch users own PCs too, and if they've got the money, tons of them have gaming PCs lying around as well.
13AnonymousOct 31, 2026 08:52
Does anyone who owns a car go around complaining about bicycles?
26AnonymousOct 31, 2026 09:02
Re: #13
Is there anyone who drives a car and has zero complaints about reckless cyclists? (chari-kasu, slang for bad cyclists)
Have you never actually driven?
18AnonymousOct 31, 2026 08:58
I've never seen PC and Switch fans fight.
I've never seen Switch and Xbox fans fight.
I've never seen Xbox and PC fans fight.

The ones always fighting are the troublemakers.
21AnonymousOct 31, 2026 08:59
Re: #18
Plenty of them exist, actually.
36AnonymousOct 31, 2026 09:13
Re: #18
I remember people fighting when Palworld came out on Xbox.
31AnonymousOct 31, 2026 09:09
Ever heard of leaving the nest?
It's completely normal to grow distant from the toys you played with as a kid.
33AnonymousOct 31, 2026 09:10
Re: #31
Exactly right.
Moving out of your parents' house to live alone is just what adults do.
43AnonymousOct 31, 2026 09:19
Re: #31
Gradually graduating from Nintendo wouldn't be strange at all, but are you actually watching Geha? The guys who supposedly "graduated" spend every day thinking about nothing but Nintendo, hating on it, and spamming garbage threads about it.
46AnonymousOct 31, 2026 09:21
PC gamers are the type who think PC + Switch is plenty. The only ones trash-talking Nintendo are the troublemakers.
48AnonymousOct 31, 2026 09:22
Re: #46
Why are you bundling in a Switch nobody needs???
Stop forcing it on people, it's creepy (´;ω;`)
49AnonymousOct 31, 2026 09:23
Re: #48
I only own 3 systems, but as a combo, Switch 2 + PC is flawless.
51AnonymousOct 31, 2026 09:26
Re: #49
Why? A tablet plus a PC is plenty.
"Buhitch" games run fine on an emulator anyway. (mocking nickname for the Switch, blending "oink" with "Switch")
Honestly, if you've got money to spare for a Buhitch, you'd be better off buying another tablet instead.
50AnonymousOct 31, 2026 09:25
Re: #49
Hey old man, what are you even playing on your "SwitchU"?
54AnonymousOct 31, 2026 09:31
Re: #50
What the heck is "SwitchU"?
56AnonymousOct 31, 2026 09:32
Re: #54
I get that PC gives you a ton of games to choose from, but… isn't "SwitchU" basically a game fast???
65AnonymousOct 31, 2026 09:43
Re: #54
Apparently PS5 = SWU = SwitchU.
53AnonymousOct 31, 2026 09:29
U.S. Intel stock plunges 29% — steepest drop in roughly 50 years amid weak PC demand

The PC civilization is entering a sudden decline.
55AnonymousOct 31, 2026 09:32
Re: #53
That's just investors panicking. Even a -30% drop doesn't wipe out this year's gains.
68AnonymousOct 31, 2026 09:47
Re: #53
Kioxia tanked hard, so does that mean the semiconductor industry is in decline? Really now?
71AnonymousOct 31, 2026 09:59
Re: #53
I heard storage-chip stocks go through repeated boom-and-bust cycles — guess the crash phase has finally come around again.
59AnonymousOct 31, 2026 09:35
Re: #15
There were just a few like that — don't lump everyone together lol
61AnonymousOct 31, 2026 09:37
Re: #59
You're the tiny minority here, yet you keep popping up acting like that every time. Seriously makes me doubt whether your eyes even work right.
64AnonymousOct 31, 2026 09:42
There he goes again, posting mystery data.
66AnonymousOct 31, 2026 09:44
Re: #64
No, it's not mystery data — it's from a legitimate research firm.
73AnonymousOct 31, 2026 10:00
Traits of a "Pasonishi" (PC-elitist troll, from "PC" + anti/hater slang):
– Hides behind "I have a PC" whenever things don't go their way
– Claims to own a PC, but if a multiplayer title snubs PC users even when it's actually out on PC, trash-talks it anyway
– Pretends to own a PC when they don't
– Has no real knowledge about PCs
75AnonymousOct 31, 2026 10:06
Re: #71
It'll bounce back once China starts hoarding memory chips again.
83AnonymousOct 31, 2026 10:11
Re: #75
Ugh, don't let weirdos reply to this…

Background and Key Points of This Debate

The Geha (Hardware Industry) board is where supporters of Nintendo, PlayStation, Xbox, PC, and other platforms have feuded for years, and it has its own set of mocking nicknames for each platform’s fans. This thread, too, started from questioning whether the very framing of “PC users who hate Nintendo” even holds up, and the discussion sprawled without ever settling on one point — mixing the stance of “it’s not hatred, just disinterest” with complaints about Nintendo’s corporate attitude. The Intel stock plunge mentioned partway through refers to real reporting on fears over future PC demand, but even within the thread opinions were split on whether that should be read as a broader downturn across the whole semiconductor market — a reminder to be wary of drawing sweeping conclusions from one slice of investment news.

※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hardware Industry/Geha) thread “I want to ask self-proclaimed PC users who hate Nintendo — why do you hate Nintendo while still acting like a “real gamer”?“.

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