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On 5ch’s hardware/industry board (commonly known as “Gaha”), a thread asking “why does this board have so many posts criticizing the Switch 2?” went up and drew a large number of replies. Opinions ranged from “there are overwhelmingly more posts bashing the PS5, so it goes both ways,” to references to the incident where Sony’s Wolverine saw its Metascore drop after a wave of positive reviews got mass-deleted, to Nintendo’s lawsuit against Palworld’s developer being brought up as part of the backdrop to the rivalry. There was also pushback suggesting that simply pointing out “the Switch 2 has low specs” is itself being treated as anti behavior.
What people said
It goes both ways.
The "crime of stating facts," huh!? (a sarcastic meme phrase mocking people who call plain facts "attacks")
There are overwhelmingly more posts bashing PlayStation anyway.
Kennosuke hypes up the PS5 without even owning one — he's an "air player" (5ch slang for pretending to have played something you haven't) — are PS fans really fine with that? lol
https://krsw.5ch.io/test/read.cgi/ghard/1790113032/
This is exactly the kind of thing that breeds antis.
Bombing it with a wave of perfect scores, then throwing a fit when they get deleted — no wonder people hate them.
Raids are scary, huh…
A suspicious person showed up.
They kept yelling "waaah!" trying to intimidate me, but when I called them out they bolted at full speed.
There's been an uptick in weird people since the election ended, plus I even got a death threat, so I'm being extra careful.
If things get too malicious I'll post their face too, so please stop harassing me.
PC prices have skyrocketed,
and the Switch 2 is repeating the Wii-to-Wii U pattern, on the fastest flameout course in history.
All the Nintendo fanboys (lit. "pigs") can do now is chant "goki-gaa!" (a slur mocking PS fans as "cockroaches") day after day, it's hilarious.
Guess this is their life for the next few years.
Got as far as "mad the Switch 2 is selling well" and stopped reading there.
Oh wow, the Wii U sold as well as the Switch 2? Amazing. (sarcasm)
Makes sense if you pretend PlayStation doesn't exist.
That's how anti-threads keep multiplying.
Well, in reality the PS5 is getting crushed by the Switch 2, so of course it gets pummeled lol
The losing side should really just stay quiet.
Can't wait for the overseas sales numbers from September onward to drop.
Bet it's gonna get interesting lol
Exactly this.
The Nintendo fanboys (lit. "pigs") kept insisting a price hike wouldn't be a problem, and this is the result.
Though even they seem to have bought a Switch 2 like everyone else — they just don't seem to own a PS5.
I bought a PS5 Pro but skipped the "Trashitch 2" (a derogatory nickname blending "garbage" with "Switch").
That thing isn't even worth 50,000 yen.
Though I sold them all off while they still turned a profit.
Don't people ever call you out for contradicting yourself?
Apparently it's all down to some toxic gaming-hardware blogger called "Kizuna."
Yeah, and lately Wolverine's been a total mess with that stuff.
Pathetic how the side that picked the fight is the one playing victim now.
Those "special" guys flock here because nobody on X takes them seriously either.
Probably the opposite — it's the guys who lost arguments on the gaming board fleeing to X.
Bullying indie devs is a disgrace to Japan.
If anything, Nintendo's the one giving indies generous coverage, like with its dedicated Indie World Direct presentations.
PlayStation's the one indies actually dislike.
But hey, handing us such an easy comeback because your IQ's too low — that's just another flavor of anti behavior 😅
As far as this board's concerned, the only thing that exists to compare it to is the original Switch, so of course it counts as "high-spec" lol
It's not criticism, it's just stating a fact — that the Switch 2 has low specs.
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
“Gaha” (short for “hardware/industry board”) is the long-running nickname for 5ch’s console-war threads, a board known since 5ch’s early days for fierce clashes between fans of rival platforms. The Wolverine review controversy mentioned in the thread refers to an incident where a flood of glowing reviews appeared right after launch, prompting the platform to delete them as suspicious scores, which dragged the Metascore down. The lawsuit between Nintendo and Palworld’s developer is an ongoing dispute over patent infringement, and it resurfaced in this thread as well. Looking at how the replies play out, the line between “criticism” and being an “anti” clearly shifts depending on who’s posting, suggesting the flame-baiting itself has become a self-perpetuating part of the board’s culture. Rather than one side being purely the aggressor, what stands out is a continuing pattern of both sides digging up dirt on each other.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hardware/Industry (Gaha)) thread “Why Is It Only the Gaming Hardware Board That’s Full of Switch 2 Haters?.”
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