Mainstream gamers friend or foe?

[sabre2922]

I have a friend that is THE definition of mainstream gaming.

-the only games he talks about are Gears of War and Halo and of course sports games AND he thinks Tony Hawks project 8 is "like the best skating game ever"

He is 21 years old and started out on Genesis,N64 and Playstation.

The thing that bothers me is that I was playing RE4 on PS2 and tried to show him the cool extras and was telling him about the Wii edition that would have the better graphics with the PS2 extras the new controls etc.
anyway he looks at the game for about 5 seconds and says oh that game is too slow for me and adds THE WII IS FOR KIDS and that it has "no good games because Xbox has Halo and Gears of War " I could go on but im sure my point is clear.

Now the only system he plays is his Xbox360 and mostly guitar hero 2 ALL THE TIME.

Dont get me wrong Im not trying to come across an the elite gamer type or anything like that I was just curious as too how many fellow DPers also had friends or relatives like this?

You know the ones that cant see past the Maddens/GTAs/Halos and thinks that everything else "sucks".

Do mainstream gamers get on your nerves ? or do you just ignore them? do you bother trying to show them that there are many more fun and innovatibe games out there that they might enjoy and think outside of the box? or is it better to leave them in their little boxes safe and sound?