Plagued Consoomers / Consoomer Culture - Because if it has a recogniseable brand on it, I’d buy it!

[mr.moon1488]

Pretty old and (possibly) late, but seeing Chris Chan’s incredible video game collection makes me glad emulation is still a thing. Wasting $30,000 on Sonic related and girl games only for them to be destroyed in a fire and still rebuying the same games is truly a life lesson on why video game consumerism can be abused when you have no impulse control.

Responsibility is still a thing that exists.

There's something to Chris Chan's behavior predicting the direction of culture, and it's horrifying every time one thinks about it.

 

[Dysnomia]

I don't want to shit on this because it's a small shop, but I disagree with it as a matter of principle.
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Well it's not expensive at least.

If it's just a raw print and not coated or painted, this means it is basically impossible to clean. Stupid product and stupider company for selling it like it's food grade.

You could use actual chopsticks I guess. Or just not eat and game at the same time.

 

[Protistology]

There's something to Chris Chan's behavior predicting the direction of culture, and it's horrifying every time one thinks about it.

He's the Real Player One.

 

[mr.moon1488]

Just wait for it to start

 

[Maurice Caine]

“I have ELEVEN different Xboxes!”

No you absolute sped. You have 2 or 3, just with a bunch of different faceplates.

This isn’t just top dollar consoomerism, it’s also top dollar idiocy and autism. Pretending that a faceplate that anyone can 3D print (and which came in millions of copies regardless) makes your plain Xbox “collectible”.

Also: Fucking lol at that: “copy games on to the hard drive so you don’t wear the disc down”. Sure buddy! Has nothing to do with piracy, right? Oh wait, that’s right! It might get demonetized if he was honest.

EDIT: THIS IS PEAK FUCKING CONSOOOOMING.

The guy has ELEVEN old Xboxes… Wants MS to make an “Xbox mini” so he can play his old Xbox games on TWELVE machines.

Dear lord!

I had one 360 which I ended up selling after it got boring. Seriously the best exclusive was Dead Rising and after that came out on PC there was no reason to own one... Still the better 7th gen console.

 

[The Curmudgeon]

Just wait for it to start

You probably didn't expect this as a reply, but thank you for sharing that video. I watched it to the very end! Father Spyridon made very good points. He actually got me to reflect on my own habits. We DO expect too much, too soon these days.

 

[𝕺𝖑' 𝕯𝖎𝖗𝖙𝖞 𝕱𝖆𝖙𝖘𝖔]

I don't want to shit on this because it's a small shop, but I disagree with it as a matter of principle.
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This shit is not a problem if you aren't a current or future deathfat jfc. If you eat in front of a screen you aren't even enjoying the food, you're just mindlessly stuffing your face. It's even worse when it's fucking chips and a video game - empty calories and something that you give full attention to vs like... eating a meal of actual food while skimming through work emails

 

[proteus4994]

Apparently a bunch of Targets across the US are getting remodeled at the same time. So it's not just shit-from-Ulta. It's that they're redoing the beauty sections entirely.

The Target near my house did this, you can now buy expensive beauty supplies at Target, but there isn’t enough shelf space left, so you can’t even get Clearasil or other “normal” shit.

 

[PuffyGroundCloud]

The walmart near my place also trying to expand their beauty section too.
Somehow there’s a Byterry product
Imagine a $55 product at Walmart and it’s not behind the glass door

 

[KID NAMED SCHWARMAPUNK]

I don't want to shit on this because it's a small shop, but I disagree with it as a matter of principle.
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Seems  very inefficient...

 

[curbside]

You've heard of collectors of useless plastic valued $5-30, but have you heard of a useless $13,800 hand-painted polystone, pvc, abs plastic die cast statue of a fictional character that requires a down-payment?

Introducing the Final Fantasy VI 1/6 scale statue!

600 will be created to litter the planet with each uniquely numbered. Tell the wife you won't be able to get her that standard transition 2022 Nissan Versa, your childhood waifu is at stake here!

Has two interchangable kneeling Terra designs (the girl), one interchangable seated Terra, 3 moogles (the white teddy bear creatures), and a title plate of the video game the statue references.

My sister's hospital fees to give birth to her daughter were nearly $30,000 so this statue is worth half a living, healthy human being birthed into this world.

https://store.na.square-enix-games....x-masterline-final-fantasy-vi-16-scale-statue

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All 600 who purchase this should get the gas chamber.

 

[Dieter Laser]

I saw this earlier while pricing some games and had to share.

They “graded” this shit at a 9.2 and want $1000 for it, knowing full well that the disc is loose. So if you actually somehow were the last person on earth with a copy, there’s a damn good chance it’s unplayable.

This shit is just insane. There’s at least 200 Wata auctions over $500 up to $175k atm and it’s nuts because none of these $175k titles were even $500 a few years ago. Its totally money laundering.

 

[The Curmudgeon]

Thanks to this thread, I became aware of the Paging Mr. Morrow channel. I decided to watch his most recent video out of curiosity:

There's something depressing about watching a grown man goofing around alone at a family-themed resort. I'm aware he visits Disneyland and other theme parks and that's his thing, but it's still kind of unnerving.

 

[LinkinParkxNaruto[AMV]]

I saw this earlier while pricing some games and had to share.

They “graded” this shit at a 9.2 and want $1000 for it, knowing full well that the disc is loose. So if you actually somehow were the last person on earth with a copy, there’s a damn good chance it’s unplayable.

This shit is just insane. There’s at least 200 Wata auctions over $500 up to $175k atm and it’s nuts because none of these $175k titles were even $500 a few years ago. Its totally money laundering.

WATA is scummy even by retarded speculator standards. Its the same people buying and rating their own games, None of them even play videogames or was ever involved with retro gaming, they scouted collectors and bought their entire catalog just to grade and flip them.

There has been several very damning exposés about it. Worst part is one of those kikes was involved with creating the comic book bubble in the 90s, the faggot has an history of ruining cool things with the same tactics.

 

[El Iluminado]

Thanks to this thread, I became aware of the Paging Mr. Morrow channel. I decided to watch his most recent video out of curiosity:

There's something depressing about watching a grown man goofing around alone at a family-themed resort. I'm aware he visits Disneyland and other theme parks and that's his thing, but it's still kind of unnerving.

It is better this way believe me. Family channels are even weirder and creepier.

 

[The Curmudgeon]

It is better this way believe me. Family channels are even weirder and creepier.

I'll take your word for it. Now that you mention it, a consoomer family DOES sound disturbing.

 

[Dysnomia]

The walmart near my place also trying to expand their beauty section too.
Somehow there’s a Byterry product
Imagine a $55 product at Walmart and it’s not behind the glass door

Well remember, they had to stop putting black beauty products behind glass because it was racist. Which only hurts paying customers who can't get the products because someone stole them. It's also a pain in the ass to the wage slaves who have to keep unlocking security cases every time someone wants some Dark & Lovely or a simple jar of Advil. You can't even get a bottle of Dove or Olay body wash without needing someone with a key.

These luxury beauty products will be available at your local bodega and your favorite street merchant selling out of a garbage bag at the same time they disappear from Walmart. Guaranteed.

 

[Jonah Hill poster]

I saw this earlier while pricing some games and had to share.

They “graded” this shit at a 9.2 and want $1000 for it, knowing full well that the disc is loose. So if you actually somehow were the last person on earth with a copy, there’s a damn good chance it’s unplayable.

This shit is just insane. There’s at least 200 Wata auctions over $500 up to $175k atm and it’s nuts because none of these $175k titles were even $500 a few years ago. Its totally money laundering.

It’s no more different than what they tried to do with God Hand for the PS2, after it received a reintroduction from an Internet joke about why it should not be a poorly rated game. Years after that, they bumped up the price to $200 to $250+ at one point.

I don’t even know how much it’s priced right now, so I have to check when I have the chance.

 

[Lapis Lazuli]

WATA is scummy even by retarded speculator standards. Its the same people buying and rating their own games, None of them even play videogames or was ever involved with retro gaming, they scouted collectors and bought their entire catalog just to grade and flip them.

There has been several very damning exposés about it. Worst part is one of those kikes was involved with creating the comic book bubble in the 90s, the faggot has an history of ruining cool things with the same tactics.

At this point there needs to be regulations and rules against scalping. Ebay and similar websites could limit how many items you can buy in a week or month, or better yet, put that buying limit when buying from a single seller. With this in place, a buyer can't scalp an entire collection of games and resell them at a significantly higher price way over the actual value.

 

[LinkinParkxNaruto[AMV]]

At this point there needs to be regulations and rules against scalping. Ebay and similar websites could limit how many items you can buy in a week or month, or better yet, put that buying limit when buying from a single seller. With this in place, a buyer can't scalp an entire collection of games and resell them at a significantly higher price way over the actual value.

Sellers setting up bids and purchases of their own products several times to artificially drive the price up several times over until a real sucker bites the bait seems to be a real problem. It might just be bots doing all the work automatically.

The "investors" paying for these games are gonna be left carrying the bag just like the dumbasses that bought overpriced nfts that now they can't flip.