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

[The Lawgiver]

The problem is this FOMO mentality where "collectors" feel like they need to collect everything as fast as possible. You can't just have a copy of Mario 64. You need two mint condition copies, one with the "players choice" variant, and one standard, and you need to have them graded and sealed away in a hard plastic case never to be opened or enjoyed. The window of opportunity for that type of collecting has pretty much closed unless you want to constantly spend thousands of dollars for one trophy after another.

This reminds me how people tried turning the wcdonalds chili BBQ sauce limited promotion thing into a Rick and Morty sauce 2 scenario but kinda failed. The promo was time gated sadly which sucks and I don't know where the shit went but I know there's been 1 or 2 californian sellers squat-scalping the promotional trading cards and posters they came out with for the thing. I haven't seen anyone else selling the promo cards online the last week or so for nearly 200 as a full set and the posters for $100-$600 which tells me they successfully bought up every sane listing. Shit sucks and I hate it because I wanted the one of the funny wagie bootleg of mayor mcheese literally named burg but i'd pay like 5 dollars tops for it.

If you look at the "sold"listings it's just a rapid spike over several sales from that price to $40 from the Californian guy and midway through the Californian seller guy is charging $12 and then $22 for the cards before just listing them as a 200 dollar set.

I managed to get something else tied to the promotion that wasn't something they gave out at select locations with burg on it from a different seller a while back (store window/register promo sign) so I'm kinda ok with having at least one thing. I didn't have motivation or time to go to mcdonalds save for one time when I was craving cheapo fried chicken nugget shit and remembered the sauce promo a few weeks back and the containers I got ended up getting grease stains due to me having to keep the food in the box till I got home because it was dark as hell out.

 

[Roy's Food Repair]

You can easily get an N64 complete in original box for less than $250 after shipping, which is less than the cost of entry into a modern console. There are a lot of great N64 games you can own authentic copies of for less than $40, which is about 30-40% off original retail.

In what universe are those prices reasonable for 18 year old software?

 

[Noble Redditor]

In what universe are those prices reasonable for 18 year old software?

Huh? It's not software people are paying for. It's an official hard copy of a vintage game that was made 25 (or 18 or 30) years ago.

Anyone can just pirate the game and play it for free on a hundred different emulators and devices. I don't collect games personally myself either. I'm just saying that if someone did want to get into the retro gaming hobby and buy original games for nostalgia or honestly whatever reason the cost of entry isn't that high. If you don't understand that it's a you problem.

 

[The Real Slim Shady]

I was craving cheapo fried chicken nugget shit and remembered the sauce promo a few weeks back and the containers I got ended up getting grease stains due to me having to keep the food in the box till I got home because it was dark as hell out.

Why didn't you eat them right away inside or on the way back? Were you afraid that someone might have stolen the food? (This is a genuine question)

 

[The Lawgiver]

Why didn't you eat them right away inside or on the way back? Were you afraid that someone might have stolen the food? (This is a genuine question)

Life is weird. I still have the boxes they just have little gross stains I can't get rid of. The only thing without minor staining is the bag because they forgot to give me the one tied to the meal with the QR code and the sauce ad art at first, and the drink due to it being a plastic cup. I'll probably clean that one a little at some point.

 

[foam rolla]

A lot of the people who hopped on the retro game collecting trend during COVID will outgrow it or get tired of it and a lot of those games will end up back at the same thrift store or garage sales they were picked from. It's a continuous cycle. That's why some collectables are on their fourth or fifth owner at this point.

I noticed the jump of people buying retro stuff during the first 6-12months of Covid. I actually ended up downsizing during this time and got rid of most of my consoles and stuff I had kicking around. One thing I noticed was the days of buying stuff from Japan was dead. Shipping quadrupled in priced, prices on Ebay went way up. I think every dickhead who watches eBay retro channels thought they were going to make a living from buying consoles from Japan, refurbing them and flipping them.

I even feel like garage sales and thrift stores are dead. Sometimes I see something half decent pop up on Facebook, but it feels like it's not really worth it.

I'd go so far as to say that the actual, real fans of old games and exclusively people who emulate and NOT the "collectors." The actual game is the ephemeral digital code, not the physical object.

As time goes on, I care more about my save files. I can always get another copy or a rom of a game, but losing my saves seems to hurt more now. I pumped 50+ hours into a Final Fantasy game well as Marvel V Capcom 2 a few years via emulation and the save file through the emulator fucked out and I couldn't recover the save. Now I'm thinking of dumping multiple copies of my saves into physical and cloud backups.

Most people who do it love more the games than the collectors who shame them anyway, also it's true that having the thing in your hand is satisfying , but having a digital back up somewhere is as important as having a physical one ; both can be destroyed after all.
And me think they're pissed because they stupidly spend thousands thinking it is some classy elite shit to do, only to see smarter/poorer people enjoying it all around the World without spending a

To me, all comes back to nerd elitism. Dorks who get good at one thing and will gatekeep it to ridiculous degrees.

It reminds me of getting into Magic the Gathering and going into a card shop to buy a pack of cards and having to deal with a thirty year old dork who has a snobbish attitude towards everyone including people who want to give them money. Fuck these losers who want to set a high bar of participation for what is a childs hobby.

 

[UnsufficentBoobage]

To me, all comes back to nerd elitism. Dorks who get good at one thing and will gatekeep it to ridiculous degrees

Ah, like the fucker who told me that MTG cards released officially in our language were "not real-real" and that all the people in the scene use grey import english cards.

 

[Raging Capybara]

Huh? It's not software people are paying for. It's an official hard copy of a vintage game that was made 25 (or 18 or 30) years ago.

That should cost 1 dollar nowadays.

You are delusional, man. You got brainwashed into believing a piece of plastic from 3 decades ago should cost more than 1 buck.

 

[Van Darkholme]

I noticed the jump of people buying retro stuff during the first 6-12months of Covid. I actually ended up downsizing during this time and got rid of most of my consoles and stuff I had kicking around. One thing I noticed was the days of buying stuff from Japan was dead. Shipping quadrupled in priced, prices on Ebay went way up. I think every dickhead who watches eBay retro channels thought they were going to make a living from buying consoles from Japan, refurbing them and flipping them.

I even feel like garage sales and thrift stores are dead. Sometimes I see something half decent pop up on Facebook, but it feels like it's not really worth it.

Retro stuff in japan has been getting more expensive over the years in general. A lot of it comes down to retards on youtube going to Super Potato (like MJR) and thinking all that overpriced shit they got there is actually worth it and "inspiring" people to buy more at that price, as you said. I've been to the Akihabara and the Ikebukuro one a couple of years ago and it was already really bad back then.

The days of bargains are long over. On the other hand, if you go to Japan for buying videogames, then you probably deserve to pay out of your ass.

 

[Jhonson the Two]

I noticed the jump of people buying retro stuff during the first 6-12months of Covid. I actually ended up downsizing during this time and got rid of most of my consoles and stuff I had kicking around. One thing I noticed was the days of buying stuff from Japan was dead. Shipping quadrupled in priced, prices on Ebay went way up. I think every dickhead who watches eBay retro channels thought they were going to make a living from buying consoles from Japan, refurbing them and flipping them.

I even feel like garage sales and thrift stores are dead. Sometimes I see something half decent pop up on Facebook, but it feels like it's not really worth it.

Made me remember something

Spoiler: PL

In my village, every year in summer there is a giant garage sale where everyone can sell their items on the sidewalk in the street (you buy your place cheaply at the town hall and that's it). It's a big event where you can find lots of great things if you look well enough, like tea towels hand-sewn by tiny grandmas or collectible stones for only 10 dollars, plants, old comics, whole motors to tinker with, etc. etc.
Since two years there has been this guy with a big stand who has been selling Pokémon cards still packaged in their booster packs or in their still plasticized boxes at a high price. This was obviously to double surf on the collecting fever and that these cards became complicated to find for parents who just want to buy cards for their children. I guess selling them at a garage sale gives a false sense of a good deal, but it is hilaroius to see him alone in his giant ass stand with maybe one or two clients looking at it. I don't think he'll be here this years.

 

[Noble Redditor]

That should cost 1 dollar nowadays.

You are delusional, man. You got brainwashed into believing a piece of plastic from 3 decades ago should cost more than 1 buck.

You are a certified hardcore retarded homosexual for this opinion.

 

[foam rolla]

The days of bargains are long over. On the other hand, if you go to Japan for buying videogames, then you probably deserve to pay out of your ass.

"But bro I got some amazing deals on retro consoles in Japan" - But forgets to factor in the thousands of dollars spent on flights, accommodation and food.

 

[Mac Monster]

I came across this video of a guy going around various retail stores and looking at all Disney slop clogging up the shelves. It's reassuring to know that despite all the astroturfing, little Timmy still doesn't want to buy the latest sheboon toy.

I tried to watch some of his other videos, but he's a big consoomer himself with a wall of shit behind him.

 

[The Grimace]

I came across this video of a guy going around various retail stores and looking at all Disney slop clogging up the shelves. It's reassuring to know that despite all the astroturfing, little Timmy still doesn't want to buy the latest sheboon toy.

I tried to watch some of his other videos, but he's a big consoomer himself with a wall of shit behind him.
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[foam rolla]

I'm not sure if I've just become horrible and jaded over time but I'm starting to find retro gaming youtubers gross. Something about seeing a guy past his 40s wearing a Mario Bros baseball cap indoors and the backdrop of their room is full of funkopops, figurines, gaming paraphernalia meticulously organized into a shrine to their childhood.

Maybe I'm being a cunt or maybe it's projecting, but I find that stuff hard to look at.

 

[Noble Redditor]

I'm not sure if I've just become horrible and jaded over time but I'm starting to find retro gaming youtubers gross. Something about seeing a guy past his 40s wearing a Mario Bros baseball cap indoors and the backdrop of their room is full of funkopops, figurines, gaming paraphernalia meticulously organized into a shrine to their childhood.

Maybe I'm being a cunt or maybe it's projecting, but I find that stuff hard to look at.

No, you're right. It sucks. The whole community sucks. The videos are way too long with tons of unnecessary commentary and everyone makes the exact same video with practically no variation. It's exactly what this thread is about because it's just consooooooming every new product mindlessly and getting excited about it even though it's stupid trash for children. I feel sorry for the people who get caught up in the content loop because it's almost impossible to get out of it once YouTube starts spamming you with it. Look it's a chubby guy with a beard wearing a bright green Luigi fitted hat talking about Nintendo's crackdown on piracy, surrounded by GameStop figurines.

I really can't stand how safe and corporatized all of these content creators are now. There are so many stupidly obnoxious things they do. Editing out the profanity is annoying enough, but they now edit out words like "die" "suicide" and "rape" because apparently, allegedly, possibly they're "bad" for the algorithm although nobody has ever explained how or why. Even if it were true, who cares? You don't have to blatantly copy and follow some arbitrary new censorship rule just because everyone else is doing it. It's bad for the algorithm how? Is it going to flag your video and get you banned? Are the police going to raid your house and kill you? Or are you actually worried about some obnoxious transexual getting his discord server to raid your comment section about how those words are triggering to people who have suffered "abuse?"

It's a frighteningly mindless adherence to new social trends just to virtue signal to the absolute lowest common denominator.

 

[Tragon Dirtle]

@Noble Redditor by bad for the algorithm they mean that the video will literally be censored from people, show up lower in search rankings, etc if it includes those words. If you make a video it's because you want people to watch it, of course they're going to end up doing what the algorithm demands.

 

[AnOminous]

Editing out the profanity is annoying enough, but they now edit out words like "die" "suicide" and "rape" because apparently, allegedly, possibly they're "bad" for the algorithm although nobody has ever explained how or why.

You get demonetized instantly.

 

[foam rolla]

I can't quote @Noble Redditor post for some reason.

I probably shouldn't of specified Youtubers but it's the main source of where I see these people (or on Twitch) it's not really about them producing content but more so seeing men approaching middle age and building their whole personality around gaming. "Hey guys, this is RetroGamingDad_420" Even more so when they've cordoned off part of the family home so it can be their personal gaming shrine. My Dad played golf when I was growing up but if I found him turning one of the bedrooms into a golf shrine and was making a videos dressed as a golf caddy, I would of changed my surname.

Funnily enough, I had a school friend who's dad was a retro toy enthusiast and had sectioned off part of the family garage so it would be his personal toy room. What made it worse was the rest of the family wasn't allowed in there and he had it locked off with a separate key and would go nuts when his kids would sneak in there.

 

[877-CASH-now]

I can't quote @Noble Redditor post for some reason.

I probably shouldn't of specified Youtubers but it's the main source of where I see these people (or on Twitch) it's not really about them producing content but more so seeing men approaching middle age and building their whole personality around gaming. "Hey guys, this is RetroGamingDad_420" Even more so when they've cordoned off part of the family home so it can be their personal gaming shrine. My Dad played golf when I was growing up but if I found him turning one of the bedrooms into a golf shrine and was making a videos dressed as a golf caddy, I would of changed my surname.

Funnily enough, I had a school friend who's dad was a retro toy enthusiast and had sectioned off part of the family garage so it would be his personal toy room. What made it worse was the rest of the family wasn't allowed in there and he had it locked off with a separate key and would go nuts when his kids would sneak in there.

It's really no different from a LinkedIn-fluencer who makes their entire personality not just their job, but the fanatical evangelism that their way is "the way" and that people can't possibly live a fulfilling life unless they follow the same exact path.

We contain multitudes and people who willfully ignore entire sections of their personality to chase fame/money/whatever are hard to watch because we know it's not human nature to act that way.