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

Xerxes IX said:
What's even worse are the ones who slavishly buy every new Pokemon thing while complaining about it and cursing Gamefreak for being a horrible company. It's pathetic that they can't stop consooming even when they hate it, that franchise is a lost cause and continuing to consume every product won't make the company turn around and suddenly bring the magic of their childhoods back.
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Reminds me of the Pokemon thread in the games sub-forum right here in the farms, for months to no end, a lot of people were complaining about Pokemon SwS, but most of them ended up buying the damn game anyways. History is about to repeat itself, most of them are complaining about the Gen IV remakes, saying that they look like a F2P mobile game, and it is true, but they'll still buy them because "It's Pokemon".

Most people by now would have moved on and go to play better games, and finally leave pokemon behind, but the thing is, they don't , only god knows why most pokemon fans have such loyalty towards a game series that frankly, doesn't deserve it.
 
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Neet Tokusatsu Hero said:
Reminds me of the Pokemon thread in the games sub-forum right here in the farms, for months to no end, a lot of people were complaining about Pokemon SwS, but most of them ended up buying the damn game anyways. History is about to repeat itself, most of them are complaining about the Gen IV remakes, saying that they look like a F2P mobile game, and it is true, but they'll still buy them because "It's Pokemon".

Most people by now would have moved on and go to play better games, and finally leave pokemon behind, but the thing is, they don't , only god knows why most pokemon fans have such loyalty towards a game series that frankly, doesn't deserve it.
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There were also people, not necessarily on Kiwi Farms, who hated SwS but were practically begging for Gen IV remakes. And since no one expected that a studio besides GameFreak would be developing the games, they wanted GF to give Sinnoh the SwS treatment...despite being vocal about liking Dppt and hating SwS.

The same thing happened in the Star Wars thread, there were pages and pages of evidence that Disney and Lucasfilm are dumping the old fans to appeal to checkmarks, and even leaks showing how retarded Rise of Skywalker would be, and yet there were users reporting they had bought a ticket to go see the movie knowing fully well that they'd hate it. Being a rabid anti-fan isn't inherently better than being a rabid fan.
 
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Xerxes IX said:
There were also people, not necessarily on Kiwi Farms, who hated SwS but were practically begging for Gen IV remakes. And since no one expected that a studio besides GameFreak would be developing the games, they wanted GF to give Sinnoh the SwS treatment...despite being vocal about liking Dppt and hating SwS.

The same thing happened in the Star Wars thread, there were pages and pages of evidence that Disney and Lucasfilm are dumping the old fans to appeal to checkmarks, and even leaks showing how retarded Rise of Skywalker would be, and yet there were users reporting they had bought a ticket to go see the movie knowing fully well that they'd hate it. Being a rabid anti-fan isn't inherently better than being a rabid fan.
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Anti-fans honestly can just be as bad as the mindless consoomers since like consoomers they have this moral superiority to them where anti-fans act like they are smarter than the active fans since they can see the truth on how shit modern [product] is and use the fact they are an ex-fan to flex on that fact.
 
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With Easter right around the corner, here's some Peeps-Themed Pops.
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For the record, you can buy a package of Peeps marshmallows for like a $1. They're cheaper, AND they'll kill you faster.
 
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Xerxes IX said:
There were also people, not necessarily on Kiwi Farms, who hated SwS but were practically begging for Gen IV remakes. And since no one expected that a studio besides GameFreak would be developing the games, they wanted GF to give Sinnoh the SwS treatment...despite being vocal about liking Dppt and hating SwS.

The same thing happened in the Star Wars thread, there were pages and pages of evidence that Disney and Lucasfilm are dumping the old fans to appeal to checkmarks, and even leaks showing how retarded Rise of Skywalker would be, and yet there were users reporting they had bought a ticket to go see the movie knowing fully well that they'd hate it. Being a rabid anti-fan isn't inherently better than being a rabid fan.
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Truthboi said:
Anti-fans honestly can just be as bad as the mindless consoomers since like consoomers they have this moral superiority to them where anti-fans act like they are smarter than the active fans since they can see the truth on how shit modern [product] is and use the fact they are an ex-fan to flex on that fact.
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If anything, i'd dare to say that "anti-fans" are worse than your average conssomer for one thing, when it comes to consoomers, at the very least, they get something when they buy a new Funko Pop or watch another MCU movie, even if the only thing they get is nothing but a dopamine rush, not unlike a low-life junkie. But when it comes with "anti-fans", people who hate the product but still consoome religiously anyway, what do they get out of it? is it moral superiority? like, i get it, you are able to admit that something you used to like as a kid is not as good as it used to be, and it's not worth your time and money, that's fine and all, i believe that's important step to take when you turn into an adult, too bad those anti-fans refuse to take the next logical step, and just stop consooming things they no longer enjoy.

It doesn't matter what franchise or brand we're talking about, be it Star Wars, Pokemon, Paper Mario, you name it, the behavior is the same.
 
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Neet Tokusatsu Hero said:
If anything, i'd dare to say that "anti-fans" are worse than your average conssomer for one thing, when it comes to consoomers, at the very least, they get something when they buy a new Funko Pop or watch another MCU movie, even if the only thing they get is nothing but a dopamine rush, not unlike a low-life junkie. But when it comes with "anti-fans", people who hate the product but still consoome religiously anyway, what do they get out of it? is it moral superiority? like, i get it, you are able to admit that something you used to like as a kid is not as good as it used to be, and it's not worth your time and money, that's fine and all, i believe that's important step to take when you turn into an adult, too bad those anti-fans refuse to take the next logical step, and just stop consooming things they no longer enjoy.

It doesn't matter what franchise or brand we're talking about, be it Star Wars, Pokemon, Paper Mario, you name it, the behavior is the same.
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or they are just pretentious and don't want other pretentious people to have ammunition by admitting they enjoy something dumb or too popular to be considered 2deep4u. Like hipsters saying they like some mainstream trash but only i-ironically...
 
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Why are adults still fans of Pokemon when it has gone to shit? The only Pokemon games I am intrested is Gen 4 or the new Legend of Arceus game. I swear that /vp/ spergs out every time.
 
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The_Dank_Astero said:
Why are adults still fans of Pokemon when it has gone to shit? The only Pokemon games I am intrested is Gen 4 or the new Legend of Arceus game. I swear that /vp/ spergs out every time.
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They've never been the most stimulating games. I don't know if they've gotten worse because the last ones I played were on the GBA, and I don't know how they could have because the storyline has always been the same in every one with different dressing.

Pokemon Crystal was the shit when I was ten years old but when I had the urge to play it again recently, I only made it to the first town before I got bored and turned it off.
 
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The_Dank_Astero said:
Why are adults still fans of Pokemon when it has gone to shit? The only Pokemon games I am intrested is Gen 4 or the new Legend of Arceus game. I swear that /vp/ spergs out every time.
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I think that they only care about the brand because it reminds them of being a child or something. I bet most of them don't even play the games anymore and instead just buy them to stick on a shelf.
 
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Marshal Mannerheim said:
If you've ever seen the size of Kino Roberto you'll know there's a lot of overlap between the two groups.
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I'm a man who likes to specialize his topics but there is definitely some overlap.

Either way, it's a brilliant marketing and medical move. Lure hesitant or anti-vaxxer fatties out with sugary treats and have them die of heart disease, which as much as a drain as that is on the system, at least it's not contagious and I'm pretty sure these people were eating total shit at home anyways.

It sounds like something out of a sitcom, but here we are.
 
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Anon88 said:
I think that they only care about the brand because it reminds them of being a child or something. I bet most of them don't even play the games anymore and instead just buy them to stick on a shelf.
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I'm fully convinced that most people who bought SwSh, especially the ones who bought both versions to "own the haters" never made it past the 4th gym or something. Nowadays people seem to care for Pokemon only either for nostalgia, or just as an easy way to get nerd creed, not unlike Funkos.
 
The_Dank_Astero said:
Why are adults still fans of Pokemon when it has gone to shit? The only Pokemon games I am intrested is Gen 4 or the new Legend of Arceus game. I swear that /vp/ spergs out every time.
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Pokemon is today the biggest media franchise in the world but the videogames are only a part of the puzzle. Merchandising, the anime, the cards makes a lot more money than videogame sales. I would take a guess that most videogame sales each gen are still on the same core demographic of young kids and teens playing Pokemon for the first time while older millenials are nostalgiafagging and buying any collectible knick knack with a Pikachu face they see.

Pokemon videogames are also like animal crossing and the sims in that a lot of girls like them simply for the aesthetic, you can't understimate how much something cute can sell just by being cute, thats also why Hello Kitty is the second biggest media titan.


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