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

[Doctor of Autism]

If star wars is "mythology" then why the hell did Disney cleave off the entirety of Legends? Wasn't that basically all lore for the fanboys? Disney hasn't added shit to replace it.

Better yet why did Disney just rip off the original trilogy in the lamest attempt at a reboot ever.

 

[Pissmaster]

Nintendo has also officially stated that another big reason for them officially dissavvowing competitive play is because they feel the very existence of competitive gaming for a given title actively discourages casuals from buying it.

That's very smart.

Competitive gamers are retarded assholes that buy one game, play it forever, act stuck up about tiny details, shit on newcomers because they don't instinctively know what a wavedash cancel is, worship the ground that top-tier players walk on, and, as we've recently seen, are more than likely pedophile sex pests. I don't know why anyone would ever cater to them.

The ironic part is the other Nintendo Switch revision, the Switch Lite, is a much better deal since you can play these console quality games on a mobile version for a cheaper price yet Nintendo Consoomers will shell out even more money for the bare minimum with the OLED

I'd be on board with you if it were like, stupid cheap, but it's still $200 and you've still got those ridiculous Joy-con drifting problems, and the controls are built into the Switch Lite, so the whole system just goes with it when the joysticks inevitably fail.

Man, there are three different models of the Switch now, and they all suffer the same exact problems with absolutely no sign of any of this shit getting resolved. The consoomers need to quit consooming for two seconds and demand the head of the CEO of thumbsticks by now (in Minecraft™).

 

[Xerxes IX]

Better yet why did Disney just rip off the original trilogy in the lamest attempt at a reboot ever.

Hell, someone in the Star Wars thread said that Eragon is a better ripoff that also has the excuse of being created by a teenager.

 

[Vingle]

Am I just imagining it, or does it look like the funko pops are getting more and more cheaply made?

You are not imaging it. Even luxury bags are more cheaply made nowadays, compared to before.
Every corporation gets lazy with the quality, when it gets popular. That's why Mercedes still is a status symbol, even though they are shit cars.
Youtubers the moment they go over 1 mill subs? Instantly worse content.

 

[Thiletonomics]

That's why Mercedes still is a status symbol, even though they are shit cars.

I still find it funny when people buy the cheap Mercedes cars, as in the A-Class and CLA, and cheap luxury cars in general, just because it's a Mercedes, when you can get a fully loaded car from a regular brand, i.e. a Honda Civic, which is not only better, but lower in price too. It's also funny to see the entry level trims of luxury cars lacking in luxury features, i.e. not having leather seats.

 

[NoReturn]

You are not imaging it. Even luxury bags are more cheaply made nowadays, compared to before.
Every corporation gets lazy with the quality, when it gets popular. That's why Mercedes still is a status symbol, even though they are shit cars.
Youtubers the moment they go over 1 mill subs? Instantly worse content.

You guys seem to be (wo)men of wealth and taste. What are some thing that are actually worth the money these days? Any new up-and-coming companies who still put in the effort?
I know of one or two coffee companies I can think of off the top of my head and that's about it.

 

[Vingle]

What are some thing that are actually worth the money these days? Any new up-and-coming companies who still put in the effort?

My Vitamix is pretty good, and I use it every day. Had problems with blenders actually smoking, and I didn't even give them something hard.
Dr. Martens have a Made in England-version, don't buy the Chinese-version. Solovairs is essentially the same shoe, but they were the ones who originally produced Dr. Martens

 

[IndridCold]

You guys seem to be (wo)men of wealth and taste. What are some thing that are actually worth the money these days? Any new up-and-coming companies who still put in the effort?
I know of one or two coffee companies I can think of off the top of my head and that's about it.

I personally like archival and vintage, fashion. You can find lots of really unique and well made pieces if you look.

 

[Vingle]

I personally like archival and vintage, fashion. You can find lots of really unique and well made pieces if you look.

Only looked at vintage Versace silk shirts, because they fucking almost don't make nice shirts anymore. And well, most of them are gorgeous.

I did see a clock they made in like 1995, and it was featured recently in a ad they made. So yea, vintage luxury brand stuff = good, and they will likely raise in worth. If you take good care of it, but yea. Please don't buy it in hopes of some worth in a few years.

 

[IndridCold]

Only looked at vintage Versace silk shirts, because they fucking almost don't make nice shirts anymore. And well, most of them are gorgeous.

I did see a clock they made in like 1995, and it was featured recently in a ad they made. So yea, vintage luxury brand stuff = good, and they will likely raise in worth. If you take good care of it, but yea. Please don't buy it in hopes of some worth in a few years.

I fully agree with you here mate. I’m not a Versace person, but I’ve got some other designers/labels that I like the vision of.

 

[qazzzz]

Man, there are three different models of the Switch now, and they all suffer the same exact problems with absolutely no sign of any of this shit getting resolved. The consoomers need to quit consooming for two seconds and demand the head of the CEO of thumbsticks by now (in Minecraft™).

Why would Nintendo fix their shitty product if the Nintendo hoard will just buy it up anyways? It’s unfortunate seeing the downfall of quality within modern day products as a result of CONSOOMERS. Such many cases!

 

[Shaka Brah]

Why would Nintendo fix their shitty product if the Nintendo hoard will just buy it up anyways? It’s unfortunate seeing the downfall of quality within modern day products as a result of CONSOOMERS. Such many cases!

The strangest part about this is that the quality of Nintendo products was usually pretty far ahead of their competitors, even when they were lazy. The Wii and WiiU, despite being lacking in some respects when compared to contemporary offerings by Microsoft and Sony, were mechanically very sound machines. There was no Wii RROD or update that bricked the system, and Microsoft and Sony dealt with plenty of those kinds of things.

Even that "2DS" which was just a 3DS with the 3D removed was considered to be a well-made product. One that was worthless and served no purpose, but they all worked as intended.

But now we see Nintendo making consoles with huge hardware faults. Docks that scrape up the glass of the Switch, huge stick drift, fucky gamepad connections. This latest release has been a major mess.

 

[Sleazy Car Salesman]

The strangest part about this is that the quality of Nintendo products was usually pretty far ahead of their competitors, even when they were lazy. The Wii and WiiU, despite being lacking in some respects when compared to contemporary offerings by Microsoft and Sony, were mechanically very sound machines. There was no Wii RROD or update that bricked the system, and Microsoft and Sony dealt with plenty of those kinds of things.

Even that "2DS" which was just a 3DS with the 3D removed was considered to be a well-made product. One that was worthless and served no purpose, but they all worked as intended.

But now we see Nintendo making consoles with huge hardware faults. Docks that scrape up the glass of the Switch, huge stick drift, fucky gamepad connections. This latest release has been a major mess.

Both my old GBA that I've owned for probably close to twenty years, and my DSLite that I've owned for probably fifteen years still work flawlessly. The internal batteries on the GBA cartridges have all died, but the things still work flawlessly.

 

[Vingle]

The internal batteries on the GBA cartridges have all died, but the things still work flawlessly.

This is news to me, I thought GBA cartridges were just small motherboards powered by the GBA itself

 

[Shaka Brah]

Both my old GBA that I've owned for probably close to twenty years, and my DSLite that I've owned for probably fifteen years still work flawlessly. The internal batteries on the GBA cartridges have all died, but the things still work flawlessly.

It makes me wonder if the Nvidia Shield also had hardware issues. The Switch is basically a Shield 3.0, and (I think?) they're made by the same distributor. Cheaping out and having the same random Chinese fab make all of them may be the source of some of these issues.

This is news to me, I thought GBA cartridges were just small motherboards powered by the GBA itself

Some games come with a coin cell battery to power volatile memory. Sort of like the CMOS battery on a motherboard. If the battery runs out you can't save data onto the cartridge until you replace it.

 

[Sleazy Car Salesman]

This is news to me, I thought GBA cartridges were just small motherboards powered by the GBA itself

Spoiler: Replacing a battery

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The cartridge has an internal battery which controls your in game clock, when the battery dies clock based events will no longer occur.

EDIT: I don't think that all GBA carts have this, but Pokemon does.

 

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Both my old GBA that I've owned for probably close to twenty years, and my DSLite that I've owned for probably fifteen years still work flawlessly. The internal batteries on the GBA cartridges have all died, but the things still work flawlessly.

Original GBA and original DS were kinda below average. The GBA was an invincible brick and I dropped it down a fight of wooden stairs several times as a kid, but the buttons and D-Pad got kind of jammed after thousands of hours and years of use. Original DS had an issue with the hinges that if you dropped it enough and played it enough (thousands of hours) it would detach and break in two. GBA SP and DS Lite fixed this.

This is news to me, I thought GBA cartridges were just small motherboards powered by the GBA itself

The Gen 3 Pokemon games had this issue where the battery would die and time-based events in-game like berries stopped working.

 

[Sleazy Car Salesman]

Original GBA and original DS were kinda below average. The GBA was an invincible brick and I dropped it down a fight of wooden stairs several times as a kid, but the buttons and D-Pad got kind of jammed after thousands of hours and years of use. Original DS had an issue with the hinges that if you dropped it enough and played it enough (thousands of hours) it would detach and break in two. GBA SP and DS Lite fixed this.

DSLite has been rock solid for me ever since I bought it all that time ago, I never really liked the SP because it was too narrow, the original GBA was the perfect width for my fingers to not feel cramped.

 

[LinkinParkxNaruto[AMV]]

Nintendo today is like the Simpsons on the 9th season, where they are just crossing that threshold from consistent quality to normalized mediocrity. Their franchises have gotten so huge they don't even have to make well rated games anymore to make trillions thanks to the mere exposure effect and thats probably going to be the trend in coming years, more nintendie theme parks, movies and adult sized mario kart themed beds for depressed manchilds while their games and hardware become increasingly lackluster

 

[Kujo Jotaro]

Nintendo today is like the Simpsons on the 9th season, where they are just crossing that threshold from consistent quality to normalized mediocrity. Their franchises have gotten so huge they don't even have to make well rated games anymore to make trillions thanks to the mere exposure effect and thats probably going to be the trend in coming years, more nintendie theme parks, movies and adult sized mario kart themed beds for depressed manchilds while their games and hardware become increasingly lackluster

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Not even a Nintendo sperg and I can tell you this is patently false, all of their mainline franchises are about as quality as they've ever been. I enjoyed mario odyssey way more than sunshine or galaxy, while I was never super high on BOTW after returning to it recently I have to say its by far one of the best open world games made in the last decade, Pokémon is Pokémon that's never changing, Smash bros was good I'm not a smash autist so I really can't even tell major differences between releases besides roster changes, Mario kart is still enjoyable, need I go on? Seriously I get that Nintendo are fucking retards on the corporate level but that doesn't mean their games are bad. As for the switch I really don't like the portability and wish there was an option to have an upgraded home console version, but nothing is perfect.