What popular games and franchises stump you as to why they are popular?

[vlad321]

Onyxmeth said:

vlad321 said:

Onyxmeth said:

I don't really follow the thread. I suppose I'm blessed and should be thankful to be able to step out of my own shoes and look at things from an alternate perspective. It just baffles me with all of the sales and market knowledge flowing through this website that there could really be people here unable to understand why a game they find either boring, perverse or wholly unoriginal is actually popular. I supposed it fits into the narrow minded and self centered mentality I see from forumgoers around the web that still can't wrap their head around hows and whys of the popularity of Nintendo.

In the spirit of participating though, I suppose I'll say Gran Turismo and Forza Motorsport. I can't understand how anyone could like these games when I personally find them so boring and plodding. 

I fully understand why Halo sold so much, I even outlined it in my post.

That's funny. Out of every answer given, yours is amongst the most ignorant, most elitist, and showed some of the least amount of understanding towards the likes and dislikes of others. I don't think you get what I'm saying at all.

I don't see how ignorant and elitist go together. Elitist it is for sure, any time a popular game comes out that is utter shit I'm elitist, however that does NOT change the fact that the game is shit. I fully understand why Halo is so popular, but to think it is not bad is to be outright ignorant. It is popular because it is a dumbed down and accessible pile of crap. It is the best and most accessible pile of crap, thus making it very popular, but in the grand scheme of things it's still a pile of crap relative to games out there.