Why do we hate the Average Consumer?

[Euphoria14]

BMaker11 said:

Euphoria14 said:
Simply because they don't necessarily like the things we do. They like Call of Duty, Just Dance and/or Angry Birds and mobile games. Many forum dwelling "gamers" believe those games are shitty and because of that believe themselves to be better than the average consumer.

I hear a lot about how they buy the same games over and over again and have low standards, meanwhile we are 25+ years in and Mario is still saving the same princess from the same bad guy, all while jumping on the same turtles and walking mushrooms.

That's all good though.



Honestly, to me it just makes them come off as insecure.

I'm pretty sure those "forum dwelling gamers" are the same ones who rag on Nintendo for making games in the same franchises year after year. You point out that a Mario game is "just jumping on Goombas to save the Princess" and then Nintendo fans will say "you're crazy if you don't think each game is immensely different. There's different mechanics in each game". I don't care...it's still Mario jumping on Goombas to save the Princess from Bowser.

So, by transitive property, we hate Nintendo. Is this a stealth Nintendo sympathy thread?

That's the thing, we don't hate Nintendo for giving us the same old stuff time and time again. Many people just wish they would also create some new IPs. 25+ years later Mario games are still incredibly fun to play.

I wouldn't say this is a Nintendo sympathy thread either because even Sony fans will gush over the same games time and time again, just as MS fans will gush over yet another Halo, Gears, Forza and/or Fable.

 

It seems to be an issue when 3rd parties do it when their titles are immensely popular or if they so happen to be mobile games. Especially in the case of the latter. GOD FORBID someone makes a mobile game.