Mugs are one thing cause fans like that crap, and the mlp crap is simply considered pushing it because bronies, but this kiss level crap is probably worse than what cod is doing, and as far as I know Gene Simmons may have tried to play it smart.
Edit: I do not know why I was downvoted because I was saying this shit is stupid.
MLP crap sells really well, generally speaking. G4 at least. I see no issue with catering to bronies because it's a tried and true (and sincere) market, if a slightly out-of-date one, and as /tg/ knows, /mlp/ does like their tabletop games. I think /tg/ made three of 'em for /mlp/, though I can only remember the name of Poor Unfortunate Foals off-hand.
Selling out to normies is the real concern. Both show drift from their central audience, but one is showing drift towards another niche product, keeping the focus still narrow and dedicated, while the other drifts towards generalities and vagaries of the mass market, diluting the product.
You can sell a chocolate cake to people who like mint without compromising the idea of a chocolate cake, but you can't sell one to a mass market that contains people who simply do not like chocolate, so you remove all chocolate from it. A mint chocolate cake is still a chocolate cake. A chocolate-removed chocolate cake isn't one.
I know this is off topic, but I am trying to avoid a very hot topic that causes infighting in the .win network despite the fact most users on kia2 came from reddit and had no issue with it in the past...
Mugs are one thing cause fans like that crap, and the mlp crap is simply considered pushing it because bronies, but this kiss level crap is probably worse than what cod is doing, and as far as I know Gene Simmons may have tried to play it smart.
Edit: I do not know why I was downvoted because I was saying this shit is stupid.
MLP crap sells really well, generally speaking. G4 at least. I see no issue with catering to bronies because it's a tried and true (and sincere) market, if a slightly out-of-date one, and as /tg/ knows, /mlp/ does like their tabletop games. I think /tg/ made three of 'em for /mlp/, though I can only remember the name of Poor Unfortunate Foals off-hand.
Selling out to normies is the real concern. Both show drift from their central audience, but one is showing drift towards another niche product, keeping the focus still narrow and dedicated, while the other drifts towards generalities and vagaries of the mass market, diluting the product.
You can sell a chocolate cake to people who like mint without compromising the idea of a chocolate cake, but you can't sell one to a mass market that contains people who simply do not like chocolate, so you remove all chocolate from it. A mint chocolate cake is still a chocolate cake. A chocolate-removed chocolate cake isn't one.
I agree, do not know why I was downvoted though...
For a person who gets into as many shit flinging contests as you do, I don't see why you still pay attention to votes.
I know this is off topic, but I am trying to avoid a very hot topic that causes infighting in the .win network despite the fact most users on kia2 came from reddit and had no issue with it in the past...
No idea. Shills? Gene Simmons fans?