71 points

Honestly? Gamers deserve all the shit they get, I’m all for consumer rights but I have no sympathy for the people that buys these games and then later complains about it. You’re not part of the problem, you are the problem.

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I blame it on “content creators” on YouTube. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy watching someone play and complain about a bad game, but there are so many tubers that use the same format, or even the same titles just reworked a little bit.

A lot of this could be blamed on The Algorithm, but after a certain point you have to start blaming the creators themselves for sticking with the format.

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I sometimes legitimately forget that people are watching the shit that’s on YouTube.

But then again like half of us adults can’t read at a 6th grade level, so I guess video appeals.

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8 points

Not sure why you felt the need to insult people who use YouTube, but okay.

There are plenty of legitimately good or entertaining channels out there that don’t pander to “The Algorithm”.

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I don’t. YouTubers just cover stuff people are interested in, they rarely create that interest.

It turns out people like whatever it is COD offers, so YouTubers make videos either about the good or bad things in the latest COD, and they attract the audiences that are looking for it. And that is where “The Algorithm” comes into play, if more people want to know what’s bad about a popular game, those videos will get more popular and thus recommended more often.

The people to blame aren’t the YouTubers, but the people who watch those videos.

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32 points

COD is on like 5 consoles and TOTK is on one? It’s not a surprise?

Fucking Kotaku, garbage all around.

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It’s the second best selling game of 2023 and it came out last month, though - that’s notable, particularly given the shitty reviews. Plenty of other games are also available on just as many consoles and storefronts. Zelda 20 was presumably mentioned because of name recognition and because it was previously second and is now third.

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I asked a coworker how they felt about the newest Call of Duty and how it’s the lowest rated out of all of them.

They said they didn’t notice.

At some point you just have to concede a fool and his money are easily parted.

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McDonald’s outsells the google 5-star rated gourmet burger place down the street from me, doesn’t mean I’m gonna eat it.

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Yeah but in your example both have wildly different prices while COD and Zelda cost the same

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8 points

yeah, believe it or not, the big mac set costs more

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Nor should you but McDonalds can be good depending on the location.

This is a wad of shit marketed as a Tootsie-roll and people going “What? It’s just chocolate.”

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12 points

McDonald’s is incredibly consistent in how they prepare food location to location. It turns out I just don’t like their food and much prefer the fancier place down the street.

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5 points

Well, working in fast food, not all locations are the same. Some people care to clean the stoves daily. Some wait and do it weekly. Some managers change the fry oil regularly, some don’t. You can taste the difference.

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2 points

Alright pack it up. Give the squids a chance at this shit we’re done.

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