If the main motivation is “to own the haters”, “to prove people wrong”, “to make a group mad” …then the game itself is a weaponized prop and That’s how you end up defending mid products harder than you’d ever defend great ones.
rooting for success out of spite isn’t healthier than rooting for failure out of spite
I want games I like to succeed and games I don’t to fail
I buy games cos the box art looks edible
Is this about something specific?
I guess? The quality of the product can’t be divorced from the social conditions upon its release. I don’t care if a game is mid if it advances a positive social movement, and I don’t care about the quality if it advances a bad one. Harry Potter might be the game of the year, but I have ideological reasons for wanting it to fail. Conversely, I will buy mid games from people whose values and goals I support. Those facts affect my assessment and enjoyment of the product, since the game doesn’t exist in a vacuum.
Gaming as a proxy war
I pirated Hogwarts 10 times to hurt JK personally
If you
r primary reason towanta gametosucceed orbuy a gameis spite, youdon’tactually care whether it’s good.no games are good sorry to spoil your “fun”
Counterpoint: seeing losers who only have “well at least I’m cool on the internet” going for them seethe how the west has fallen is better entertainment than even the best game.
yeah bros dont make consumption part of your identity. honestly you can perfectly engage in gaming without ever interfacing with the industry. you should do this
A) hot takes are silly, be considered.
B) Your posts on this com that I see tend towards rather banal thought bubbles or uncontroversial reddit controversy commentary.
I am sure you can develop your thoughts more and provide insight or other contributions instead of vagueposting.
What kind of dysfunctional sad sack would buy a game out of spite?
This doesn’t seem like a hot take unless your ambient temperature is very unusual.
Does that include Palworld?
xkcd 2071?
