I am being lengthy in my response as, I can not express myself, in a couple of sentences.
The thing is this. A FRANCHISE IS CORPORATE/OCP/EXECUTIVE TALK/WORDING. Not a consumer word. This means you could profit off a product, even when it is not really the same product anymore. Take "Doremon" right now their are Doremon Fridges, coolers, toys, shirts, and so forth. Disney series is another one, as many people grew up with the mouse, and is right in your face, I myself have a Mickey Mouse watch from when I was a kid, and many Chinese people tends to have Mickey Mouse products like crazy. So think about it like this.
Your not buying the actual product.
Your not supporting the actual creation of the product
You in fact are just buying material that is either licensed or unlicensed.
Take Resident Evil. Resident Evil is broken up into multiple parts
Zombie fans might buy it for the costumes,
Movie fans might get things related to the movie
But here is the best part. None of these people have actually played an Resident Evil videogame, or will never admit to playing a Resdient Evil game. You could have a person, who literally takes a dunk/extract excrement/ use the bathroom on everything that is videogames, but they own all the action figures from all the series.
THAT IS WHAT A FRANCHISE IS.
I go to the store, and they have Lucky Charms. But am I buying the action figures/dolls, the doll house, or even the kinex/Lego of it? Am I building anything from it? no. I am just supporting the licensee, who pays royalties, to the person in charge of the material.
This person is usually a big corporation ( an entity ) with a bunch of yes-people, non-heterosexual lawyers, and all kinds of connections. Sometimes it is an individual, who is getting popular, and a corporation comes out of nowhere, to buy their brand/product.
Take Shocker toys v. LGBTJR toys. LGBTJR had many plans, but decided to sell Shocker toys after all the bad publicity. So now in another state, Shocker ( the invisible owner of Shocker which was originally LGBTJR toys ), now decided to make a product they feel will sell in their neck of the woods ( some redneck ( Americana ) wrestling women, that was popular back during "Married with Children" ).
Speaking of which, that womens wrestling show, that was pretty much the equal of "Sexy police", was very popular, but here is the kicker, WHY ISNT THE SHOW ON AND WHY IS THEIR SOMEBODY OUT THEIR WHO BELIEVES PEOPLE WILL BUY THE TOYS?
The reason why Resident Evil Videogames are unpopular is because RE GAME FANS, are not making the money to purchase their games. RE fans would rather have a PSX, or GCN, or something they feel is outdated.
The reason why Sonic is unpopular is because of the same thing. The fans are unwilling to budge, so they are focusing on the people who are willing to SUBMIT.
SUBMIT
SUBMIT
Remember that famous Apple advertisment, via "1984", that is the current mindset. If you do not remember, then go and see it. People have gotten soooooooooooo good at seeing through the lies.
Even the lies about those lies. Even the truths about those truths. Once that happens, you lose a costumer.
SEGA knowns that it's fans are broke, dead, married, pregnant, suicidal, prison, etc. SEGA. Nintendo, Atari, etc all calculate the numbers. Imagine if somebody tracked the amount of money I have, and when I have. That is why SEGA is focusing on the things they want and want alone.
SEGA wants money. Parents spend the most, so SEGA is targeting them. SEGA knows have naive parents are. Everybody has one. They are calculating it, and are just riding the wave of the obvious. It is obvious a parent is going to buy a toy, and the ultimate toy is usually a videogame system, and chances are they played a Sonic game.
Lets go back in time, with Led Zeppelin. Led, basically had this AP/Publicity team, in the audience spotting people who was selling unregistered goods. Tee-Shirts. They took down some guy, for selling Tee-shirts. Brought him back stage, like a fool, telling him not to talk, and this and that.
THAT IS WHAT A FRANCHISE IS. WHEN YOU MAKE PRODUCTS THAT NON-FANS COULD BUY, AND DO NOT CARE AT ALL, ABOUT THE PRODUCT. I am wearing a shirt that says "Nuke the Whales", but am I nuking the whales?
You have grown ups, cosplaying just because it looks cool. Like the "My Little Pony", which is making money in all kinds of fetishes.
Here is another example. The "Simpsons". Did you know the Simpsons, aired on a womans, stand-up comedy sketch. However their was a price for that. What you do not know, is that they have a lot of feminist messages inside the Simpsons ( I have the comics to prove it ). A part of me, loves Bart Simpson, a lot. I even have Bart Simpson doll. Am I Bart Simpson anymore? No. I am Homer Simpson, a Big grown guy, who should be making an income. The entire show basically makes fun of him, and shows how depressed his wife is. My Grandmother says she hates his voice, but only because he looks ugly. One woman represents the herd, and their are probably many people like you and me. As a man does not help me. No. That is many normal men out their.
So the Simpsons, as a series I love, and I still have my Bart Simpson Doll. Is the Simpson a doll? No. Is it a videogame? No. Is it a comic? No. The over-all point of the Simpsons is to hurt the normal men in this world, degrade them, promote women to leave their husbands, and encourage men and women to break up, so Homer could spend the rest of his life, with his imaginary, Country Singer wife. Keep in mind all the greatness is with the Women. Even the Woman that had a small waste, was crazy for donuts, and would have glorified Homers life. The over-all statement is to get divorced, and get separated now. As a man, that hurts my family, as a man I can not support the Simpsons, for that overall statement, being made. Simpsons is a fem-nazi tool, helping the harden crotch clad army of the Lesbos. It does not help me as a man.
Will I buy Simpsons products again? Maybe. But forever I will know I am helping somebody who is against me as a man. They want me to be a boy, they want me to be cool.
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The bigger question is why do people disrespect a series?
Because you stop calling it a work of fiction and start calling it, an timeshare or a Franchise.
You have just broken the rules, of engagement. People start to see it for what it is, a sham,
a lie, a bluff, a WASTE OF TIME.
With Sonic we had a built up world. Sega decided to say, phuck everything that was, we are going to lock the "Disney vault", and start a new fresh thing. In the process they lose fans, but they gain a new audience.
With Resident Evil. The thing has gone on forever, and is depending on fans, who are dead, in debt, pregnant, homeless, jobless, and just do not want to budge from their current position. So they are making movie for the people who have nothing to do with the game. Basically their are things far more scarier then Resident Evil. Like r-tard laws being passed by the state, and the feds. Turning the education system, into an ant colony. Things like that is what is scary.
