LogFAQs > #975463813

Way too late for this. I saw a video talking about this. Didn't even bother watching it. They already lost me as a fan when they sunset the 25 year long anime and have basically abandoned everything that made Pokemon for me with Legends Arceus and S&V. BDSP was sadly the last Pokemon game I will ever buy and it's incredibly soulless.

I couldn't watch the last Pokemon Presents for more than 5 minutes. They are simply targeting a different audience now (or maybe it was always that audience and I was ignorant to it) and that audience is the same "super fan" audience that everyone else is targeting. It's no longer the 90s, or 00s. or even 10s. Marketing targets the whales and the hyper consumers now and the normal people get left out.

For those who don't know - a "fan" is not simply someone who is a fan of something anymore. A "fan" is someone who is willing to pay out the pocket to go to events, interact with the community, create content and try and make a living off of your product. Fans share your brand on social media and do your marketing for free. Fans do not negatively comment on a brand. I doubt many of us here would be considered fans by companies despite many of us loving Pokemon since the brand began.