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Are you brand loyal?
- Thread starter Mack
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Yes, like everyone to some degree.
PC is not a brand though. That's a platform.
Xbox and PC here. I also love Nintendo games, but rarely buy into the platform.
PC is not a brand though. That's a platform.
Xbox and PC here. I also love Nintendo games, but rarely buy into the platform.
I only use Colgate toothpaste!! Crest is garbage and makes my teeth feel like i slathered them in used motor oil. Yuck.
Oh this is about video game consoles? Nah I'll play on whatever is best/easiest for me, which has often been PlayStation but Game Pass on Xbox has been an awesome boon for me. And portable play on Switch is fun
Oh this is about video game consoles? Nah I'll play on whatever is best/easiest for me, which has often been PlayStation but Game Pass on Xbox has been an awesome boon for me. And portable play on Switch is fun
Nope. I have preferences in that I really like Nintendo stuff and care more about them then the others but that neither shields them from criticism nor means I'll buy whatever they put out just because it's theirs. I both like and criticize all of the platforms.
often i was brand loyal just to be disappointed because brands change overtime
do they just mean loyalty as "buying the next console?"
do they just mean loyalty as "buying the next console?"
I own every console and a great PC. Only thing I'm loyal to is being able to play the best versions of any game I want.
Same, though I wouldn't keep buying their systems if they messed up badly. It's my favorite brand overall but it's not a blind fanboy sort of thing.
If there's a daft option in a poll then I have to pick it, it's a habit from some of the weird shit in off topic.
No, but I will say that Nintendo and their products have never appealed to me. Doesn't mean I adhere to one platform exclusively.
Yes, in a sense.
Like, I love Civilization games. Some are better than others, but I always enjoy them, and they're well worth the price I pay for them. Firaxis, as a developer, has earned my trust at this point. So I'm loyal to them in that I will assume they'll continue functioning to the standards I expect.
But if another studio starts releasing better products (Humankind?), or they release a string of games I don't find worth the money, or they're gutted and replaced by their parent company, they'll lose that trust and I'll stop buying them.
Like, I love Civilization games. Some are better than others, but I always enjoy them, and they're well worth the price I pay for them. Firaxis, as a developer, has earned my trust at this point. So I'm loyal to them in that I will assume they'll continue functioning to the standards I expect.
But if another studio starts releasing better products (Humankind?), or they release a string of games I don't find worth the money, or they're gutted and replaced by their parent company, they'll lose that trust and I'll stop buying them.
I have a PS logo tattooed over my heart. PS 4 lyf, we ballin'
Not really, but I've basically had almost only Sony consoles since the PS1.
In context of games specifically, no I'm not (I've exclusively used Etnies shoes for almost 20 years). I do prefer PC gaming by far, but that has nothing to do with any brands. I'm not really into hardware, I just wanna play great games. Nintendo will always have a soft spot in my heart, even though I skipped GC, Wii and WiiU. I've also owned Playstation and Xbox consoles.
If loyalty, being faithful, isn't required for brand loyalty, and the definition of brand loyalty is "exactly preferring one brand over the other", then I would present that the term "brand loyalty" is confusing, not fit for purpose and stupid and it ought to be "brand preference."
Having faith and having preferences is not the same thing, but the term "brand loyalty" conflates the two. I think it's a distinction worth making.
Presumably the term makes sense in marketing contexts, for which it was apparently devised. But in other contexts it's less than helpful, as is evidenced by this turgid linguistic battle taking place.
Turgid is a really good word. Not 100% sure I used it right. I don't care. Stop being so turgid.
All things I care about equal, I'll buy the Sony and Nintendo platforms first. I'm not sure if that's brand loyal or not, but maybe so?
I was always gifted a PlayStation so it was never a case of loyalty until maybe I bought myself a PS4--it was a known quantity and had the IP I liked. Is that being brand loyal? and if it is, what's wrong with that?
At the end of the day, you're getting a console with lots of good games so whether you're brand loyal or not it doesn't matter... unless you're console warring.
At the end of the day, you're getting a console with lots of good games so whether you're brand loyal or not it doesn't matter... unless you're console warring.
I'm too old to completely change from brand of the last three generations at this point. I am certainly open to polygamous platforming though.
Then you'd have to argue with people that work with this. In the whole industry, the term brand loyalty is used to make customers loyal to you and making sure they keep coming back to you.
Xbox rocks my world!
...is what I'd like to say, but I'd diss the brand any day if they did something I didn't like. Same with the other manufacturers. And I play across all my systems!
I do have a preference for Xbox, but I wouldn't call myself loyal.
...is what I'd like to say, but I'd diss the brand any day if they did something I didn't like. Same with the other manufacturers. And I play across all my systems!
I do have a preference for Xbox, but I wouldn't call myself loyal.
There's a difference between loyalty and BLIND loyalty.
I'm loyal to a lot of people in my life, but I am blind loyal to no one. If they do something truly egregious, they can and will lose my loyalty. The same would be true of brands and products...and it's happened. I've used the same shampoo for years now, but the last bottle I got just smelled completely different and now I'll check the next bottle before buying to see if it was some sort of fluke or if I just don't like the new formula.
A sudden shift in how a company does business or the revelation that they literally kill their employees would of course break that loyalty.
Considering I almost always end up buying each of the big 3s consoles...I guess you could sort of say I'm loyal to all of them. End of the day...whatever Nintendo puts out I will 100% always be there day one though...
Have a gaming PC...but my wife uses it a lot more than me...
Have a gaming PC...but my wife uses it a lot more than me...
Take: Brand loyalty is fucking stupid and companies are not your friends.
Same.
Nah, I only buy from platforms that have games that interest me or have handheld alternatives. So typically Sony and Nintendo with the occasional PC game mixed in.
I used to be pretty diehard loyal to Nintendo because I've been buying from them my whole life but they've fucked up so many times they've knocked me out of that. 99% of the reason I buy Sony consoles is for JRPGs, if Xbox (or Nintendo) had them they'd have my money instead.
I used to be pretty diehard loyal to Nintendo because I've been buying from them my whole life but they've fucked up so many times they've knocked me out of that. 99% of the reason I buy Sony consoles is for JRPGs, if Xbox (or Nintendo) had them they'd have my money instead.
I play more on PC but during this gen I had a PS4 and I have a Switch and XB1. Even on PC I have games on pretty much every launcher there is lol. I go where things are cheaper.
companies being your friends or not has nothing to do with brand loyalty. It's literally just a consumer having a particular preference to one brand vs. another and it most certainly doesn't mean that you're some kind of blind slave to any company or corporations.
I must be going mad because I'm failing to see how people are viewing this otherwise.
People have preferences, its a normal thing.
I have only time for a console, and I dont have time to play all I want. If my consoles till now had been playstation, and I am happy with those experiences I have no reason to change. I would only change if there was something disruptive, like playstation choose a route like the wii having a motion controller, or choose to be a streaming or digital only console, but playstation is known for having soft variations from generation to generation.
In the recent times the only thing that makes me think on a change was gamepass but, as I said, I have little time to play and would not benefit from having a huge library to play.
The opposite side is Nintendo, I never had a Nintendo console so I have no attach for any of their franchises, and tradicionaly Nintendo does not make Home consoles that are competitive in Power to play third party games in specs equivalent to Sony and MS. But its possible to me that some day I will have a Nintendo console because they are the only on the portable market.
I have only time for a console, and I dont have time to play all I want. If my consoles till now had been playstation, and I am happy with those experiences I have no reason to change. I would only change if there was something disruptive, like playstation choose a route like the wii having a motion controller, or choose to be a streaming or digital only console, but playstation is known for having soft variations from generation to generation.
In the recent times the only thing that makes me think on a change was gamepass but, as I said, I have little time to play and would not benefit from having a huge library to play.
The opposite side is Nintendo, I never had a Nintendo console so I have no attach for any of their franchises, and tradicionaly Nintendo does not make Home consoles that are competitive in Power to play third party games in specs equivalent to Sony and MS. But its possible to me that some day I will have a Nintendo console because they are the only on the portable market.
Nope; my favorite console of a generation is the one I end up playing the most on, which can be due to a combination of factors.. quality, how much I like the OS, the exclusives.. what my friends are playing on. I also PC game and buy whatever the best CPU/GPU combo is when I upgrade not based on brand.
People doing stuff like cheering on studio acquisitions grinds my gears man.. and then you question them and they say "it's just business, all companies do it"... uhhh.. are you that company? lol
People doing stuff like cheering on studio acquisitions grinds my gears man.. and then you question them and they say "it's just business, all companies do it"... uhhh.. are you that company? lol
Nope. I love all my plastic boxes the same.
I was mad at Sony one time years ago and had a personal ban going, but that was back when they were hiding root kits on CDs. When caught, their answer was, " Most people, I think, don't even know what a rootkit is, so why should they care about it?" Well I did, so I didn't buy anything from them for like 10 years.
I was mad at Sony one time years ago and had a personal ban going, but that was back when they were hiding root kits on CDs. When caught, their answer was, " Most people, I think, don't even know what a rootkit is, so why should they care about it?" Well I did, so I didn't buy anything from them for like 10 years.
Hell no. Corporation loyalty is insanely stupid. I went from PS1 to Xbox to 360 to PS4 and I'll gladly go back to Xbox next gen if their hardware and services are better. When it comes to Nintendo, I skipped N64, GC and Wii U. I also skipped the launch versions of the DS and 3DS because I thought the hardware was terrible.
I mean.
I'm "loyal" in the sense that I prefer the aesthetic of the Playstation over the other consoles and that I've already established a history on that platform with my trophies and stuff.
So in general, unless they do something really bad, that'll always be my main console that I play the vast majority of my games on.
I still usually buy the other consoles for exclusives though and use my Xbone controller on my PC all the time, so it's not like, a weird level of loyalty I don't think lol.
I'm "loyal" in the sense that I prefer the aesthetic of the Playstation over the other consoles and that I've already established a history on that platform with my trophies and stuff.
So in general, unless they do something really bad, that'll always be my main console that I play the vast majority of my games on.
I still usually buy the other consoles for exclusives though and use my Xbone controller on my PC all the time, so it's not like, a weird level of loyalty I don't think lol.
I'm service dependent you could say. I've got hundreds of games on Xbox and their promise to always be back compat is a great thing for my collection.
also, still got gamepass until 22 soooo that's a plus.
if i ever have the money over i surely will buy a switch (or whatever nintendo) and ps4/5 but I guess my main machine will be Xbox for quite some time.
i could imagine switching to pc at some point tho
also, still got gamepass until 22 soooo that's a plus.
if i ever have the money over i surely will buy a switch (or whatever nintendo) and ps4/5 but I guess my main machine will be Xbox for quite some time.
i could imagine switching to pc at some point tho
Kinda yeah...love my PS products and Apple and stick with them first.
but if there's an obvious better option available, for example I got X360 over PS3 in the early years I will jump ship.
been sticking with Apple for a while now even though I think there's better phones hardware wise out there.
btw it's not wrong to be loyal to a brand lol, y'all ain't being truthful with those poll options versus discussions on this forum. I had an interesting debate with CoryBarlog on Twitter about it. You can like an ecosystem and choose it over other just because it's what you're familiar/comfortable with.
but if there's an obvious better option available, for example I got X360 over PS3 in the early years I will jump ship.
been sticking with Apple for a while now even though I think there's better phones hardware wise out there.
btw it's not wrong to be loyal to a brand lol, y'all ain't being truthful with those poll options versus discussions on this forum. I had an interesting debate with CoryBarlog on Twitter about it. You can like an ecosystem and choose it over other just because it's what you're familiar/comfortable with.
Definitely not, but I do have preference for platforms that increase my ability to customise and do what I want with a game or such.
THe more options, the better for me - which can change with the wind in the PC space rather quickly.
THe more options, the better for me - which can change with the wind in the PC space rather quickly.
Preference can be explained, i prefer tea to coffee, because of the taste, the ingredients, price, etc.
You normally prefer something because objectively it's the better choice for you.
Brand loyalty may not and goes far deeper:
Not really, I go where the products are good and fits my needs.
I'll admit that I am a bit biased towards more known brands for like, home appliances, but it stops at that.
I'll admit that I am a bit biased towards more known brands for like, home appliances, but it stops at that.
I've preferred Nintendo for the past 16 years or so, all else being equal, so I guess? Depends on how far you're reading into the loyalty part. I have a preference and it's based on many years of Nintendo providing things I enjoy.