2014-03-19, 02:03 PM
Steveio Wrote:YouTube and Television have taught me that the popularity of any sort of media is inversely proportional to its actual quality and/or entertainment value.
And PewDiePie is the prime example of that.
While I can agree with the crap on media thing, I have to disagree with the entertainment value or rather say it is relative. Obviously if it wasn't "entertaining" it wouldn't be very popular, and I would say it media caters to what the masses want to see hence why it works so well. So you would have to say the majority of society is mindless outright.
Well Pewdiepie got to that level because of his horror games, now he has branched out to all sorts of crap, but the Triple A titles still will be entertaining to most because he constantly interacts with his viewers while he plays.
Secondly SAO gives the the hope of becoming a hero out of a boring real life. The whole Otaku culture would love for a chance to be able to prove to the world (who often looks down on them for obvious reasons) that they are capable of something. Just like how E-sports is becoming a big thing, most people still see playing games as a childish thing that doesn't help you get anywhere in life, but now that people can actually earn alot of money just by playing games they can essentially shed the useless title and become "productive" members of society. Of course it has all of the action hero becoming stronger through trial, the character is relatable to alot of people who watch anime as he's a loner and all that. Guess i'm trying to answer why SAO is popular.