The games are all cheap, mass produced slop because the merch makes literal billions of dollars so they need to keep shitting out games to market the new designs.
My aunt is a hardcore Disney fan and they have so fricking much Winnie the Pooh merch it's unreal. Every time I go there for Christmas, they always have A Very Merry Pooh Year on repeat on the living room TV and the Christmas tree has like 20 Winnie ornaments and so much other shit everywhere
No joke it’s because of the toddler market.
In 2009 over 80% of all clothing, bedding, and toys designed for children from birth to age 3 were Winnie the Pooh related regardless of gender.
Winnie the Pooh was responsible for Babies R Us outlasting Toys R Us
GTA is just a game. these other things sell beyond games through merch or literal attractions at amusement parks and other events. majority of these are kid friendly as well (even baby friendly). GTA could never compete.
Still GTAV has made like 8 billion and almost got on this list through whales with no merchandise or multimedia. The power of whales bro, they will probably be able to make this list in ten years time selling people literally nothing in the new GTA.
>100+ new highly marketable collectable pets for every conceivable demographic and entertainment media to go along with it every couple of years
Gee I wonder
>also winnie the pooh making more cash than capeshit..
it's been around and been popular for way longer. also a lot of sales come from like 60 year old grandmas who buy tigger sweaters. just like with hello kitty, almost all of the revenue is from merch and almost none of it from anything else.
> Why isn't Austin Powers more popular?
It’s too 90s. Mike Myers is too old for a reboot, and the character is too toxic for the current media landscape.
He was in inglorious basterds and a couple other small things but he’s old and fat and probably just wants to live off the assloads of money he made from those nuclear bombs that also tanked his Hollywood career anyway.
imagine being an american company and designing and building these modern marvels, then the japanese steal them and paint them like this lmao, I'm glad boeing is dying
>I'm glad boeing is dying
747 was the stupidest fricking design ever and yet they kept shilling and building it for decades.
They've been dying a long time, anon.
but more recently they've been outsourcing their product design and development to india. there was nothing inherently wrong with the 747, it's basically been the standard for 60 years. it's all the new DEI shit boeing is doing that's been hurting their reputation
Marketeable mascots that have a wide appeal range, the games while stale have a pretty solid foundation, and related media that keeps the franchise on people's minds.
because an entire generation grew up with the anime/games (and forgot to grow out of) and because their merch has a big resell value. ask some real fricking questions.
More like, why is that chart so Japan-heavy?
It's just Japan and US (with UK by courtesy of US). That's it. No other countries in the entire world have made a single franchise worth thinking about.
Japan makes universal entertainment that speaks to everyone. I saw a little kid wearing a Dragon Ball shirt the other day. DB turns 40 years old this year. That’s how enduring the characters are.
They created the perfect fantasy world for kids and were smart enough to realize that the "world of pokemon" and the monster designs were the heart of the brand. When pokemania was happening, it was common for people to think the video games were a side piece to the pokemon empire. My teacher wife also tells me that kids still love the merch and trading cards.
In part because Japan got into vidya early, and in part because they know how to make fiction kids like. If you don't count the Marvel as starting with the Iron Man movie, the newest western IP on there is Disney's pooh from the 70's. Also, Harry Potter and technically Pooh are British
Children are wired to love two things: bright colors and collecting shit. That’s why Pokemon toys and cards are like crack to them. Giving a child a holographic Mewtwo card is lighting up the addiction center in their brain.
>92 billion
that shit is literally funding all of japan what the frick
can you imagine all of this is owned by a company that can't even make a proper video game?
Nobody even chose to get into pokemon. Everyone's parents bought them Pokemon stuff because it was the safe choice compared to games like Doom and Mortal Kombat. Too bad it backfired and pokemon fans ended up with bestiality fetishes
Anpanman is Japan's Mickey's Mouse, he's not popular in America but he's big in Asia and some yuropoor countries. It's been around for decades, One Punch Man was inspired by Anpanman.
If the developer was smart (he's not) he'd be banking on palworlds success and announcing plushies and figurines for people to buy, pokemon doesn't make all it's money from games, 90% of it's money making comes from the merchandise
Palworld gonna catch them soon
And yet despite all that the games are all cheap, mass produced slop and barely improve
The games are all cheap, mass produced slop because the merch makes literal billions of dollars so they need to keep shitting out games to market the new designs.
Pokemon is not a video game franchise.
>Winnie the Pooh
>75 BILLION DOLLARS
My aunt is a hardcore Disney fan and they have so fricking much Winnie the Pooh merch it's unreal. Every time I go there for Christmas, they always have A Very Merry Pooh Year on repeat on the living room TV and the Christmas tree has like 20 Winnie ornaments and so much other shit everywhere
Everybody fricking loves that little dumb homosexual.
He has a new phat line of merchandise every single year.
For me, it's Tigger
Also Kanga but that's an entirely different story
They're all pretty damn huggable.
Do you not know where 90% of this list generates cash from?
MERCHANDISE.
the fact that winnie the pooh is more popular than mickey mouse is pretty crazy
No joke it’s because of the toddler market.
In 2009 over 80% of all clothing, bedding, and toys designed for children from birth to age 3 were Winnie the Pooh related regardless of gender.
Winnie the Pooh was responsible for Babies R Us outlasting Toys R Us
Why is that though? What makes parents want to buy Winnie the Pooh products over any other?
Familiarity I'm guessing. "I grew up with x thing. I give X thing to my children".
Literally because it’s squeaky clean reputation at least it was, going public domain might kill the brand.
bears r cool
>bear calmed down once she pet it
how do russians do it?
Intimidation.
That's only going to reduce it's attack by a third though.
I see what you did there
me in the middle
People here seriously underestimate how lucrative making shit for toddlers is. 4 of the top 10 YouTube channels make content for kids 6 and under.
Manchildren spending their entire wages on plastic toys
Why didn't Grand Theft Auto come out?
GTA is just a game. these other things sell beyond games through merch or literal attractions at amusement parks and other events. majority of these are kid friendly as well (even baby friendly). GTA could never compete.
Still GTAV has made like 8 billion and almost got on this list through whales with no merchandise or multimedia. The power of whales bro, they will probably be able to make this list in ten years time selling people literally nothing in the new GTA.
>no tv-shows
>no toys
>no theme park rides
>no movies
>no shampoo / toothpaste / etc. / etc. / etc.
Who the frick is Anpanman
Had to look it up as well.
Same dude drew the picture books of this dude for forty years.
Pretty fricking wholesome.
Also the main inspiration for One Punch Man and many other anime and manga parodies.
arguably only star wars isn't aimed at kids, when will you take the groomerpill Ganker?
>star wars isn’t aimed at kids
dumbest thing i’ve read in a while
It's aimed at manchildren
>star wars isn't aimed at kids
I think you could only say that about a new hope, when it was just a movie and not a vehicle to sell toys
Lego star wars is the only good part of the franchise
>100+ new highly marketable collectable pets for every conceivable demographic and entertainment media to go along with it every couple of years
Gee I wonder
Pokegays are brain dead consumers
>Japan gets $60bn with anpanman alone
That is how consoomer that nation is. Japan by itself almost matches Star Wars which is a global franchise.
The Ashnime
what in the actual frick in anpanman?
also winnie the pooh making more cash than capeshit..
this sounds weird
>also winnie the pooh making more cash than capeshit..
it's been around and been popular for way longer. also a lot of sales come from like 60 year old grandmas who buy tigger sweaters. just like with hello kitty, almost all of the revenue is from merch and almost none of it from anything else.
sexy animals
Imagine being the biggest franchise in human history and losing everything to Palworld in a matter of days
It's a Pal World now
It's a pally pal world.
>losing everything to Palworld in a matter of days
?
I know, I would kill myself if I was Mario.
imagine posting that gif and still expecting people to believe that you aren't a troon
The girls that are under of age
Why isn't Austin Powers more popular?
> Why isn't Austin Powers more popular?
It’s too 90s. Mike Myers is too old for a reboot, and the character is too toxic for the current media landscape.
I haven't seen Myers at all after that Love Guru film.
He was in inglorious basterds and a couple other small things but he’s old and fat and probably just wants to live off the assloads of money he made from those nuclear bombs that also tanked his Hollywood career anyway.
Mike Myers is literally living off his Shrek money. IIRC he was a producer so het gets millions in passive income.
You guys know that the vast majority of Pokémon's revenue comes from merchandise and not from video games right?
My favorite is the jets.
imagine being an american company and designing and building these modern marvels, then the japanese steal them and paint them like this lmao, I'm glad boeing is dying
>I'm glad boeing is dying
747 was the stupidest fricking design ever and yet they kept shilling and building it for decades.
They've been dying a long time, anon.
but more recently they've been outsourcing their product design and development to india. there was nothing inherently wrong with the 747, it's basically been the standard for 60 years. it's all the new DEI shit boeing is doing that's been hurting their reputation
Kek what the frick, Anpanman is worth twice the entire Marvel MCU
Because is better than palworld
Marketeable mascots that have a wide appeal range, the games while stale have a pretty solid foundation, and related media that keeps the franchise on people's minds.
>all of these franchises are from the US, UK, or Japan
Why does every other country suck at pop culture?
Tell me about Anpanman.
because an entire generation grew up with the anime/games (and forgot to grow out of) and because their merch has a big resell value. ask some real fricking questions.
What the frick is anpanman?
japanese sesame street
you ask why Pokemon is popular but not hello kitty or winnie the pooh. do zoomers even know those properties?
I thought Evangelion was supposed to be in this list? wheres garfield?
Me
I'm the reason
Threaten to have a nice day to extort money from Nintendo.
>why was Pokémon so popular?
FTFY
Where does Minecraft rank?
Pretty damn low actually when compared to others. Only 3.3 billion.
Because right off the bat they created and fostered the idea of "the world of pokemon"
Pikachu is the best designed mascot of all time.
I wish I could make some stupid bullshit for children and get rich, life is unfair.
More like, why is that chart so Japan-heavy?
It's just Japan and US (with UK by courtesy of US). That's it. No other countries in the entire world have made a single franchise worth thinking about.
most countries don't make consumerist franchises like US and Japan, that's probably why
Japan makes universal entertainment that speaks to everyone. I saw a little kid wearing a Dragon Ball shirt the other day. DB turns 40 years old this year. That’s how enduring the characters are.
They created the perfect fantasy world for kids and were smart enough to realize that the "world of pokemon" and the monster designs were the heart of the brand. When pokemania was happening, it was common for people to think the video games were a side piece to the pokemon empire. My teacher wife also tells me that kids still love the merch and trading cards.
In part because Japan got into vidya early, and in part because they know how to make fiction kids like. If you don't count the Marvel as starting with the Iron Man movie, the newest western IP on there is Disney's pooh from the 70's. Also, Harry Potter and technically Pooh are British
Children are wired to love two things: bright colors and collecting shit. That’s why Pokemon toys and cards are like crack to them. Giving a child a holographic Mewtwo card is lighting up the addiction center in their brain.
>92 billion
that shit is literally funding all of japan what the frick
can you imagine all of this is owned by a company that can't even make a proper video game?
Nobody even chose to get into pokemon. Everyone's parents bought them Pokemon stuff because it was the safe choice compared to games like Doom and Mortal Kombat. Too bad it backfired and pokemon fans ended up with bestiality fetishes
hottest designs
All these make sense except Anpanman since it's the only one without a global presence. What the hell is up with that?
Anpanman is Japan's Mickey's Mouse, he's not popular in America but he's big in Asia and some yuropoor countries. It's been around for decades, One Punch Man was inspired by Anpanman.
>pic
That's not anpanman, you silly goose. This is.
He's a heavily shilled yakuza comic mascot. He's everywhere in japeng.
this looks fricking moronic
It does, but if you say that in Japan around the wrong people, you wind up "missing".
Cause it has sexy girls.
The people who only care for the girls probably don’t spend that much money on the franchise.
Time for Palworld to start rolling out the palushies, clothingpals, palcards, palnime, cooking with pals, spinoff games, and palmon GO.
If the developer was smart (he's not) he'd be banking on palworlds success and announcing plushies and figurines for people to buy, pokemon doesn't make all it's money from games, 90% of it's money making comes from the merchandise
>Spider-man on his own is barely behind the entire rest of the MCU
the frick is anpanman
Where's Garfield?
>why is pokemon so popular
Because it was first. Simple as.
because its a soulless shitslop for homosexual nintendies and poketrannies
because it appeals to males and females, kids and kidults