>>11092093The reason why companies will soon sell all collectibles directly is because they gain everything and the customer gains nothing. Everything is built to a precisely calculated demand, which means liquidation is obsolete, discounts are minimal, and all distribution is passed off to third parties. Customers won't have the opportunity to discover products at stores, with different prices, discounts, rewards, and no shipping fees. While customers will recognize this obvious scheme for what it is, and some will even resist it for a time, the scheme will eventually succeed - not because corpos are unstoppable deities, not because customers are powerless to reject such practices, but because there are legions of brainless, dickless, lifeless, soulless, pathetic, bootlicking, barnacles [see: above] that will endlessly spam "Yes! Yes! Pound me harder, Daddy Hasbro!" because their only joy in life is the thought of everybody overpaying for stupid plastic toys.
