In some cases, that might be defined by personal tastes, though. For instance, Nickelback has its detractors. It also has genuine fans who adore the songs. That doesn't mean that the band sucks abut was financially successful anyway.
shouldn't this trope be merged with Critical Dissonance? It's essentially the same thing: Critics hate it, masses love it.
No, the other way around. Critical Dissonance should be merged with this. This one's older.
Actually, Critic Proof seems more like a subtrope of Critical Dissonance, since Critical Dissonance could also imply that critics loved something but audiences hated it.
For some reason, while the trope descriptions are basically the same, the examples here seem to be a lot more "This thing is actually bad and everyone knows it, but they buy it anyway" than "The critics don't like this, but the audience disagrees and they're what matters", while Critical Dissonance is the other way round.
I have seen the amateur, and it is me.
Can we officially count Duke Nukem Forever? Tepid-to-caustic critical reviews, but it topped the international sales charts the week after its June 7 release.
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We should. Analysts are predicting good sales even though the game averages at around 50%. This troper has read pretty much all the reviews and it's clear that the reviewers simply fall outside of the demographic. Most gamers this troper talked to liked the game.
I'm probably sitting on a powder keg here, but I deleted the Atlas Shrugged, Part One example. The original post said that audiences were going wild, but they really weren't, despite the online reviews. It had a decent opening for a limited release film, then the audiences dropped off pretty quickly in the following weeks. It probably won't earn back its $10 million budget. Even if some people like it, it still isn't a success.
I restored the Ctrl Alt Del example. Strangely enough, I don't know why it was not recorded in the history.
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Does Halo fit? The first three fames at least got good reviews at the very least.
Just in case it gets deleted, I want it here for posterity:
- It doesn't matter [about The Simpsons still having sustainable ratings]. The Simpsons is like pizza; even when it's bad, it's still good enough.
I think this could be divided into two tropes, or at least some could be moved into Vindicated By History. There's a difference between things that critics initially pan that later go on to be revered (Star Wars, Led Zeppelin) and things that are panned because they suck, but still achieve financial success (Nickelback, the Transformers sequels). There are more factors than quality that affect what most people are willing to spend their money on.
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