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Somebody Just Made An Airsoft Brand Ranking That Nobody Agrees With

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We are seeing a graphic being passed around in social media. Called the “New Airsoft Brand Ranking 2017”, it shows a “tiered” ranking of airsoft manufacturers with EMG, or the Evike Manufacturing Group being a top-tier brand. It looks like everyone is surprised by this graphic which is shown below:

Jet DesertFox shared the same image on his Facebook timeline, remarking that, “Whoever made this must be trolling hard.” For those who commented on his sharing the image, nobody really agreed with the ranking as they have their own preferences with one commenting that, “EMG being on top discredits this whole thing! I think ICS and VFC should be on the same level as Krytac. Marui on top.”

We are trying to find the source or origin of this graphic to ask how they came about with this ranking of brands. Was it via an online poll, a scientific survey, or they just decided to make this graphic and piss everybody off? The last time there was a “ranking” of airsoft brands, was during the Popular Airsoft “2nd Global Airsoft Survey Project” that was held in 2012 and it comes with airsoft brand and purchasing preferences that was useful for airsoft businesses.

We wonder what criteria this ranking was based upon. Is it in brand recognition, product excellence, customer loyalty, product innovation, after market support, wide availability, or just from thin air?

Anyway, airsoft players are free to debate which brands they prefer, regardless of whatever ranking that is put out by any individual or group. Brand loyalty can be also be emotional rather than just based on numerics or polls. Consumers will stick to a brand for certain reasons even if there is another brand that offers a superior product or service.

So which brand do you prefer? Or do you want another “Global Airsoft Survey Project” to take place again? Not an easy job, and OptimusPrime will have to think hard about conducting another one as it takes a lot of time and money.

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