Why do people underestimate top tier groups?

wdym

It's not underestimating; it's wishful thinking from bitter antis more often than not.

Wait...what do you mean by flop, mid-tier and top-tier groups? Are you talking about groups from bigger companies or is this completely a subjective (opinionated) thing?

Jealousy

because as I've previous said there are different definitions of flop to different people

one of the definitions is when a certain group doesn't do as well as they've done previously (for example haven't sold as well or charted as high as their previous song(s)

and for top tier groups it is more amplified because they are top tier and thus they have more spotlight on them both positive and negative

EDIT: a word

Because in the average kpop fan's complicated thought process: If you're not First then that means you're Last?

Quote from 2techs

flops = no one's ever heard of

mid-tier = groups that are flops in korea but popular overseas

top tier = top tier in korea with or without overseas popularity

I actually wasn't expecting that explanation but pretty good either way