Pyro as Bill said:
Pssssttt. Wii Tennis is Pong. Edit: Sonic was never considered the top IP in the business....ever. Barely recognise the other IPs you mentioned so I'll just assume you're wrong. Space Invaders strawman - Like I said, games 'die'/evolve when they get upgraded or sidegraded. Space Invaders was outdated before NES arrived thanks to scrolling shooters. |
lol Sonic was a huge deal in the 90s and buoyed the Genesis into contention against what really was Nintendo's monopoly. Sonic balloon at Macy's Thanksgiving Parade was a big deal. You're out to lunch on that one.
Plenty of genres and once popular IP never regain peak popularity.
Lots of people got their panties in a wad when other people said Labo wasn't going to be a run-away hit either, and they were correct.
The whole fad of having 50 different pieces of plastic shit all over your living room (Guitar Hero, giant wall of 300 DVDs, Rock Band, Wii accessories, etc. etc.) in general I think peaked in the late 2000s, it's not "cool" to have so much crap lying around anymore anyway. It's more about minimalism and one device (the smartphone) doing more. Even fitness things like P90X are passe these days.
Last edited by Soundwave - on 14 September 2019