Mascots:Xbox has Halo, Nintendo has Mario,Zelda, and Sony has...GT??

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Yakuzaice said:

iamisaac said:
@tombi123
"GT has more mass market appeal than Mario, Zelda or Halo. "

LMAO AAAHAHHAHAHAH. Thanks for that!

Why do so many people not realize GT is a massive franchise?

That's not the point. tombi just said it was MORE massive than those other franchises. Zelda? Yes. Halo? Arguably. Mario? Don't kid yourself.

Gran Turismo main series:
PS1: ~102 million
GT1: 10.85
GT2: 9.37
PS2: ~120 million and counting
GT3: 14.87
GT4: 9.36

Mario main series: (not counting rereleases)
NES: ~62 million
SMB: 40.24 * significant manufacturer bundling
SMB2: 7.46(A) + 2.65(J) = 10.11
SMB3: 17.28
SNES: ~49 million
SMW: 20.61 * significant manufacturer bundling
SMW2YI: 4.12
N64: ~33 million
SM64: 11.89
GC: ~22 million
SMS: 6.28
Wii: ~29 million and counting
SMG: 6.79

GB: ~119 million
SML: 18.14
SML2: 11.18
SML3: 5.19
DS: ~76 million and counting
NSMB: 15.00

Keep in mind that SM64 (for instance) sold more than GT1, 2, or 4, and on less than a third the userbase. SML, on a similar userbase, blows away the whole GT series. NSMB [edit:  has outsold] GT3 on less than 2/3 the userbase. Expect SMG to do at least as well as GT1, 2, and [edit:  4] once the userbase is similar. SMB2 (WW combined total) matches GT2 and 4 on half the userbase, and SMB3 blows them away and beats GT3.

[edit:  I'm aware of the pitfalls of comparing sales/userbase when the userbase was different at game launch.  If anything that makes SM64 and SML look even more outrageously successful.  And since SMB and SMW are conveniently excluded from comparison, Mario is otherwise short on near-system-launch Mario games.]