"Nintendo abandoning hardcore" - Dispelling the myth

[Oyvoyvoyv]

Very nice first post.

 

Still, there is a difference. GC was a losing console. Wii isn't. A console that is doing better, should get more support.

Also, my look at the hardcore's look at those titles.

Twilight Princess - A Gamecube game. An awesome game, but nonetheless - a Gamecube game. I can understand people aren't all that happy with it.

So up untill Q3 year 1, hardcores felt that they really had SPM only.

Compared to the Gamecube, which at the same time had

Luigi's Mansion

SSBM

Pikmin

Wave Race

Eternal Darkness

 

In the next 2 Quarters, it got a bit better. It did slightly better than the Gamecube. 

You got 2 games that were pretty much the same as Gamecube versions, a slightly upgraded Metroid, and Super Mario Galaxy.

On GC, Eternal Darkness, SMS, and Star Fox. 2 of those titles were slightly dissapointing to most.

 

For the next 2 Quarters, it slightly outedged the Gamecube, with SSBB + MKWii vs WW. MKWii wasn't all that liked, so only slightly.

 

Q3 and Q4 of year 2 aren't exactly golden, with Wario Land vs F Zero, 1080, Kirby's Air Ride and Mario Kart.

 

 

I think what bugged them off, is that they when Nintendo finally looked like they were back on track and even with GC, they announced 0 hardcore titles for the most important quarter - zero, nill, none.