DaveD on 02 December 2008
Kasz216 said:
Pristine20 said:
Zucas said:
Pristine20 said:
Mario in the title...'nuff said |
Although probably true, I'd say it be quite primitive to think that's the only reason. I'd say for one Sonic's name in there has to do a lot with it. And even more so the combo of the two being in the same name. I mean 15 years ago this seemed like the largest impossibility EVER. That probably garnered a lot of old school gamer buys. So its both names that helped sell this game along with them just being in the same game and title.
Not only that its a sports compilation which if ya look around have been doing pretty damn well since Wii Sports. Tie that in with a not so bad title that keeps the hype mill going along with a well place timing to correspond for the Olympics and pretty dman good marketing and Sega deserves everything they get. And Nintendo of course. I mean this is just sales perfection if you asked me. Whoever came up with the idea and business plan for this title and the DS version is a genius. Not only take two of the biggest names ever in gaming, but ones that were enemies, and have them face off in a game. Then not only make it into one of the most popular genres on Wii and market it as such but give it a Super Smash Bros type marketing is genius. Business model people need to learn from in any form of marketing.
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I think Mario in the title weighs much more than your complex analysis. The only game with mario in the title that hasn't sold a mil is mario super sluggers but it hasn't been released in EU yet and hasn't had much marketing. This game made muti mil because it was basically a new SMG i.e another full-fledged traditional mario game (with sonic thrown in for kicks) so I would say that mario is responsible for at least 80% of it's sales.
I mean, my little brother asks my mom to buy him any title that has mario in it. I'd hardly consider him unique.
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Oh?
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Hotel Mario, Mario Teaches Typing 2 are other examples XP (Why a sequal, the world will never know)
