| Khuutra said: I just feel like pointing out that Zelda doesn't follow a declining sales pattern generally attributed to console Mario games. Twilight Princess is on its way to outselling every other game in the series, except for Ocarina of Time. I have nothing of substance to contribute. |
Quite the contrary, that little nugget of information serves to partially refute Malstrom's claims.
@buffalo: nintendo hasn't lost core gamers. If they had, something would tell me that SMG/SSBB/Zelda etc. wouldn't all be sitting past the 5 million mark.
Not to trod on bobbuffalo's toes here, but I don't believe he was saying that the core gamers have all gone away. What he is pointing out is that they don't seem to be as abundant as before, judging from the sales of some games. Yet this doesn't seem to hold true for all titles. As Khuutra points out, Zelda's been up-and-down for a while, and Smash Bros. sales seem to increase as the series progresses.
Nontheless, until recently many Nintendo titles (Mario, Mario Kart, Donkey Kong, F-Zero, etc.) seem to be selling less than their predecessors. I'm not sold on Malstrom's explanation of why, though.
