Nintendo has no idea why core titles don't sell (and more)

[WereKitten]

z101 said:

Declan said:
The one I can't understand is Punch-Out!! It was well reviewed, well advertised and was a fairly well known IP. True, it's doing all right (but not great) in America, but elsewhere it has been a flop (if early Japan data is accurate).

It's a boxing game, what do you expected? I bought almost every good Wii game but I am not really interested in Punch Out yet.

Actually, it's not really a boxing game, it's sort of a rythm/puzzle game incidentally set up to mimic a boxing game.

Its sales are quite as I expected, though: its "first day buy" audience is supposed to be those who knew and loved the old Punch Out, but the NES was never a hit console in Europe, and the franchise is mostly unknown among modern mainstream gamers over here.

Its long term sales though will be more or less the same everywhere, and mostly due to its simple mechanics and cartoony, non-threatening style. I expect it to be an evergreen title, though not on the same scale of major Nintendo franchises.