Malstrom responds to my 'Mario and his Content' forum post

[theRepublic]

liquidninja said:

@theRepublic

Can you tell me what you think his theory is?

I think you might be confused as to what he's really saying.

I'm just tired of him relating his content theory to actual sales.

He is obviously ignorant of the sales of the Zelda franschise, and I suspect the same of the Maio franchise.  As an engineer, it really bothers me that he is using that incorrect data to make a point.  Especially, since the correct data shows the exact opposite of his point for Zelda, and shows serious holes in the theory for Mario.  If you are going to claim you have a theory for why certain games are seeing declining or increasing sales you had better know the sales data.

I emailed him to point out that Zelda error two days ago.  I have recieved no response through email, and I have seen no change to the article.  You might think that two days is not a lot of time, but he managed to post his response to his blog after my first email within 12 hours.  You would think he would have time to change one sentence in two days when it only took him twelve hours to argue around my email without directly addressing the criticism.

I think content may be a great reason for popularity, or maybe even quality (although that is more subjective), but linking it to a perceived decline in the Mario (and Zelda) franchise, when the sales for those games show otherwise, is just wrong.