Super Mario Galaxy is a failure and Nintendo is to blame

[theRepublic]

max power said:

theRepublic said:

I'm not talking about comparing Galaxy to the 2D Mario games.  Games that are 2D will pretty much always be more accessible than a similar 3D game.

I'm talking about comparing Galaxy to 64 and Sunshine.  I think that the sales of Galaxy are a bit disappointing compared to the sales of those two games.  Do you agree with that?  If so, what is your reasoning why it did not perform since you do not agree with Rol?

It already outsold Sunshine.  And while it doesn't have huge legs, they will be cut short by a Super Mario Galaxy 2.

Maybe it was a bit of a disappointment that Nintendo's flagship game isn't selling as well as, say, Wii Play and Wii Fit, but that's part of the nature of the Wii market.  The bigger install base of the Wii aren't necessarily the same people who bought M64 on N64...

Anyway, I don't care so long as they keep pumping out high quality games... and I'm excited to see a second Mario game on a platform (haven't really seen that since NES!)

I know it already outsold Sunshine, but it only outsold it by 2 million.  I thought it should do more than that.

Look at Super Mario 64.  Galaxy is over 3.5 million behind.  It was never going to catch up even without SMG 2 (presumably) hurting its legs.  There has got to be a reason for that, and I don't think that Super Mario 64 being a launch title can account for all of that difference.