Igarashi: DS the only platform in which it's acceptable to publish 2-D games

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burgerstein said:

Avinash_Tyagi said:

WereKitten said:

Avinash_Tyagi said:

Naum said:
As long as 3D mario or Zelda games turn profit why would they ever stop making them?

  If the 2d versions make a bigger profit, then why keep the 3D around?

Because they cater to different users and as such they can bring revenue in parallel, whereas doubling on 2D games doesn't guarantee that? I don't know much about marketing, but I understand there's something called differentiation of offer.

By your same strange logic they should kill off each and every franchise but the most profitable one. Zelda not selling as much as Mario? Let's kill it off and make more Mario games, then.

Big difference though, 3D  is much less profitable and much more time consuming, a 2D zelda would not be as time consuming, hence why you'd still keep it around, yes having multiple products is great, but when you can switch your multiple products to lower costs and time consumption, then why wouldn't you.

There still isn't any reason they can't make both 3D and 2D for everything. It would be more profitable than making only 2D.

No it wouldn't as the time to make a 3D Mario is probably 2-3 times that of a 2D, so all that lost time, could be better spent on other games, games with lower dev and time costs, and more profits, since they are both going to be sold at the same price.