Snesboy said:
Pikmin 2 came out 5 years ago on the GameCube. Go play that. |
I think that's part of the problem. We've had plenty of Metroid, but very little of Pikmin.
The sales do support his theory. Metroid and Pikmin have been averaging around the same sales range now. This means (if we look at only these two games) the opprotunity cost of doing one is almost the same as doing the other. However, we've gotten more Metroid then we have gotten Pikmin in the last 10 years. Because of diminishing marginal utility, people will get bored of Metroid, but will crave other games like Pikmin. So, despite the cost of the forgone option is the same for both, it would be better to make Pikmin as consumers have comsumed less Pikmin and would have a higher utility for it.
