demonfox13 said:
Wow, Blizzard has been VERY successful with WoW alone. Then throw in the Diablo2 craze (many still play it today). They don't even have a console but just develop their games that have been extemely successful. I would go as far as saying that warcraft and starcraft and to a lesser extent diablo all rival Mario, Zelda and Metriod. Starcraft2 is pretty much the most anticipated game out there PERIOD along with Diablo3. Just ask around anyone that owns even a mediocre PC how badly they have been waiting for both those games. The story and replayability in Blizzard's games have been second to none. I know I will put my PS3 on hold the moment SC2 and D3 come out along with many others. |
No matter how you slice it, two games do not rival Mario, Zelda or Metroid. Diablo III and Scarcraft II, no matter how popular or hyped, are not going to overthrow the popularity and sales of all the upcoming Mario, Zelda and Metroid games coming out. And that was the point of my comment. While I love Blizzard games just as much as the next guy (Diablo III is one of my top 3 most anticipated games), they just cannot match Nintendo in the amount of games produced or the popularity scale. With just one release cycle of Pokemon alone, they can pretty much cancel out the sales of any Blizzard title. And with all their accumulated titles (such as Mario, Pokemon, Zelda, Metroid, Kirby, Fire Emblem, Star Fox, F-Zero, Punch Out, Pikmin, etc), they pretty much dominate most of the gaming companies out there and cover most peoples interest.
A few 'purists' will stick to hating Nintendo on principle or what have you. But generally speaking, almost everyone likes a few or even most Nintendo series. And that's why they're so successful.