Pachter's third party question to the hard core gets the usual responses

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kitler53 said:
nintendo got trampled last generation because the core gamers had already abandoned them. that's why this generation nintendo went and make a system that brought in an entirely new consumer base that previously had no interest in video gaming.

soo...someone please explain to me why making the traditional "core" games this market had no interest in prior to the wii are suddenly going to be appealing to them on the wii?!?

Well, let's look at the top 10 gamecube games:

 

1		Super Smash Bros. Melee	Nintendo	7.08
2		Mario Kart: Double Dash!!	Nintendo	6.96
3		Super Mario Sunshine	Nintendo	6.28
4		The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker	Nintendo	4.55
5		Luigi's Mansion	Nintendo	3.53
6		Animal Crossing	Nintendo	2.98
7		Metroid Prime	Nintendo	2.83
8		Pokémon Colosseum	Nintendo	2.54
9		Sonic Adventure 2 Battle	Sega	2.49
10		Mario Party 4	Nintendo	2.47

Smash Bros. Brawl sold 9.2 million.

Mario Kart Wii sold 20.93 million so far.

Super Mario Galaxy sold 8.47 million.

Twilight Princess (Wii) sold 5.46 million.

Luigi's Mansion didn't get a sequel.

Animal Crossing City Folk, the big Wii flop, sold 3.74 million.

Metroid Prime 3 sold 1.55 million.

Pokémon Battle Revolution sold 1.43 million.

Sonic and the Secret Rings sold 2.18 million.

Mario Party 8 sold 6.98 million.

 

Nine of these GC games got a sequel or a game in the same series on the Wii. Of these nine, 6 were outsold by their Wii counterparts, 1 roughly equalled. There is clearly a market here. Yes, there is also a big expanded market, but it's complete crap to pretend there's no core market on Wii that's worth pursuing. Hence why Nintendo are continuing to pursue it with Galaxy 2, Metroid: OM, Zelda Wii etc. There's nothing special about Nintendo though. These IP's weren't so big at the beginning of this gen, they are comparable to lots of third party IP's out there. Nintendo made them bigger this gen.