How does Nintendo manage to do it so often

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RageBot said:

nordlead said:

Yes.

Why can't Nintendo have better creative talent than anyone else? You claim that if Nintendo never existed that Mario would still be around with minor tweaks, but if that was the case how come no other company has come close to creating that 2D Mario Platforming? LBP sucks in comparison to Mario for 2D platforming and it is Mario's closest competition this generation being 10m back. The level editor is great, but LBP lacks the challenge with not enough badguys (and the stupid buttons to kill them) and floaty physics. If it was all marketing and business strategy, then Sony must be horrible at those things, despite Sony being a very successful company that has convinced consumers that their overpriced electronics are better than the competition.

all those big games aren't going to end up at 20-30m because Nintendo knows how to advertise. It is because they know how to make the games that people love.

How much NSMBW would've sold if it was the exact same game, gameplay-wise, but with different characters, brand, yet still on the Wii?

You falsely assume that Mario = Sales, but that isn't the case. If it was, every Mario game would be at 20m, but there are plenty which aren't. Heck, only a few months ago people were claiming that NSMBWii wouldn't even break 11m within the first calandar year. Also, Sticking Mario into a Metroid game wouldn't make sales rise, and in fact most people would probably say forget about it. I'm sure Nintendo does get a fair number of sales by the people who buy everything they produce, but the same can be said about any good company. Advertising has an affect on sales, I won't deny that. But a great game with good advertising will sell. A bad game with great advertising won't. A great game with poor advertising will flounder, and a bad game with bad advertising just flat out won't sell. You can advertise & paint a turd all you want, but in the end it is still a turd. Nintendo did not produce turds to sell 13m units and counting.