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Seece on 17 September 2010
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Metallicube said:
Seece said:
Metallicube said:

NSMB Wii is probably the most significant hardware mover THIS GEN (at least stand alone game). The fact that people are actually trying to claim that the game did little or nothing to Wii hardware is absolutely ludicrous to me...

Proof? You don't have any, you don't know the ratio between NSMB, price cut, and natural wii holiday boost (which I hear oh so much about)

Just because YOU assume NSMB did all that, don't expect others too.

Do I need proof? This stuff should be common knowledge. 2D Mario platformers are the most successful games in the history of gaming, and the last 2D Mario game that came out was a decade and a half ago. Eventually I'll go dig up the numbers, but I distinctly remember, at least in Japan, Wii sales barely went up after the price drop, but after NSMB the console soared. It set a record month for sales in the US, and this was following Wii's steepest decline yet. And I highly doubt a $50 price drop would have achieved this on its own. I'm merely using common sense. Sure the holiday season helps a great deal, but if you don't have games that convince people to buy your console, the holiday won't help you.

When it comes with a price cut and (again) a holiday boost which everyone raves about for the Wii, then yes proof. You can't have it all.