| Khuutra said: Rol: you will keep in mind that Fusion outsold Super, that Twilight Princess outsold every single Zelda that wasn't Ocarina of Time, and that Phantom Hourglass is the best-selling handheld Zelda ever. Anecdotal appeals to authority of unestablished authority (fan opinions) are not convincing or even particularly relevant, on top of being fallacious. |
I think the problem is that the sales for these series have stagnated (actually unsure about Metroid, ignoring it for now). Yes, Twilight Princess outsold the original Zelda overall, but its impact isn't anywhere close to the original, or OoT.
We've seen Mario grow with the new / recaptured audience Nintendo now has - the 70mil / 135mil strong audience gave us insane 2D Mario and Mario Kart sales, so there's no reason Zelda shouldn't be able to follow. Instead, sales have been stuck at its NES/N64 levels, which isn't very impressive, as the market was much smaller then (especially for the N64, with its <33mil base).
And it's not like single player Action / Adventure is out of style, as we've seen Assassin's Creed pull freakin 8-9 million out of its ass, twice now. Seeing that game top Zelda, just... feels wrong to me.
Oh, also, great response to wfz
