| pokeclaudel said: First person shooters is what's selling this gen and Nintendo needs to get on it. |
Why would you say that? Now I'm not even going to adress your main point at all, I'm just going to demonstrate how incorrect that statement is.
Current gen games by sales, bonded if they are a shooter
Wii Sports
Wii Play
Nintendogs
Mario Kart: Wii
NSMB:DS
Wii Fit
Wii Sports Resort
Brain Training
Mario Kart : DS
Pokemon Diamond/Pearl
NSMB:Wii
Brain Age 2
Wii Fit Plus
WoW
Cod:MW2 - 360
Animal Crossing DS
Halo 3
Smash Bros: Brawl
Pokemon: HEart Gold
SM:Galaxy
Cod:MW2 - PS3
Super Mario 64: DS
CoD4 - 360
http://www.vgchartz.com/worldtotals.php
That covers the first page so I'l stop there. Total shooters = 3, all from one franchise
By comparison
RPGs = 3
Platformers = 4
Racers = 2
And that's not even taking into account that the 3 shooters are all near the bottom.
Btw, if you feel that my counted of a game on two platforms as two seperate games was done to bias the data, feel free to do the adding up yourself, it does not change the conclusion much.
You know what? that actually does answer your main point.
To answer it another way - Look at the majority of Nintendo games - they do not take themselves seriously, with a few notable exceptions (Zelda, Metroid), even if they are aimed at forum dwellers, they are still made suitable for all ages (Metroid excluded) They are bright and colourful. Compare that to any of the high selling shooters, which take themselves way to seriously, are gritty (ie everything is brown) and are considered to be mature because they have blood, boobs and cussin'.
