Innovation in software is the source of Nintendo's decline

[LordTheNightKnight]

RolStoppable said:

LordTheNightKnight said:

BTW, it says here that the first game sold 250,000 in the first week in Americas. It has nearly two million there so far, which is 8x the first week, which is a sign of legs, which lasts past any hype, even about being the first game in 3D. And don't try that stuff about bundles and releases, as those still require willful buying of the game (as in people had a choice to buy the GC alone).

That still doesn't answer the question where all those people who bought Metroid Prime went when Echoes launched. What was it that severly damaged Echoes already before its release? Can't be reviews, can't be word of mouth as the game wasn't even out at that point.

GC decline actually answers that. Note how RE4 and Twilight Princess, both also late GC games, had far less sales compared to their PS2/Wii counterparts. Prime 3 had a larger opening, but Prime 1 still had better legs than both.