| oniyide said: ^^^^ i think most people are smart enough to know that is not the case with those franchises or at least they have friends with HDs/PCs to show them how they really are, or hell some older consoles or better yet just get some damn GC games |
Some will, and that'll help, but even if people are later exposed to that information, the publishers still didn't get 'em young. One of the reasons why people line up for Resident Evil 15, Final Fantasy XXVI, and Super Mario Eleventy-Nine is the nostalgia factor. The names and symbols are familiar and conjure up images of a carefree youth. That's part of how you build an enduring mega-franchise.
Think of how easy it is to identify the users on this site as NES generation, Playstation generation, or even Genesis generation.
For the Wii generation, those nostalgia games are going to be Wii Sports, Mario Kart, and NSMB. No Metal Gear. No Final Fantasy. No Street Fighter. Like an absentee parent, the third party franchises just. weren't. there.
"The worst part about these reviews is they are [subjective]--and their scores often depend on how drunk you got the media at a Street Fighter event." — Mona Hamilton, Capcom Senior VP of Marketing
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