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HappySqurriel on 17 January 2008
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Legend11 said:
routsounmanman said:
Legend11 said:

I notice a lot of people mentioning Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games as an example of how successful third parties can be on the Wii. It has friggin Mario in the title and most people buying it likely don't realize that Nintendo didn't make the game.

It's kind of funny that the Wii's most successful third party game is one that most people probably thought was a Nintendo produced game.


Why would anyone, especially non-gamers dismiss a game just because it's not made by Nintendo? Most buyers can't tell the difference between a first party and a third party game.


Pikmin sold 1.61 million copies on the Gamecube (16th best selling game on it), do you think if EA had made Pikmin that it would have gotten that many sales?  Wario Ware: Touched sold 2.18 million on the DS, how many copied would have sold if it instead it had been a similar game made by EA?  If another company had made the Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games with different characters in it do you think it would have made it to a million?


How many gamers do you really think know who develops certain games?

People buy the games they buy because of word-of-mouth/hype, advertizements, and news/reviews from major media outlets. Certainly, first party published games have an advantage across all consoles but a well advertized high quality title will sell similarly regardless of who published it.