| noname2200 said:
I'm afraid not. What I'm saying there's far less value in comparing NSMB to MK7 than there is in comparing NSMB to SM3DL. The latter is a useful insight for gauging which flavor of Mario platformers the market prefers, which is part of what this topic is about. The former is a cross-comparison between two games in unrelated genres. That is much less useful. If what you're asking is "is a 2D Mario platformer bigger money maker than a Mario Kart," then the answer is "yes." The follow up answer is "so what?" It's not only a different topic than the one in this thread, it's largely irrelevant because each of them is quite valuable to their systems, and deciding to omit either is a dumb idea. If we're going to keep on our food analogy, apples (fruit) and broccoli (vegetable) offer quite different nutritional value, and you're supposed to eat some of each every day anyways, so comparing the two is less valuable than comparing them to other fruits/veggies. |
This isn't working for me noname. Not only is the fruit analogy failing, but the true issue is being lost.
Regarding the fruit analogy:
True, different nutritional values for different purposes. It fails as an analogy because, sales is the bottom line, irrespective of how it managed to produce said sales (nutritional value, shape, color, texture, etc.)
The argument and where it doesn't work (doesn't convince me):
The issue is, yes, "is 2D Mario greater than 3D Mario?". But the instrument he used to argue it was based on a metric, in this occurrence: sales.
Sales can be applied as a metric of success and popularity, irrespective of the genre or platform, or any variety you could mention. The variety will tell you the why, the sales will tell you the results.
Having said that, let me explain...
The way he measured it in his argument (the one with the sales chart) was by measuring sales. Sales of one thing versus sales of another.
What I was trying to say, using proof by contradiction, is that the same measure (sales) could be used against Mario Kart. If Mario Kart is undeniably of the same caliber (or very likely) as compared to 2D Mario, then how can this argument stand, if it's contradicting that basic fact (that 2D Mario and Mario Kart are comparable in terms of market power).
Was I more clear this time?
