| happydolphin said: I understand what you're saying. I'd be glad to concede this point after looking into it a little more. What I'd like to see first is how it's trending in Japan as compared to gen 7, and if its weakening is due to other more regional factors (lack of other support software, market penetration of the platform, etc.). If it is trending poorly in japan in gen 7, then that would be a fair conclusion, that Mario Kart in and of itself can't drive a platform. Would that be a fair way to go about it? ADDED: Also, by the same fact, keep in mind. If Mario kart was able to break out of core sales into evergreen pastures, then I believe the same is possible for 3D Mario. It's what I would call untapped potential. I just wanted to slide it in there while we were on the topic of the MK trend. Let's not dwell on it. |
Mario Kart's always been an evergreen with wide appeal, from the first game in the series. It never "broke out." What made you believe otherwise?
And I'm not even trying to make a point here. I'm just observing that you're discarding useful data, starting with the anamolous point rather than the norm, and proceeding to analyze from there. This strikes me as flawed. Is it any surprise that a flawed analysis will spit out a flawed conclusion?
| happydolphin said: In that case, what was the initial metric, and what was the heart of the issue? As far as I knew, we were talking about sales strength to compare the frugality of one series over another. Where was I wrong? |
| happydolphin said: Since the bottom line is the heart of the issue, imagine this. |
No. You've lost track of what we're talking about. Or rather, you've stayed on your initial point when I've been trying to break it down to why you shouldn't try to draw a conclusion with that data. My past several posts have not been "you're wrong, and here's why!" They've been, and I quote:
"What I'm saying there's far less value in comparing NSMB to MK7 than there is in comparing NSMB to SM3DL. "
That's pretty much it. Everything else is simply explaining why that is the case. Again, if you want to have a discussion about what's the best course of action for individual games' bottom lines, you're welcome to start a thread. But 1) that's not what this thread is about, and 2) don't use the data point you've been fixated on to prove any point vis-a-vis MK7. If you want an explanation for why you shouldn't do "2)", that's what all the gibberish about broccoli and bikes was about.
