Sales: Why did TP soar and SS flop?

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oniyide said:

Jumpin said:
That is a good point, Skyward Sword is selling faster than Twilight Princess.

As to why the sequels of other companies do better than Nintendo released sequels; that's a good, I don't know. I am going to guess it has something to do with the amount of hype. Mario Galaxy, Donkey Kong Country, and Twilight Princess were three of the most hyped games in Nintendo's history, but that wasn't true about any of the sequels.

thats true, but how come the sequels dont get that much hype?? I look at stuff like Uhcarted and the 2nd game got a LOT of hype, which is amazing to me, because the original wasnt seen as all that. Hell even the third game if blowing past the other two and its not even as good as the 2nd IMHO. Maybe the general belief is that the Ninty sequels will be to similar?? I really dont know, its strange.

Nintendo games have a relatively odd pattern. When there's a sequel, it will, after a year or so on the market, sell less than the title it's sequelling. I'd imagine this is because when people hear word of mouth about Super Mario Galaxy 2, they'll go out and buy Super Mario Galaxy 1 in the shop, rather than buying the sequel first. This is possible because (nearly) all shops stock Nintendo games even years after release, which isn't true for other companies' games. This is very visible with Super Mario Galaxy, which is outselling its sequel roughly 2.5:1 so far in 2012.

So, essentially, the sequels don't sell as well on Nintendo systems because the predecessors steal chunks of their sales.  That's my guess, anyhow.