Best Selling Hardcore Games On Nintendo Platforms

[Immortal]

Soundwave said:

Immortal said:
This really feels like a meaningless set of data. The criteria are really, really arbitrary and tailored to make the point that the N64 did "better"; I'm not even sure you're sticking to them, though (GoldenEye? James Bond isn't a mascot, now?). What the hell is your point?

James Bond is certainly an iconic character, but I think you guys know damn well there's a big difference between him and Mario or Kirby.

I'm focusing on non-family-oriented properties and that's stated in the OP.

If James Bond rescued Princess Peach, he wouldn't be eating her "cake" (unless "cake" is slang for something else) as a reward. Lets just put it that way for starters.

That's obviously a very different type of character that has an appeal to different kind of audience.

 

If you're developing Bayonetta or ZombiU or Ninja Gaiden, do you think it helps to know that a James Bond title sold lots on the console? Hell, no. Just because lots of people are willing to buy a game with James Bond in it doesn't mean that they're willing to buy your game. The fact that both games have an unnecessary amount of blood means nothing. It's not the same audience at all. James Bond has his own franchise following and so it'll sell more. Same way, Mario has his own franchise following so it'll sell more.

The idea that there's a completely different audience for "hardcore" games isn't evident to me at all.

@happydolphin You really needn't be so condescending. While that's not report-worthy, venting your anger at VGC on me is stupid and no use to anyone. This is not the first time someone hasn't bothered to look through the entire thread before posting in a thread on a forum on the internet and it won't the last time. Get over it. I'd tell you to evolve, but that would make me seem hypocritical.