| RolStoppable said: ... I don't think you understood what I've been saying at all. While I don't think that series like SSB and MK need more than one installment per system, a series like Super Mario Bros. certainly does, but Nintendo failed to deliver. The 360 and PS3 keep selling, because Microsoft puts out sequels to Halo, Forza, GeoW and Fable all the time, Sony makes sequels to basically everything that sells more than 1m copies and third parties pump that stuff out at an even higher rate. What the Wii needed was another Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong Country, Wii Sports, Wii Fit etc., but that didn't happen. If Nintendo kept making sequels to these huge games as well as titles that only sold between 2-5m copies, then the Wii would have sold the most consoles in 2011 and it would be selling the most consoles in 2012 too. Nintendo is the only company in this business that doesn't make sequels to 5m+ selling games right away. |
well, wii sports resort and wii fit plus were released. NSMB wii U looks like it was originally a wii title held back (much like pikmin) but i see your point. there are what?.. 5 R&C titles for the ps3 if you count downloadables. 3 uncharteds. 3 halos (4 if you count halo wars). 17 CoDs. nintendo should indeed do more sequels. hell, i'd of bought a SSB sequel if it did nothing more than be as robust at online as mario kart was.
on a somewhat related note: i think the move to HD could severely impact nintendo. we had a chat years ago about how much naughty dog has grown in size but it really only allowed them to keep the same release schedule. nintendo already seems to have trouble releasing enough software for their systems past the first couple of years. with the move to HD they'll be even slower as their growth in size hasn't seem to keep up with the growth of other devs (from what i can tell). so that means what?.. zelda wii U -- 6 years in the making?
