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Veknoid_Outcast on 25 November 2012
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Pineapple said:
cusman said:

I think if you pit all Mario games on Wii against the top ten of any other console, Mario will still win

New Super Mario Bros
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Mario Kart Wii
Super Smash Bros Brawl

If that doesn't do it, then add in those Mario Party and Mario Sports games... and pretty soon all other gaming sales numbers will look puny

My point is... Vita has some great games that haven't found quite the audience they deserve and Mario is a great franchise that always sells really well.

McDonalds sells more burgers than anybody else... but not necessarily the best burgers for everybody.

Oh man, now I am hungry for more of those awesome Mario Galaxy burgers...

The Ps3 top 10 is at 81.76 million, and the X360 top 10 is at 111.52 million.

All the Mario games on Wii combined just outdo the top 10 for the X360, with 114.69 million, but that's pitting 15 games against 10, which is an unfair bias against the X360.

The top 10 Mario games on Wii total 105.08 million, so well ahead of the Ps3, but not quite as high as the top 10 for the X360.

Top 10 Mario games on DS are closer to the top 10 for the Ps3, being at 88.37 million.

It's going to take a while still before the top 10 Mario games on 3DS pass the top 10 games on PsP, but that's mostly because there are only 4 Mario games on the 3DS so far. And those 4 combined will most likely pass the top 4 PsP games combined already this holiday, as it's currently 22.33 million (PsP) vs 18.23 million (Mario on 3DS).

I'm not disputing the numbers here, but why group Mario games with Mario Kart and Super Smash Bros.? There are three different franchises in that group.

Speaking of the success of Mario on 3DS, it really hammers home the fact that Vita needs a killer app like Mario 3D Land. I'm unsure if there are any games in the works that might fit that bill, but it would go a long way to making people pull the trigger on a PS Vita. Maybe a Grand Theft Auto game? Those sold very well for PSP.