happydolphin said:
Jumpin said:
runqvist said:
Jumpin said:
I am not sure what point this guy is trying to establish. 9 out of the top 10 exclusive franchises are developed by Nintendo. |
Really? What are the top 10 exclusive franchises then?
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From the last generation only (No 3DS or WIi U numbers):
Wii Sports/Play - 135 million
Pokemon - 73 million
New Super Mario Bros. - 55 million
Mario Kart - 55 million
Brain Age/Academy - 45 million
Wii Fit - 44 million
Halo 36 million
Super Mario (3D) - 27 million
Nintendogs - 25 million
Mario and Sonic at the Olympics 24 million
And if you don't want to count 3D and 2D Mario as separate franchises, then #11 - Legend of Zelda would be the new #10 at 19 million.
#12 is Gears of War at 18 million, then Animal Crossing and Kinect Sports are each around 17 million. The Dragon Quest games land between 16 and 17 million. Sony is not nearly as powerful a player with exclusive franchises: The highest Sony exclusive franchises were Uncharted and Monster Hunter at 15 million on par with the Professor Layton games, followed by Gran Turismo at 12 million.
These do not include Wii Ware or Virtual console versions of the franchises. Otherwise, Nintendo franchises would be even higher.
The bottom line is that Nintendo is by far the most powerful when it comes to exclusive franchises.
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You missed the part where he mentioned attracting the core gamers, as understood as being the PS360 gamers, as incorrect the term may be, since we all know Nintendo core gamers already own Nintendo consoles.
When it comes to the PS360 market, those games don't attract.
/rhetoric
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I wouldn't say attracting Microsoft and Sony fans are necessary for winning the generation. They certainly were not last generation where 250 million Nintendo hardware units (Wii and DS), and nearly 1.6 billion software units sold on the hardware. Most videogamers prefer the exclusive franchises offered by Nintendo than those offered by Sony or Microsoft, and this is proven by the fact of the results of the last generation.
So far, with two handhelds already established in the next generation race - you're seeing that this is even more true than it was last generation. Nintendo exclusive franchises on 3DS are dominating Sony's exclusive franchises on Vita to a far greater degree.
Pachter's analysis is simply refuted by facts combined with common sense.
