Nintendo sucks at marketing its older-teen blockbusters

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pezus said:

happydolphin said:

pezus said:

happydolphin said:

Fair, but Microsoft snagged it in a gen (with the 360). Why would it not be possible for Nintendo? They have money, they just need to have the right idea in mind and make it happen.

No, they already had much of it. Xbox was a purely hardcore console. They just expanded that. Nintendo don't seem to care about games like that.

You must've missed the memo. The cube was a hardcore console, no question about it.
 It had its share of kids games, for sure, but so did the PS2. The cube catered to a core demographic, and this is non-debatable.

The xbox sold 25m units, that's 1/6th of the sales the PS2 got. Now MS sold almost 75m units, that's triple the sales. Software-wise,it gets sillier. The 360 sold 700m pieces of SW while the xbox sold a meager 271m. So don't give me this "they already had it" spiel.

EDIT: I forgot to mention that Halo:CE was a Launch Title, no market to leech off of. They built their marketshare themselves.

Which core games sold well on Gamecube?

Aside from Resident Evil 4 and Soul Caliber 2, None. The Gamecube was not a hardcore system and aside from a select few 3rd party titles, only Nintendo games sold on the system. The Gamecube was labeled as a "Kiddy Console" from both the media and core gamers. It was nicknamed "The Purple Lunchbox" and many Nintendo fans decided to leave Nintendo, after games like Super Mario Sunshine and Wind Waker were released. It was by no means a "hardcore system" instead it was a machine that was only viable for Nintendo's kid friendly games.

For proof here is the top 25 highest selling GC games according to VGchartz

1	Super Smash Bros. Melee	GC	2001	Fighting	Nintendo	4.41	1.04	1.39	0.22	7.07
2	Mario Kart: Double Dash!!	GC	2003	Racing	Nintendo	4.12	1.77	0.87	0.19	6.95
3	Super Mario Sunshine	GC	2002	Platform	Nintendo	4.01	1.26	0.87	0.17	6.31
4	The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker	GC	2002	Adventure	Nintendo	2.60	0.99	0.89	0.13	4.60
5	Luigi's Mansion	GC	2001	Action	Nintendo	2.38	0.67	0.46	0.10	3.60
6	Animal Crossing	GC	2001	Simulation	Nintendo	1.92	0.16	0.99	0.09	3.15
7	Metroid Prime	GC	2002	Shooter	Nintendo	1.96	0.67	0.10	0.09	2.82
8	Sonic Adventure 2 Battle	GC	2001	Platform	Sega	1.70	0.59	0.21	0.07	2.56
9	Pokémon Colosseum	GC	2003	Role-Playing	Nintendo	1.21	0.57	0.70	0.07	2.54
10	Mario Party 4	GC	2002	Misc	Nintendo	1.13	0.36	0.92	0.07	2.47
11	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door	GC	2004	Role-Playing	Nintendo	1.48	0.25	0.46	0.06	2.25
12	Mario Party 5	GC	2003	Misc	Nintendo	0.97	0.33	0.73	0.06	2.08
13	Sonic Mega Collection	GC	2002	Misc	Infogrames	1.47	0.48	0.05	0.06	2.05
14	Star Wars Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadron II	GC	2001	Simulation	LucasArts	1.03	0.75	0.03	0.09	1.90
15	Star Fox Adventures	GC	2002	Adventure	Nintendo	0.96	0.53	0.30	0.09	1.87
16	Resident Evil 4	GC	2005	Action	Capcom	0.98	0.42	0.22	0.06	1.69
17	Mario Party 6	GC	2004	Misc	Nintendo	0.90	0.11	0.60	0.05	1.65
18	Pikmin	GC	2001	Strategy	Nintendo	0.78	0.25	0.56	0.04	1.63
19	Kirby Air Ride	GC	2003	Racing	Nintendo	1.01	0.11	0.45	0.04	1.62
20	Super Mario Strikers	GC	2005	Sports	Nintendo	0.98	0.38	0.20	0.04	1.61
21	Sonic Heroes	GC	2003	Platform	Sega	1.05	0.44	0.06	0.04	1.60
22	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	GC	2006	Adventure	Nintendo	1.15	0.36	0.04	0.04	1.59
23	Mario Party 7	GC	2005	Misc	Nintendo	0.95	0.11	0.46	0.04	1.57
24	Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour	GC	2003	Sports	Nintendo	1.09	0.15	0.25	0.04	1.53
25	Super Monkey Ball 2	GC	2002	Puzzle	Atari	1.11	0.31	0.06	0.04	1.52