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oniyide said:
i disagree, you only listed 3 series, and two of them are sports games which traditionally dont change since they are coming out yearly and even then the difference in sales are not that big even when one does outsell the other. COD is an exception not a rule, but i wouldnt argue that they dont change much, at least not online. There are far more game sequels that do make significant changes than ones that dont. I dont think Nintydogs was revolutionary at all IMHO. What is so different between that and say...Tamogatchi or the giga pets of old, or hell any kind of animal pet sim? Id say Mario did more for DS sales wise, but Nintydogs was no slouch either. I would like to know where they moved on, there are not that much games on the market like that. I think they just stuck to their copies, is the 3ds version that much different? not from what i played. |
Well, those are just some obvious, high-profile examples. As far as sequels that do make significant changes versus sequels that don't....that topic is probably outside the scope of this conversation.
I still say that it's misguided to argue that Nintendogs 2 isn't doing as well as the first game simply because it doesn't add much that is new. There are many examples of sequels that did quite well without innovating or altering the basic formula. And, yes, there are many examples of iterative sequels that fared poorly in comparison. I just don't think there is a rule when it comes to this kind of thing. A rehashed sequel is not guaranteed to sell worse than the original, and a wildly original sequel is not guaranteed to sell better.
In terms of Nintendogs being revolutionary: it most definitely is. By demonstrating the usefulness of the touchscreen and built-in microphone, it justified the DS hardware. And, for better or worse, it helped usher in a new group of video game players -- those that are sometimes derogatively called "casual." That alone was a revolution. Plus it went a long way toward re-branding Nintendo; remember that Brain Age and Wii Sports came after.
New Super Mario Bros. may have sold more, but I would argue that Nintendogs was the more important title.
