[UPDATED] GameSpot: Nintendo's Failure to Innovate and the Trouble With Nostalgia

[Lawlight]

DanneSandin said:

Lawlight said:

Jumpin said:

Lawlight said:
As I said before, their IPs are selling less these days.

Actually, for the most party their franchises have been selling more. Over the last 6 years Nintendo has seen more success than at any point in the past in terms of how high their franchises have been selling.

 

IPs whose sales are lower now than the previous gen:

Brain Age

Nintendogs

NSMB

Mario Kart

Luigi's Mansion

Paper Mario

Mario Tennis

You serious abou Luigi and Mario Kart???? You're totally wrong about Luigi, and Mario Kart is only selling less if you compare it to the Wii-iteration. Mario Kart 7 has sold more than 8m copies so far, on a 30m instal base. That's HUGE. You don't know what you're talking about.

Attach ratio for 1 franchise doesn't mean much when other games' sales are poor. Overall software sales on Nintendo systems have always been low. Now, this gen, it's going to be even lower given than their key franchises aren't as popular as the previous gen.