Nintendo messes up again with the marketing!

[NightDragon83]

LilChicken22 said:

pezus said:

LilChicken22 said:
Did Nintendo market MadWorld? Nope, yet it sold almost a million. Madworld is one of their most successful games and it's a Nintendo exclusive game. Vanquish and Anarchy Reigns sold pretty bad on the HD consoles that are known for their successful third party sales. The Nintendo audience is limited but if they want a game, it will sell. I'm pretty much done with the 'its Nintendo's fault third party doesn't sell'. If a third party game on a Nintendo console sells bad, its Nintendo's fault. When a third party sells bad on PS360, then the game is bad? This isn't a fair comparison. W101 is a very niche game and doubt it will sell millions on the PS360, even with Mario-like marketing. Hideki Kamiya doens't make games that attract the mass.

Lol...

MadWorld sold 710k while Vanquish sold 900k. How is that "pretty bad" for Vanquish, yet MadWorld sold "almost a million", which apparently isn't bad? 71% of a million is now "almost".

W101 is a Nintendo published game....Vanquish, Anarchy Reigns etc. were not published by Sony or MS.

If 1 game on Wii sells almost 80% of 1 game on the HD twins COMBINED, then how can you call Nintendo's marketing a flaw. I didn't see Sony market Ni No Kuni despite the excellent sales, but there are also other games that don't sell despite the marketing, but Sony doesn't get blamed for that (Sly4).  This proves a non-Nintendo published third party game can sell on Nintendo consoles.

Certain games actually DO sell pretty good on Nintendo consoles like JRPG's (Dragon Quest, Monster Hunter, Kingdom Hearts). It has to be something that appeals to Nintendo gamers. Games like Skyrim/Wolvenstein and other boring shooters don't appeal to Nintendo gamers at all, it has to be unique. So don't rage again when Watch Dogs won't sell, this is already known.  

- Skyrim is a boring shooter?  You mean I've sunk 150+ hours into the game and I was playing it wrong the whole time?!?

- Yeah, Nintendo gamers really love them some unique games... if by "unique" you mean anything with Mario, Zelda, Pokemon or Wii slapped on the title.

- Watch Dogs is also not a "boring shooter", in fact it is quite a unique game that just happens to feature shooting elements in it. On PS360 alone it will outsell the LTD sales of the Wii U's top games by the end of this year (NSMBU and Nintendo Land, which are the only two Wii U games to break a million thus far).  But because it's not a minigame-fest nor does it feature Nintendo's top mascots, the Wii U version will bomb hard.