Sony asks Nintendo for one Mario game to help sell the vita

[JoeTheBro]

Anari said:

JoeTheBro said:

NintendoPie said:

JoeTheBro said:

Yes lol. Mario games sell great. That's why I said better reviews ;)

Dang it... should've cut out your second sentence. I was referring to your first since that was you saying Mario isn't as big as he used to be. Wouldn't that translate into "doesn't sell as well."?

As big of a system seller as he used to be.

Look at the Wii U. It launched with Mario on day one yet it didn't save the system. The 3DS was saved by the price cut, not its Mario games. This article is hyping up "one Mario game" as enough to single handily resurrect Vita.

WiiU would be doing way worse without NSMB considering it has an attach rate of more than 50%. NSMB alone cannot carry the whole system, it needs a steady stream of games.

3DS really started to sell when 3DLand and Mario Kart released. Wouldn't have done that well had it just been the price cut.

irstupid said:

JoeTheBro said:

This joke is such a Nintendo fan's wet dream. Mario is not at all as big as he used to be.

Heck I'll bet someone my sig for a month that Tearaway is better reviewed than 2D Mario on 3DS was.

Reviews mean nothing.

This topic (joke as it is) is about getting VIta to sell units.  Mario would seemingly do that regardless if it got a 2/10 or a 10/10 review wise.

Mario always sells in the millions and can be upwards 10+ million.

How many sales do you expect Tearaway to garner?  Even if Tearaway was on a system with an insane install base it wouldn't touch Mario's numbers.

S.Peelman said:

JoeTheBro said:

As big of a system seller as he used to be.

Look at the Wii U. It launched with Mario on day one yet it didn't save the system. The 3DS was saved by the price cut, not its Mario games. This article is hyping up "one Mario game" as enough to single handily resurrect Vita.

Besides the fact that it sold over 2m on a userbase with barely 3.5m, the Mario game it got was a 2D Mario.

Contrary to popular belief, 2D Mario is not a big system seller on it's own. It is a big seller, it is everyone's second game. Nobody buys a system solely for 2D Mario. People buy a WiiU for 3D Mario, Zelda, Smash Bros. or Donkey Kong, but they all buy 2D Mario after that. Attach-ratio week-on-week supports this, it's perfectly visable on 3DS's NSMB.

And the 3DS was saved by both Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 .

My post keeps getting quoted and I'm kinda starting to argue beyond my intentions.

I've edited my first post for clarity.