superhippy420 said:
Soundwave said:
superhippy420 said:
How many of those though actually moved the consoles. Super Mario World sold 20.6 million. Super Mario All-Stars sold 10.6 million. The DKC's combined sold 18 million. Those are what moved most of the consoles. The Genesis had most of those 3rd party games too (not Final Fantasy) but Nintendo killed them in terms of the 1st party games and that was that. I have no doubt that 3rd party games can help Nintendo somewhat, but it will never be a big driving force.
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As someone who actually was around during the SNES-Genesis days, third parties were huge.
The "must have" game for the SNES early on was actually Street Fighter II ... that was a huuuuuuuge deal, I remember it was sold out everywhere and SNES hardware sales boomed big time, retailers were ripping kids off charging $90 a cartridge at many places (and you guys complain about $60 games!).
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Lol, I cant argue against Street Fighter II. I think I have clocked 400 hours on SF4, its one of my favorite franchises ever.
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On my block I remember we went from everyone having an NES, and two lucky kids having a SNES, to like triple the amount of kids with an SNES in about a month of SF2's release. It was definitely a must have system seller.
SNES honestly would've really pulled away from the Genesis well before DKC if Nintendo simply hadn't made the mistake of censoring Mortal Kombat. That really bailed the Genesis out.
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