padib said:
I'm honestly happy chatting with you, so agree disagree is cool by me either way. I think you might be confusing the numbers I brought up for Metroid, Castlevania, Megaman with Playstation era sales figures. The numbers I was referring to were SNES era numbers. For example, in the SNES era, Super Metroid sold as follows and Final Fantasy IV sold as follows:
But honestly these number's don't mean much because at the same time we have:
A lot of which sold similarly to the games in the above section. Really the SNES had games for both audiences (family-friendly and more teen type games), but we know that the teen type games went to be played on the playstation, while Nintendo continued to try to cater to the teen audience but wasn't able to keep the hold. The answer to your question about the U is that, even if the casual boom is over, it doesn't mean that there isn't demand for casual games, or at least for games that appeal to children. The 3DS is weaker than the DS but it's still strong, and I think it supports that idea. So though the casual craze is over, the U could still find a DS-type success in its own way by offering games that made the DS successful. I personally don't think Nintendo will pull it off, but MK8 is definitely a giant leap in the right direction. |
But you cant really use SNES numbers as they prove nothing. Final Fantasy was exclusive. So if you wanted to play that game you HAD to get a SNES. Its that simple. And that doesnt really prove their is any overlap between those series. THe 1.77 mil people who bought FF could be COMPLETLY different people that bought Super Metroid. We have no proof either way so its not really a substantial argument. Matter of fact all those games you listed were exclusive to SNES with the exception of Aladdin which was a completly different game on Genesis anyway.
My original point was you cant say those games had overlap because if that were true. The PS wouldnt have sold SO much better. So that tells me that those games that left Nintendo systems were more important than some realize or Nintendo franchises arent as big as some people want to believe. Otherwise N64 would have at least came close to PS numbers. And N64 had plenty of Teen type games. THEy had the same types of games that PS1 had. GE, Star Wars, Perfect Dark. What happened was it was a more expensive system with less games.
DS type games wont help it, becasue Wii U isnt a DS, the games that were really popular on DS are not going to translate well onto a home console. Ninty regulars not withstanding. Hell they are not doing anything for the 3ds. People who want those types of games are going to play on their smart phones or stick to their DSs. Let me put it this way people are spending hundreds a dollars to play a home console version of Nintendogs. MK 8 is just par for the course.
