The impact of amiibo on sales?

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BeElite said:

impertinence said:

BeElite said:
So a toy is to drive console adoption. Um no. It could be great as its own thing. Blue ocean is gone, was a temporary thing. They should focus on existing markets not hopes of a new blue ocean.

I completely agree with you, except that the blue ocean is not gone and will never be gone. And I also don't agree that Nintendo should focus on the 'core' market any more than they already have tried as that has backfired completely. So I guess looking at it, when I say I agree completely I mean I disagree completely.

.. when the hell have they focused on the core market ??? was it their endless mario mario spinoffs mario sports mario partys and paltformers that are marioish ???

Perhaps the N64 where they owned the competitive shooter crowd on consoles with games like Goldeneye & Perfect Dark? Or the Gamecube where they secured Resident Evil exclusivity, greenlit Eternal Darkness, published Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes and localized Tales of Symphonia? Or on Wii where they secured Monster Hunter Tri as an exclusive? Or maybe the Wii U when they funded games like Bayonetta 2 & Devil's Third which would have been scrapped otherwise?

Also during those times created hardcore games like Smash Bros, Wave Race, 1080 Snowboarding, Pikmin, Fire Emblem, Geist, Advance/Battalion Wars, Metroid Prime, Wonderful 101, etc.