| TheSource said: Well I would say the iconic N64 games were so far ahead of everything else that many didn't have reason to purchase others. Smash, Zelda, Mario 64, Kart 64, Goldeneye 007, Mario Party were all unique, and essentially unparalleled on PS1, so those were the games that sold N64. |
Agreed. I didn't buy an N64 for a while amd just played Mario 64 and Kart 64 on a friend's system (with a little bit, but in retrospect not enough, Goldeneye 64 thrown in as well). I bought my N64 solely to play Ocarina of Time. I didn't buy a single other game except for Majora's Mask. Years later, I picked up Banjo Kazooie for $5 when my local video rental store went out of business and held an eliminate all stock sale.
So my attach rate, not counting that one super late to the fold add, was 2. Granted, I was playing video games very much at that point, but compare that to the 10 or so games I had for SNES, and the 8 I already have for Wii. I doubt I'm unique in this regard.
My consoles and the fates they suffered:
Atari 7800 (Sold), Intellivision (Thrown out), Gameboy (Lost), Super Nintendo (Stolen), Super Nintendo (2nd copy) (Thrown out by mother), Nintendo 64 (Still own), Super Nintendo (3rd copy) (Still own), Wii (Sold)
A more detailed history appears on my profile.
