Wyrdness said:
I've watched the trailers of MGS5, they use intrigued to engage people who watch them it's a classic approach especially for something cinematic, you're out of touch argument as far as your MGS4 comparison goes as that analogy is the most irrelevant thing so far. The adverts weren't showing the inclusion of Miis, the marketing campaign flat out highlighted them as the central piece to the games, your argument here is beyond broken as you can't grasp marketing approaches so just came up with any random example in a desperate attempt to try and attack. Something doesn't have to be vastly superior or better to have more appeal then something else, brands are successful because they market themselves well and connect with their target audience. Nintendo's handhelds themselves have done this for decades against competition with superior hardware and set ups, iPod even did it against MP3 players, this mode of thinking is why you can't grasp the point, Miis don't have to be better then other avatars they just need to seem interesting to appeal to their audience. It's perfectly rational as I'll give you an example of how powerful appeal is, Fire Emblem, the gameplay and mechanics haven't changed that much over previous games but the approach in Awakening was drastically different. The result is Awakening heavily outsold all the previous games which struggled hard why? Because the appeal was now there for a more people, the gameplay in the series has always been good but the approach was not to everyone's tastes so a different one was utilized in Awakening. |
So Big Boss isn't highlighted as a central part to MGS5 in the trailers? Ohh right, he is. He is the main character after all. He is just as central, if not more central to the game as Miis are to Tomodatchi Life,so please spare me on how its a bad analogy. Prove that the physical appearance of big Boss in MGS5 is not the primary reason that MGS outsold MGS4. That's essentially what you're asking me to prove. But you can't prove a negative., can you? You don't like it because it shows how wrong you are and your elitist attitude of "you can't grasp marketing approaches" is furthering the point that you really don't have a leg to stand on.
Again, your assertion requires you to prove that Miis are more appealing or more interesting to their audience than any other similar, generic avatar. Good luck with that.
Fire Emblem: Awakening could have sold beffer because of dozens of different reasons (like being bundled with a custom 3DS, or it being the highest rated fire emblem game ever). narrowing it down to "the approach" (whatever that means) as the primary reason without any evidence to support that is impossible. For example, prove that Fire Emblem: Awakening being bundled with a custom 3DS, or the fact that it is the highest rated fire emblem game ever was less of a factor in its sales success than "the approach". Seriously. Prove it.