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Wyrdness said:
Dunban67 said:

The "market" does care about the game because if it does not have confidence in the produc/game that is just as bad or worse than a delay- If the product the investors were counting on does not sell like the had hoped that not only delays profits and/or revenue growth it can cause losses (or less profits) 

So to say investos don t care about the game is wrong-  of course the care-

Additonally i have not seen any article or quote from stock analyst, investors ect that said they expcted Mario and micro transactions


No they don't care about the game they never did, all that matters is the money it pulls in investors don't invest based on emotion they look at fundamentals like I explained to you, quality doesn't bring in the most money the products structure does and things like Mario with microtransactions is what investors were hoping for. This is why when Nintendo announced that Mario variant of the Puzzles and Dragons game and people thought it was a mobile title the stock exploded.

What they want is big IPs with microtransactions.

I did not think i would need to spell it out any more clearly but the marketability/sales ability of the game equals potential revenue/potential profits

Thwe market trades on a forward basis of what it thinks can/may happen in the future and when it may happen-  a key product the market hopes will bring in revenue growth and or profits in the future that is disapointing to the maret causes a drop as much as a delay perhaps more-  

The delay and the sales/marketablity (real or percieved) and the earnings miss combined hurt the confidence of investors -   

PS:  When I say investors "care" about the game it is in terms of thier confidence in it not weather or not they may like to play it themselves-   They "care" very much just not in the same manner a gamer or Nintendo fan may "care"