List of 8th gen, million selling Nintendo IP

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curl-6 said:

zorg1000 said:

curl-6 said:

I dunno; in 3DS's market mobile gaming is the mainstream, while in the console space, Playstation/Xbox are mainstream.

Nintendo's not entirely niche, at least not so far, but I definitely think they've lost a lot of their influence outside their loyalist following.

I doubt 80 million units of hardware & 400 million units of software is sold just to loyalists. Games like Pokemon, Mario platformers, Animal Crossing, Mario Kart & Smash Bros have mass appeal which allows them to sell 10+ million, games don't sell that well just to loyalists.

I'm not saying their appeal to the mainstream is gone altogether, just that it has declined.

The Wii U has whittled Nintendo's console market share down to not much more than the loyalists.

3DS has fared better because it launched back when their mainstream appeal was stronger, but mobile has increasingly cut into its market share.

Games like Smash Bros, Mario Kart, and Pokemon still have mainstream appeal, yes. Just not as much as they used to.

 

Only compared to the DS/Wii Era is Nintendo significantly down in terms of total hardware & software sales.