Is Nintendo going to be mainstream again?

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Soundwave said:

DAXFM said:

 

Only Pokemon and Mario  are 10+ million sellers.

Animal Crossing is Irregular (3-10 millions)

Mario Kart and Smash are 5+ million sellers

Splatoon and Zelda are 4+ million sellers

Metroid 2+ million seller

Kirby, Donkey Kong, Yoshi are 1+ million sellers

 

 

 

I think he meant by 3DS sales of those IPs. 

Though I don't think they're really distinct audiences for these IP. 2D Mario, 3D Mario, Mario Kart, probably have a ton of overlap for example and even other IPs ... I would probably wager most people who like Animal Crossing like ... Mario too. 

If Nintendo had six 10 million selling IP exclusive and they were Mario, Final Fantasy, Uncharted, Star Wars, and FIFA or something that would certainly draw very different demographics. 

 

It's the same for PS4 or XB1, the big sellers all have massive overlap. It's not like Call of Duty, Assassin's Creed, Grand Theft Auto, Madden, FIFA, NBA 2K, Battlefront, Destiny, Watch Dogs appeal to vastly different people.

Close to 85% of all retail software sales for PS4/XB1 come from the shooter/sports/racing/action genres.