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freebs2 on 03 February 2016
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Pavolink said:
Einsam_Delphin said:

Because outside of it's first game, DK isn't as big as Mario Kart, so of course it isn't going to sell as much no matter what system they're on. Splatoon is basically Mario Kart for shooters. Over 1 million sold on a 12 million base is still great anyway. Now stop diverting from my main point, being that Metroid would not have been a better decision, only a worse one, based on your own criteria.

And Splatoon was a new IP not bigger than MK, yet it pulled impressive numbers.

Metroid could have been worse, or could have been better. The only thing we know now is that Tropical Freeze was a bad decision.

 

freebs2 said:

Well the awnser for that question is quite simple actually, DKTF is not a multiplayer game.

Yes, it has a 2-player mode but its clearly not developed for that purpose.

Look at the Top 10 best selling WiiU games, look how many don't have multiplayer. You have your awnser.

Then why Mario Party 10 didn't sell as good?

As good as what? As Splatoon? Nintendo Land and Wii Party already filled the library, there was no need for another party game. Just like there was no need for another platform game at time when DKTF was released. But we have already agreed on this form the beginning.

Anyway Mario Party is stil 11th, so my points holds up. The most successful games on the system are voted to multiplayer. Multiplayer is the main reason to own a Nintendo home console for most players and that's why games like Mario Kart, Splatoon and Smash Bros are selling a lot despite the install base. For the average user, 3DS is the best option to play single player games since it's less expansive and it has a larger library.