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wombat123 on 06 February 2016
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zorg1000 said:
wombat123 said:

Because 2D platformers typically sell well on Nintendo platforms but they don't sell consoles.  In today's market, they're the type of games people decide to buy after they've bought a console, not because of them.  A lot of it also has to do with the over-saturation of them by indie developers.

But even then, is that even something to be proud of?  That 3rd parties only want to sell cartoony & family-friendly games on the Wii U because they recognize that those are the only types of games that sell well there?  That's kind of depressing to me because it shows to me that developers and publishers see the Wii U as a niche platform with little variety.  It also does a lot to explain why it's selling so badly and why Nintendo continues to lose market share (outside of the 7th gen).

Who said anything about being proud? Im simply stating that the types of games that move Nintendo hardware and the ones that move PS/XB hardware are not the same. Nintendo focusing on the type of games that people buy PS/XB for is not going to help them, they will just be seen as copy-cat and still get labeled as being "kiddy".

Well, then they're going to continue to lose market share because they lost a lot of the casual market and the adolescent audience to smartphones and tablets.  And I never said anything about Nintendo focusing on the 18-35 adult male market.  I'd rather Nintendo diversify more by adding teens to their target demographics instead of throwing all of their eggs into two declining demographics within the console/handheld market.  Hell, I don't want them to target adult males either because NOA will end up buthering those games during the localization process.

zorg1000 said:
wombat123 said:

I'm going to sound like a broken record but it still would have sold more Wii U consoles than Tropical Freeze.  Not because I think a lot of Metroid Prime but because I think so little of the console selling power of kid-friendly 2D side-scrolling platformers (outside of Mario Maker).

When has Metroid ever sold consoles? Never.

You can criticize the Metroid series all you want but I still think a HD Metroid Prime would have moved more consoles than 'kid-friendly 2D side-scrolling platformer' #24.  At this point it's just a difference of opinion.