| Einsam_Delphin said:
Yes it is true, Mario, Smash, Kart, etc. are still on the top of the charts, Xenoblade isn't on any system, and on Wii it had limited shipments in the West, Metroid is niche or very close to it as the numbers indicate, certainly not widely appealing, DK is far more similar to the types of games you finally admit people buy Nintendo systems for than Metroid ever will be, and lol if you think 90 million fewer owners isn't the main factor, or are you implying all 90 million of them are casual grandmas and not a single one of them bought MP3 which would be even more laughable. Even if it were true that the only difference is no casuals (it's not in case I didn't make that clear enough, plenty of children/familys own the thing), meaning the core Nintendo base stayed the exact same size between Wii and Wii U (ha, no), then an MP4 could only do as well as MP3, a game DKCTF is gonna be outselling. There really is no way to spin it. And it's not a question, just a matter of you finally deciding to either take the numbers over assumptions, or not, I already said twice you can do that too, you're the one who just keeps going trying to twist and cherry pick the numbers. |
You really can't say a series that moves 3m copies in the GC is niche. Metroid has a wider appeal in the Nintendo fanbase than that.
If you are calling Metroid niche for the 3rd entry having sold less in a platform that appealed to casuals more than hardcores, then you will have to concede that DK is niche aswell due to its sales on the Wii U. You may lol all you want, but its true. Most of those 90m from the Wii were casuals(not necessarely grandmas. That is a segment within the casuals).
Also, its not the only difference, its the major difference. What we do is caracterise each segment and extrapolate its presence based on sales.
And yes, naturally the Wii had a worse hardcore segment than the Wii U and the GC. It was a system severely outdated during the jump to HD + Wiimote, so it shouldn't come as a surprise. The difference in power was more diferentiable than the Wii U to the PS4/X1 for the non-techie.
I must say though, this idea you have of the proportional markets is a travesty in marketing terms. I am shocked anyone can even think things would work like that.
