OneKartVita said:
What you said makes no sense so I repeated my point. it's common sense that a game will sell more with 2 versions rather than one because a lot of the Nintendo faithful will buy both versions. |
What I said makes absolutely perfect sense
I acknowledged that people who currently own both may only buy 1 with a unified platform but that is potentially offset by people who currently own neither buying 1 sku due to having a superior library.
As for software, lets use Mario Kart for example, MK7 on 3DS has sold over 12 million and MK8 has sold over 7 million for a total of close to 20 million. Lets say MK9 on NX sells 15 million, yes that's a drop from MK7+8 but that's only one game compared to 2, its also 15 million people they can sell DLC to compared to 7 million (MK7 doesn't have DLC) and they can now release a new IP instead of working on another MK. A new IP in a new genre helps to diversify the library and potentially attract new customers.
And again you are ingoring that alot of games would see increased sales by having both audiences to sell to. Many Wii U games would see large gains by having the 3DS audience to sell to. Like I said, Splatoon/Mario Maker will sell 5 million or so, that could be 10 million if they weren't stuck on a device with a low install base, same goes for other games as well.
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