| akuma587 said: Its not necessarily the strength of Nintendo's first-party games that cause problems, look at some of the multi-million sellers like Mario Party 8 and Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree, which cause problems for third parties, but the name recognition factor of characters like Mario, Zelda, Animal Crossing, etc. which draw people in over third-party competitors whose games might be similar in both type and quality but lack the same name recognition. Even series with name recognition have yet to sell on a comparable level with a game like Super Mario Galaxy and Twilight Princess, albeit those two games are of higher quality than comparable third-party titles. |
Honestly, some people put entirely to much emphasise on brand name recognition. Nintendo only has brand recognition, because they earn it. I don't recall too many people picking up cd-is for the Zelda and Mario brand names and if Nintendo games were selling on name alone , don't you think Barrel Blast would have sold better with it's DK brand recognition? Anytime Nintendo doesn't live up to their standards in any area, of any game they get marks against it in fold. There are plenty hardcore zealots ( which make up the majority of critics and most of the rest get pressured into going along with the crowd ) just waiting to tare Ninty a new one. Why do so many pull the name recognition card on Ninty, when it seems to me they have been pretty consistent with quality, creativity, and gameplay character. What games are on a comparable level to nintendos on that regard, that aren't selling, on the wii or otherwise?
