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t3mporary_126 on 05 September 2016
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KLXVER said:
t3mporary_126 said:

I think its fair to call it niche. These game seem to primarily gain their sales from existing fans which continue to decrease generation by generation. And although they reach the million mark and are either genre defining or ranked high in gaming lists, other series with just as high praise like Mario, Zelda (arguably), GTA, Final, Fantasy, and etc makes Metroid, Mega Man and Castlevania sales seem miniscule. 

A niche game isnt just because of sales. Its about genre, subject matter and overall appeal.

Action platformers with robots, monsters and aliens are not niche.

Niche absolutely means sale. If a game doesn't seem very appealing to the market, then it won't sale as well. Of course sales =/= quality but again sales does show the appeal of games to the market.

And games can have the same genre as other popular game but have very limite sales. Like Xenoblade Chronicles. It's a JRPG and open world. But the game fails to sale over 2 million. That makese Xenoblade Chronicles a niche, too.

If you want to be technical, then you call these game super niche. But the worrying trend about games like Metroid, Castlevania, and Megaman is the fact that these games are bought primarily by their fans which seem to be decreasing each generation.