DonFerrari said:
Well, that is his line of argument... like people found Mario bland but fun and Sonic cool but boring and people would buy they like that and not thinking the game was cool and fun for their tastes. |
Well, when Mario come out there wasn't much competition in this new high-quality version of home console platforms. Nintendo had the benefit of being first, and I also think combined with being rooted in Japanese culture (an isolationist culture), they had no need/desire to try to mold themselves so heavily to the Western Youth. Sonic came second did the opposite as it needed to in addition to other reasons as well I'm sure.
Again, it's not that people play games like Zombies and don't have fun. If they continue to play a game it must be fun. But if fun becomes heavily associated with something finicky like a fashion trend, or a generations perception of what is cool or edgy, then that association of fun will die with it. To me this is the basic simple underlying psychology behind what we all know to be true when we are exposed to entertainment from our grandparent's generation matched up against the current generation.
