RolStoppable said:
1. Because you aren't going to get across that it is a one-off thing. 2. Because you suggest the graphics to be redone. Nintendo has released upgrades to older games in the previous years and those weren't finished quickly. You want a package of four games, one of them with added online multiplayer which also adds development time. All in all, it's a really high investment if you stack up development costs and potential audience reach against the ones of Nintendo's smartphone games. 3. What makes you think so? |
1. If course you will. No one was under the impression that there would be another Orange Box. Plus it would be incredibly easy for Nintendo to mention in advertisements that "for one time only," you can play Nintendo's iconic franchises on Xbox/Playstation.
2. Oh, I see. I still don't think it's that big of an investment. Wind Waker HD was indeed released quickly. The only update of thise ilk that took a while was Twilight Princess HD which only took 2 years. These games individually wouldn't need as much work because their artstyles haven't aged them the way TP did. There have been other games with much more work done and they had a quick enough turn around like the Crash Remastered collection. Games have alse added online to old games before. Either way, all in all I think that it would be well worth it.
It also wouldn't be competing against Nintendo's mobile efforts. It's doing the same thing somewhere else. It does absolutely have a lower audience reach, but it also has a more direct audience reach with a much higher chance for audience turnover.
3. I just think it's misguided to think that people who haven't played some of these games wouldn't be interested in playing them or that people who have played some of them before haven't moved on to other platforms.
A lot of people have never played OoT, but are well aware of its iconic status and the iconic status of Zelda. A lot of people have never played Galaxy, but are well aware of its iconic status and the iconic status of Mario. A lot of people have never played a Metroid game in general, but are well aware of it's iconic status. I think more people have played a Smash game, but even then more have been the guest and not the host. And for the people who haven't, they almost assuredly have a friend who has who will talk up how fun it is, because the games are iconic.
Maybe you played Mario 64 and haven't bought another Nintendo system since. Seeing Mario Galaxy in a collection with other games you've never played would obviously entice you to buy it again because of nostalgia, and the same would happen in similar situations. Now they have insentive to try everything else.
This gives those people a curiosity that will assuredly be elevated by the insane amount of exitement over a collection like this even existed. It would be like the NES Mini on steroids.
