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ps4tw on 30 January 2017
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org1000 said:
ps4tw said:

Okay, so how has Mario Kart changed in the last 10 years? Call of Duty changed its characters, settings, entire health system, storyline's, constantly evolving MP modes, introduced zombies with CoD: WaW etc. Compare Mario Kart 64 to the latest instalment and they are practically identical. Compare CoD 1, 4 and Infinite Warfare and apart from being FPS', they have almost nothing in common.

What about this generation? The Wii U was the single worst selling console ever if you look at sales rates, and the 3DS has been their worst selling handheld (outsold by the DS, Advance, Color and Gameboy), so I'm not sure what you're getting at, unless it's "Nintendo are doing badly and clearly need to rethink their strategy". 

"A sizeable selection of high-quality 3rd party titles" - considering it doesn't have the essentials in there, I wouldn't consider it to be sizeable. Also, let's not digress, the Switch will not have such a selection, meaning it'll suffer from exactly the same issue as the Wii U did; appeal to Nintendo fans, a dying breed, and no one else. 

Every Mario Kart has new characters, new karts, new stages, new power ups, new mechanics.

I said they sold 80 million units of hardware and over 200 million units of 1st party software this generation, it doesnt matter if its a decline, it shows there is still a large audience for Nintendo and their games.

By that logic, GBA, DS & 3DS didnt have strong 3rd party support either.

Barely any difference apart from basic skin changes and tweaks. You can take Mario Kart on the SNES and it's instantly recongisable as being the same game Mario Kart 8 is based on. That shows absolutely zero innovation over the last 25 years. 

 

Hahahahah, let's imagine how that board meeting would go down:

org1000: "We've had a stellar year, we've sold 80 million units of hardware!"

Nintendo shareholders: "You're down across all sales for all your hardware units"

org1000: "Yeah, but we sold stuff!"

CEO: "...you're fired"

If you think a decline across both hardware platforms for Nintendo doesn't matter, you clearly don't understand how business works. Nothing reassures stakeholders like declining sales!