Mar1217 said:
taus90 said:
I'm sorry can you point out a mario game in recent memory which had mass appeal, not the hyped up super mario run which died faster than pokemon go. Yes Mario is a system seller and it has the capacity to sell 12 to 15 million but these are not casual gamers. The last proper mario game (correct me if i m wrong) was in 2011 (mario 3d land) on a handheld which sold 11million. And to give a little bit of more persepective My fav mario game Super mario galaxy 2 on casual darling Wii with around 100m user base managed to sell just under 7m.
So there are fans of mario who might have already bought the console for the Switch mario .. it will just not bring in kids who grew up on Halo, Call of duty, GTA and Uncharted, for them these are their Mario. So I believe there are like around 20m hardcore nintento fans left out there as Wii userbase was entirely made of casual.
Don't get me wrong I want Switch to be successful, Although I m a playstation guy, I really hope switch is successful and puts this whole hybrid console into motion. But right now in place of mario I would have prefered that switch pokemon game, alongside of MHXX, these are the two game which would really put a sharp spike on switch's sales chart.
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Like it or not SM Run is still getting download a freaking ton on mobile devices which is good for awareness with consummers.
I mean, Mario is still the most iconic video game character ever created. So Nintendo just need a bit of marketing push before the Holiday and I safely think the sales will follow up even with the casual consummers who will find it as a good excuse to buy their Switch.
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The awarness among the consumer is that after playing three level no one is buying the full game, only 5% of 78million downloads on SMARTPHONES.. so that's a negative awarness, IMO not something a game of mario's caliber would want.
Yes He is an Iconic character so is Lara Croft, Sonic, Master Chief.. but how many casuals are buying console for those games and same logic applies for upcoming Crash Bandicoot, people who love crash are playstation fan and they already have a playstation 4.
Just answer me this, which game would you rather rely for sales outside of nintendo fanbase, Pokemon or mario?
