Nintendo Direct Thread (January 11th 2018 possibly?)

[Jumpin]

Nautilus said:

Jumpin said:

Does that price drop account for New Leaf selling lower than New Super Mario Bros 2 during the same time period? Since you think my conclusion is wrong, then show it, and provide the evidence that New Leaf is responsible for single handedly selling millions of hardware.

A killer game selling less than another killer game makes that first game a non killer game?Thats a fallacy if I ever saw one.A game that sells more than 10 millions appeals to alot of people because people like the concept of the game and buy the console for the game.Thats specially true given thats not the first game in the series and the previous entry sold more than 10 millions too.

 

And you are contesting the evidence, and thus it falls on you the burden to provide solid evidence.

No, the fallacy is the strawman argument you provided. Nowhere did I argue that New Super Mario Bros was a killer app, in fact, I stated the exact opposite. You fabricated an argument, said it was mine, and then made your attempts to defeat it. You made a straw man.

A killer app is NOT a game that sells over 10 million; a killer app is a game that drives a substantial demand for hardware sales on its own - like how Wii Sports and Breath of the Wild did. Both consoles sold out until several million units had sold. With Switch, Breath of the Wild exceeded hardware sales numbers for a time.

Neither Animal Crossing nor New Super Mario Bros 2 drove millions of sales; people bought those titles because they already had a 3DS. Otherwise, 3DS sales were at baseline the year both games were released, selling slightly less than 2011's and 2013's holidays. Factoring in the competition, 3DS in 2011 had much stiffer competition than 2012, since other handhelds sold significantly higher in 2011. If both New Super Mario Bros 2 AND New Leaf were killer apps, you would expect to see an unprecedented sales spike with 3DS being sold out for months; this didn't occur. Thus neither game was a killer app.

Also, if it's still not obvious enough, look at the sales numbers of New Leaf - they are FAR below the sales of the 3DS.  There is little correlation between 3DS sales numbers and New Leaf sales numbers; this indicates little/no relationship between new 3DS purchases and New Leaf. It was an evergreen title that sold moderately well at launch and continued to sell among the 3DS userbase. The ownership of 3DS drove the sales of New Leaf, not the other way around. The 10 million sales it eventually received was the result of years of moderately good sales. The game was not a killer app.