Can NSMBUD sell 10 million?

[Lonely_Dolphin]

DélioPT said:

Lonely_Dolphin said:
Ha, not even gonna try to explain how my conclusion isn't accurate.

Duh!
By some sure, but not everyone, though even if that were true it wouldn't change anything. You can still like a game even if it's not your favorite in the series. I'd give up fishing for excuses to try and explain away the cold hard numbers cause it's never gonna happen.

No, i'm not.

By some? Then you haven't paying attention. The game was never celebrated as a great Mario game. Not when it was released, not some years after or even today. It's not seen as a memorable game, period.
I'm not saying that people can't enjoy a non-favourite game in a given series. What i said is that, in this specific case, i have a hard time believing it will do MK8 Deluxe numbers when the game wasn't cherished the same way. And i don't necessarily see big sales being a decisive factor for that to happen.

You don't agree? Fine.

You probably should if you want to be believed and taken seriously. You don't actually expect me to just take your word for it do you especially when I provided a logical explanation, and that you're gonna rely on "because I say so!" logic makes me less willing to discuss with you.

I see it as a memorable game so there goes that claim, not that it meant anything anyway as people buy games because they like them, not just cause they're memorable, otherwise they'd never buy new games to become memorable in the first place. The sales of previous NSMB games show that the series is very well liked, this is fact.

It's not just me, no one with common sense is gonna agree with taking anecdotal minority opinions over cold hard numbers especially when time and time again the former is irrelevant. Most immediate example? The very NSMB series we're discussing. The bashing of the series had already started, yet NSMB2 and U were still among the top sellers for their system alongside Mario Kart.

"And i don't necessarily see big sales being a decisive factor for that to happen." - Why though? Probably because the sales never line up with your emotion based arguments, but I'm interested in hearing what you come up with to try and rationalize that sentence with.