| TheMisterManGuy said: It's a trend I've noticed a lot with Nintendo's new concepts on Switch, whenever it doesn't do Mario Odyssey, Breath of the Wild, Smash Ultimate, or hell, Wii Sports numbers, it automatically is deemed a failure, even before official numbers and expectations come out. 1-2 Switch? Failure (sold 2.69 million), ARMS? Failure (Sold 2 million), Nintendo Labo? Failure (Sold 1.4 million in its first few months, and has seen sales boosts during the holiday season, so it's probably at 2 million already). The only exceptions to this rule are Snipperclips, which was eShop only in its original run, and Sushi Striker, a game that actually failed. 2 million is not a failure, at all. You may not like these games, but they have an audience, and are some of the Switch's best selling titles. Do people honestly think Nintendo expects everything to catch on like Splatoon or have the same audience as it? Or is it because these IP are reminiscent of the filthy Wii era, and thus, need to hold them to the impossible Wii Sports standard to justify their argument? Also if ARMS and Labo were such failures, why does Nintendo keep promoting them regularly? |
Everything is relative, first of all. Certainly in comparison to many of Nintendo's existing IPs like Mario, Zelda, Animal Crossing, etc, these new IPs should be considered failures. Think of it this way: there are many bands who make music that sucks. No news flash there. But there are certain bands that are absolutely amazing. I'm not going to give examples, because music, like games, is very subjective. But whatever amazing band or artist you are thinking of right now, imagine all their best songs. Now think of the terrible songs they have...you know you can think of a couple. Now...think of those songs in comparison to the terrible bands, and you'll realize that even the worst songs from the best bands are better than the best or decent songs from the bad bands. It's the same with Nintendo. We have come to think of their best IPs, both critically and comercially, to be of almost celestial levels. So when they don't hit the stratosphere it's very easy for fan and foe alike to cast them as failures.
That's the price you pay for success.
Now someone yesterday was claiming that Nintendo fans cry a lot. That we are insecure. Certainly I find that insinuation offensive and it makes me uncomfortable, but threads like this make me understand their claim. We are Nintendo fans....we should have some pride in ourselves and the company we love, and have the confidence to take the negativity Nintendo receives in stride. Nintendo isn't going anywhere and neither is their reputation as an amazing publisher and developer, no matter what grumblings bubble to the surface here at VGC or other more shady parts of the internet.
